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A beaver lodge in the Sunset Roadless Area. The area is home to species including elk, bear, beaver and goshawk.
(Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)
feature June 23, 2025

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

Press Release: Victory June 24, 2025

Federal Appeals Court Finds EPA’s Analysis of the Climate Change Impact of Renewable Fuels Arbitrary and Capricious

EPA disregarded the results of its own climate review and made inconsistent statements

Clockwise from top left: Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice) Controlled burn during BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard) Subway train on the 7 line in Queens, New York City. (Marco Bottigelli / Getty Images) An oil-coated feather on a Florida beach in 2010, following the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. (Tech. Sgt. Emily F. Alley / U.S. Air Force)
feature June 27, 2025

Our Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration

We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

document June 20, 2025

U.S. Appeals Court Decision: Renewable Fuels Standards Program

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its ruling in the challenge to the renewable fuel volume obligations set by the Environmental Protection Agency for the years 2023-2025. The court found that arguments made by the National Wildlife Federation had merit.

Press Release June 13, 2025

Ninth Circuit Deals Setback to Willow Oil Project in Alaska

Interior must reconsider the project after court concludes approval violated the law

The Kuskokwim River provides a critical source of wild food and serves as a bedrock of identity and cultural values for Alaska Native Tribal citizens and community members living downstream from the Donlin mine site.
Press Release: Victory June 11, 2025

Court Orders Agencies to Revise Environmental Study Underlying Key Federal Permits for the Donlin Gold Mine

The U.S. District Court in Alaska orders the mine’s permitting agencies to take a more thorough look at the impacts of a tailings spill by revising the project’s environmental study

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
feature April 29, 2025

Where the Trump Administration is Going and Where We Stand

Tracking how Earthjustice is holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.

document June 13, 2025

Willow Decision: Court of Appeals

Approval of the Willow Project, an oil and gas venture in America’s northern Arctic, sent back to the Bureau of Land Management for reconsideration

Trucks drive along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif. (Justin Sullivan)
Press Release June 9, 2025

Truckers Petition Feds to Enforce HAZMAT Rules on Oil and Gas Waste

Truckers join environmentalists to demand safer conditions, proper training and fair pay for truckers hauling hazardous materials from oilfields

Earthjustice attorneys argued on behalf of community organizations in the archipelago that FERC had allowed New Fortress Energy, through its Puerto Rico subsidiary NFEnergía, to install and operate the pipeline without the legally required environmental and statutory review. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 1, 2025

Court of Appeals Must Undo Orders that Allowed the Unlawful Expansion of Methane Gas Infrastructure in Puerto Rico, Groups Argue

FERC unlawfully allowed methane gas company NFEnergía to expand its terminal infrastructure in the San Juan Bay without consulting local communities and without the required review

The Kuskokwim River. (Peter Griffith / NASA)
Press Release May 8, 2025

Court Hearing: Southwest Alaska Tribes Challenge Donlin Gold Mine’s Federal Permits

Tribal plaintiffs are asking the court to vacate federal authorizations for the mine while federal agencies redo the flawed and illegal environmental study

document June 27, 2025

Legal Complaint: Everglades Detention Center

Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity sued in U.S. District Court to protect the Florida Everglades from a reckless plan for a massive detention center to confine people who are rounded up in immigration raids.

Press Release March 18, 2025

Tenth Circuit Affirms Public’s Right to Access Millions of Acres of Public Land

Court ruling safeguards right to access public land via corner crossing

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Gabriella Demczuk / Getty Images)
Press Release May 29, 2025

Supreme Court Limits Scope of Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law

Court sweeps aside 50-year-old method for government approvals of potentially harmful projects

The White House in Washington, D.C. (René DeAnda / Unsplash)
feature January 19, 2025

In Conversation: The 2024 Election Outcomes and The Work Ahead

In the aftermath of the 2024 election, Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, discussed the outcomes of the election and how they will affect Earthjustice’s litigation, advocacy, and political work.

Press Release June 18, 2025

Ten Groups Push Back Against Trump’s Illegal Campbell Plant Extension

Public interest groups challenge the Department of Energy’s sham order

The White House in Washington, D.C. (René DeAnda / Unsplash)
feature March 7, 2025

In Conversation: Not On Our Watch – Taking on the Trump Administration

Earthjustice’s plans during the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, and the actions we’re already taking to protect the health of frontline communities, wildlife, and our shared climate future.

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