About Our Team With 200 attorneys in 15 offices across the country, Earthjustice is the nation’s premier nonprofit environmental law organization, working at the federal, state, and local levels. Meet our Board of Trustees and the Earthjustice Council, and see bar admissions for our attorneys. Our team also includes legal and research analysts, policy and…

Advocate General’s opinion bolsters position of Europe and intervening environmental groups in case on EU aviation emissions trading system

Sharks are crucial for a healthy ocean, but overfishing is killing them. This bill takes a step in the right direction.

This new approach will help the agency protect marine biodiversity.

Earthjustice handles legal matters that involve environmental laws or environmental issues and that have the potential to generate results that align with our mission.

The Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund announced that it is changing its name to Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund.

Large San Joaquin Valley agricultural interests and southern California water users compete for water flowing through the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers that is also needed by endangered salmon, steelhead and other species. These water users filed lawsuits challenging the opinion’s call for reductions in water exports from the Delta during critical times for young…

See 50 of our proudest accomplishments that truly changed life for people and wildlife and set the stage for the world we live in now and into the future.

An explanation of the legal work to save Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, and what’s next.

Court orders revisions to federal plan to protect the smelt

Earthjustice launches new website on Earth Day.

The record shows that the Trump’s efforts to weaken environmental regulations are no match for the law.

A new report documents how people have been left in harm’s way, as the Trump administration attempts to block the Chemical Disaster Rule.

In 1971, Phil Berry, Fred Fisher, and Don Harris founded the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (as Earthjustice was then known), dedicated to fighting in court and in Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Sierra Club and other environmental groups.

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

Weakening of science-based plan threatens salmon in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and Delta

We agree with the Heritage Foundation on this point: Let’s assess Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s record using the “Schumer Standard.” That’s exactly why the Senate should reject him.

As part of our work to preserve biodiversity, Earthjustice has mounted a series of legal challenges to protect vulnerable shark species from industrial fishing.