Earthjustice Managing Attorney Martin Wagner gives testimony before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Right whales’ only known calving grounds threatened by Navy project

Of right whales and dogs

The “Right Whale Coexistence Act” introduced to support survival and recovery of critically endangered species

Distinct "v-shaped" spout patterns spray a dozen feet into the crisp ocean air — a sure sign that right whales have returned to calve off the coasts of Florida and Georgia. The few remaining whales come each spring, sometimes swimming close enough to spot from shore.

Constitutional Amendment will give every New Yorker a right to clean air and water, and a healthful environment

Plans proceeding without survey of whale calving grounds

The coalition includes advocates in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, United States, and the request is supported by 127 organizations and 151 academics, experts, and individuals.

Environmental problems now seen as a human rights issue

Environmental justice advocate and former 50 States Ambassador, Vernice Miller-Travis, discusses why the fractured nature of green groups and the environmental justice movement undermines our overall political effectiveness.

Settlement will protect habitat for vulnerable marine mammal populations in Southern California and Hawai‘i

Human right to a healthy environment becoming international standard

A coalition of international and Australian environmental and human rights lawyers are calling for the United Nations Human Rights Council to review Australia’s human rights record in light of the government's inaction on climate change.

Human rights-based approach to environmental protection becoming international legal norm

Earthjustice attorney Jan Hasselman, lead counsel to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their litigation, discusses the historic legal case and what lies ahead.

The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights has concluded a visit to communities in West Virginia to explore the human rights cost of mountaintop removal mining. In West Virginia on Thursday of last week (April 25), the UN Working Group conducted morning meetings with officials at the West Virginia Department of Environmental…

Longline fisheries continue killing whales at unsustainable levels

Meet 16 of the hundreds of species Earthjustice has gone to court to protect.