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Navajo community leader Daniel Tso speaks out against fracking at a meeting that was required under the National Environmental Policy Act. The law gives communities a chance to speak out against projects that will impact them.
(Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 4, 2025

North Dakota Federal Judge Upends Key Environmental Regulations

Court sends strong reminder that Presidential Executive Orders must follow the law

feature January 29, 2025

Tools for Communities: Federal Hydrogen Hub Community Guide

How communities can gain information about and influence over Hydrogen Hub projects, including DOE’s Community Benefits Plan requirements

Earthjustice’s Senior Vice President of Programs, Sam Sankar, and Director of Strategic Legal Advocacy, Kirti Datla, pose for a portrait in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Melissa Lyttle for Earthjustice)
Article January 20, 2025

Mientras Trump Asume La Presidencia Nuevamente, Earthjustice No Cede Terreno

Sabemos que podemos salir victoriosos ante el presidente Trump y sus aliados, porque lo hemos hecho antes.

Un lobo gris corre sobre la nieve en Montana. (Ibrahim Suha Derbent / Getty Images)
Update January 31, 2025

El ‘Escuadrón de Dios’: Este Comité es Sólo el Comienzo de los Ataques de Trump contra las Especies en Peligro de Extinción

Una de las órdenes ejecutivas de Trump busca empoderar a un comité de personas designadas por el mandatario, quienes podrían decidir el destino de una especie en peligro de extinción.

Wolverines, says journalist and wildlife biologist Douglas H. Chadwick, are "not afraid of anything. They climb peaks that human climbers turn back from. So they're just fearless, and they're tireless, and they got no end of attitude."
(Photo Courtesy of Dale Pedersen)
Article December 6, 2023

Keeping the Wolverine Wild in a Climate Crisis

New federal protections secured through Earthjustice litigation will help ensure that wolverines, a snow-dependent species, can survive a warming world.

A wild wolverine kit playing on the snow outside of a rendezvous site in the Northern Rockies (Steven Gnam)
Press Release: Victory November 29, 2023

Wolverine Receives Much-Needed Endangered Species Act Protections

Fish and Wildlife Service to list species as threatened following decades of litigation

A wolverine caught on a camera trap while working with researchers on a rare carnivore survey in Western Montana. Made under a special use permit with the Flathead and Lolo National Forests.
Article: Victory November 29, 2023

Wolverines Gain Legal Protections to Ward off Extinction

The announcement comes after decades of litigation and public calls to save wolverines from development and climate change.

The Florida Scrub-Jay is the only bird species found exclusively in the state of Florida. (Zach Stern / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release January 28, 2025

Conservation groups take legal action to ensure survival of declining Florida Scrub-Jay

Groups move to block effort to rescind Endangered Species Act protections

In the News: Politico January 21, 2025

States, industry sue to reopen federal waters for drilling

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: “Big Oil … already had more offshore acres under lease than it could ever safely develop. This lawsuit is a misguided attempt to undo widely supported protections. We will do everything possible to defend President [Biden]’s lawful protective orders,”

Under the Clean Air Act, EPA has an obligation to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for a number of common air pollutants including ground-level ozone.
(Louis Vest / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Press Release August 29, 2024

Advocates Notify EPA of Intent to Sue Over Federal Operating Permit for Valero Houston Refinery

Local groups ask the EPA to take over to require monitoring of emissions to protect public health.

In the News: Florida Politics January 24, 2025

Florida Republicans optimistic Donald Trump’s drilling expansion won’t bring rigs near Florida’s coast

Brettny Hardy, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: “We don’t believe that Trump has authority to revoke Biden’s withdrawal. The only court to consider this issue in the District of Alaska determined that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act only gives a president the authority to issue a withdrawal but does not provide authority to revoke a…

Press Release: Victory May 27, 2022

Court Restores Wolverine Protections While Agency Reconsiders Endangered Species Decision

As a candidate species, the wolverine will be afforded certain protections under the Endangered Species Act

document August 28, 2024

Valero Houston Refinery: Notice of Intent Letter

Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding notice of intent to sue under the Clean Air Act over failure to take over the main Title V Permit for Valero’s Houston refinery.

Press Release December 14, 2020

Conservation Groups Sue Feds Over Failure to Protect Wolverines

Denial of Endangered Species Act protections ignored risks from climate change, habitat fragmentation

After years of inaction by the federal government, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed long-overdue limits on six PFAS in drinking water. (Getty Images)
feature April 19, 2024

Inside EPA’s Roadmap on Regulating PFAS Chemicals

Toxic “forever chemicals” remain laxly regulated.

The Fish and Wildlife Service tried to deny Endangered Species Act protection to the wolverine, but a court rejected the agency's decision.
(Barney Moss/Flickr)
Press Release October 8, 2020

Wildlife Advocates Plan Challenge to Decision Not to Protect Wolverines

With fewer than 300 wolverines left in the contiguous United States, there is no justification for the FWS’ decision to deny protection

The Suncor refinery in North Denver. (Martin do Nascimento / Earthjustice)
Press Release June 5, 2024

Groups Submit Notice of Intent to Sue Suncor Over Repeated Clean Air Act Violations

Suncor has reported over 1,000 emissions exceedances or violations since 2019

Press Release June 12, 2024

Groups Send Notice of Intent to Sue Over Pinto Valley Mine Excessive Groundwater Pumping

Pumping would harm endangered species, reduce flows to Roosevelt Lake