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A horseshoe crab in the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, N.J. (Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 21, 2024

Fisheries Commission Once Again Rejects Female Horseshoe Crab Harvest Proposal for Delaware Bay, Extending a Lifeline for Migratory Shorebirds

Shorebird populations, which rely on crab eggs for food, remain vulnerable

A horseshoe crab in the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, N.J. (Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)
From the Experts July 29, 2024

A Pathway to End the Medical Harvest of Horseshoe Crabs

The biomedical industry harvests massive quantities of horseshoe crabs every year, threatening a number of migratory birds that rely on the crabs as a food source. But synthetic alternatives are becoming available.

A small group of bison roam the Snake Butte Pasture on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. (<a href="http://conservationmedia.com/">ConservationMedia</a>)
Article November 1, 2023

In Montana, Wild Bison Are Back, and an Entire Ecosystem Is Healing

The return of bison ten years ago to their home on tribal lands at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation has helped restore an ecosystem and tribal culture.

A bison grazes at American Prairie.
(Ami Vitale for Earthjustice)
feature October 7, 2022

How We Helped Bison Make a Huge Comeback

Earthjustice is using the power of the law to restore and recover wildlife — including bison.

feature October 11, 2024

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

Red knots, ruddy turnstones, dunlin and semipalmated sandpipers coming through the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, New Jersey, on May 23, 2022.
(Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 25, 2023

Expert Analysis Reveals Fatally Flawed Horseshoe Crab Model Threatens Red Knots in Delaware Bay

Fisheries commission urged to maintain prohibition on female crab harvest

document September 23, 2024

Fix Our Forest Opposition Letter

Letter to members of the House of Representatives, opposing the Fix Our Forests Act from House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman.

Boat docks at the Browns Ravine Cove sit on dry earth at Folsom Lake on May 10, 2021, in El Dorado Hills, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in 41 of the state's 58 counties, about 30% of the state's population. Folsom Lake is at 38% of normal capacity.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
feature October 1, 2024

How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather

Carbon pollution is contributing to climate disasters that will only get worse unless we take action.

document September 23, 2024

60 Org Letter to NY-PSC re: Draft Clean Energy Standard Biennial Review

We must meet the statutory, and moral, obligations of the CLCPA’s environmental justice statutory protections. Evidence shows that new clean energy is nearly always the lowest-cost electricity to meet our needs. And New York must also take better advantage of all cost savings and leverage federal funding to usher in a clean energy transition that benefits all New Yorkers.

document September 10, 2024

Letter: County of Kauaʻi Proposed New Landfill in Kekaha

A letter to raise serious concerns about the County of Kauaʻi’s proposal to site a new landfill in Kekaha and to propose alternatives that would avoid expanding decades of environmental injustice on the west side.

Bison are a keystone species, creating a cascade of environmental conditions that benefit countless other wildlife. As bison graze, they prune and encourage growth of native grasses, fertilize the soils, and carve out habitat for smaller creatures. The Northern Rockies office has protected bison and their iconic prairie ecosystem for decades. (Ami Vitale for Earthjustice)
feature August 7, 2023

Northern Rockies

Highlights of how Earthjustice’s Northern Rockies office has leveraged the power of partnership and the law to defend communities, sacred lands and wildlife, and clean air and water.

document September 13, 2024

EPRA Mining Provisions Opposition Letter

Groups oppose the mining provisions in the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024

document September 4, 2024

Title VI: Letter to EPA

A coalition of over 45 groups, including environmental justice and civil rights organizations, along with community-based and grassroots groups, submit a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, calling on the agency to reject a petition filed by Republican attorneys general seeking to rescind critical Title VI protections.

Red knots, ruddy turnstones, dunlin and semipalmated sandpipers coming through the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, New Jersey, on May 23, 2022.
(Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory October 16, 2023

Fisheries Commission Rejects Female Horseshoe Crab Harvest Proposal for Delaware Bay

Proposal would have had devastating impacts on the threatened red knot shorebird

document September 3, 2024

Title VI Letter: List of Signatories

A coalition of over 45 groups, including environmental justice and civil rights organizations, along with community-based and grassroots groups, submit a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, calling on the agency to reject a petition filed by Republican attorneys general seeking to rescind critical Title VI protections.

An old-growth Douglas fir stands in the fog in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
Press Release September 24, 2024

Earthjustice Slams House Vote on Fix Our Forests Act

“True forest management requires engaging communities and utilizing proven best practices, not opening our lands to more reckless logging operations.”

Press Release March 4, 2008

Yellowstone Area Landowners: Leave The Buffalo Alone

Buffalo Field Campaign and Horse Butte landowners seek increased tolerance for bison in cattle-free zone outside western boundary of Yellowstone National Park

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.