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Press Release: Victory October 25, 2006

Hawai`i Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision on Public Access to Beach

Shoreline reaffirmed at highest wash of waves; use of induced vegetation rejected

Press Release July 25, 2005

Citizens Challenge Process for Determining Shoreline, Public Beach in Hawaii

Emphasis on “vegetation line” in agency rules contradicts law, encourages abuse

feature February 25, 2016

Powering The Future

In a conversation, Vice President of Litigation for Climate & Energy Abigail Dillen discusses important recent victories and Earthjustice’s plans to go all-in on clean energy.

feature January 17, 2019

Special Report: Two Years of Overruling the Trump Administration

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

feature October 2, 2015

The Endangered Species Act Under Fire

The success and significance of the Endangered Species Act, and Earthjustice’s efforts to safeguard the visionary law from impending threats in Congress, in a discussion with Legislative Counsel Marjorie Mulhall and Managing Attorney Tim Preso.

feature September 12, 2017

In Conversation: National Monuments Under Threat

Earthjustice attorneys and policy staff discuss the Antiquities Act, national monuments, and the threats to these special protected public lands from the Trump administration.

Visitors at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Home to some of the most dramatic desert scenery in the West, the monument is often described as a “Dinosaur Shangri-la” due to its world-class dinosaur excavations.
(Jeff Moser / CC NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release July 11, 2017

Senators Join Public Lands Groups To Call On Trump Administration To Listen To Overwhelming Public Support For National Monuments

As Interior moves to final stages of review, more than 2.7 million public comments support national monuments across the country

Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee, April 26, 2004.
(Dennis Cook / AP Photo)
From the Experts September 4, 2018

Kavanaugh Guided by Industry, Not Rule of Law

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.

No NBK Pipeline Coalition members celebrate after ruling (Andra Leimanis)
Press Release March 16, 2023

New York Public Service Commission Votes NO to National Grid’s Request For $70 Million of Public Money to Construct Liquefied Fracked Gas (LNG) Vaporizers

A victory for Brooklyn communities and climate justice; Public Service Commission decision denies National Grid’s proposal to build the unnecessary fracked gas vaporizers in North Brooklyn, following a three-year fight

A visitor at Grand Gulch, on Nov. 6, 2017. The area is among the more than one million acres axed from Bears Ears National Monument.
(© Steven Gnam)
feature August 23, 2019

Inside the Legal Case We’re Making to Save Our National Monuments

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

Fog surrounds Mauna Kea.
(Andreas Christen / Flickr)
From the Experts: Victory December 21, 2018

Hawai‘i High Court Fixes Flawed Footnotes in Mauna Kea Decision, but Problems Persist

The language the court deleted would have plagued the law of environmental and Native Hawaiian rights for years.

A small blade of grass in the corner of her mouth, this young grizzly takes a break from grazing to survey the meadow along Pilgrim Creek.
(Thomas D. Mangelsen)
feature May 12, 2021

Wildlife We’re Fighting For

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

An oil refinery looms over the west side of Port Arthur, TX.
(Eric Kayne for Earthjustice)
feature April 27, 2018

A Disaster In The Making

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

page February 11, 2014

Our Team

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…

feature January 16, 2015

Ripple Effect

After years of citizen action and court battles, "The Four Great Waters" of Maui are finally coming back to life. But the larger fight to uphold public and native Hawaiian water rights continues.

Press Release: Victory August 16, 2012

Victory For Hawai‘i Streams And Communities

Hawaiʻi high court upholds the public trust and Hawaiian rights in Nā Wai ʻEhā

Local citizens jumped into the Wailuku River (`Īao Stream) to celebrate the return of stream flows in 2014.
(Photo courtesy of Oha)
Press Release June 29, 2021

Hawai‘i Water Commission Issues Historic Decision on Maui's “Four Great Waters”

Community groups flag concerns on further corrections and improvements needed

Flags fly at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in 2016, near Cannonball, North Dakota.
(Lucas Zhao / CC BY-NC 2.0)
feature March 22, 2017

In Conversation: Standing With Standing Rock

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