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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 5, 2025

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

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

Robert Blanchard, Tribal Chairman of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. (Jaida Grey Eagle for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 14, 2025

Bad River Band Testifies to U.S. Army Corps about Line 5 Dangers

Enbridge’s oil pipeline construction would pollute wetlands, rivers, and streams

A haze of smog covers the Port of Houston. (James Dillard)
Press Release: Victory April 28, 2025

Army Corps revokes permit and agrees to full environmental review if project is to move forward near toxic San Jacinto Waste Pits

After lawsuit, agency revokes “Letter of Permission” shortcut, commits to proper environmental assessment of dredging and barge mooring risks

Logging in the Tongass National Forest. (Colin Arisman / Wild Confluence Media)
Press Release May 28, 2025

Tribes, Fishing and Forest Advocates Intervene to Defend the Tongass Against Increased Old-Growth Logging

Timber interests try to force more old-growth logging sales in the Tongass National Forest

In the News: Michigan Advance April 2, 2025

Army Corps of Engineers branch overseeing Line 5 tunnel project gains emergency processing authority

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: “If the Corps advances the Line 5 tunnel project through this process, we expect them to comply with the law. The truth is there is no national energy emergency, and even if there was, Line 5 is a pipeline that transports Canadian oil primarily to Canada. It will…

Tundra swans taking flight at Safety Sound, east of Nome, Alaska. (Tom Thulen / Alamy)
Press Release April 10, 2025

Alaska Tribes Challenge Massive Gold Dredging Operation Planned near Nome

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initially rejected the mining permit but last year reversed its decision, approving harmful gold dredging that could destroy a prized estuary

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.

In the News: Inside Climate News April 29, 2025

Citing Trump Emergency Order, Army Corps Expedites Review for Line 5 Oil Pipeline in Great Lakes’ Wetlands

Julie Goodwin, Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: “We know that there is no national energy emergency.”

Whitney Gravelle, the president of the Bay Mills Indian Community, photographed in Mackinaw City, Michigan, near where the Line 5 pipeline runs under the Straits of Mackinac. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Press Release March 24, 2025

Tribes Blow Whistle on Line 5 Tunnel Federal Fast-Tracking

Six Tribes end cooperation with U.S. Army Corps over “Energy Emergency” plans

document April 10, 2025

IPOP Mine Complaint – Village of Solomon v. Corps

Three Alaska Native tribes challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a fill permit for a controversial suction dredge gold mining operation proposed about 30 miles east of Nome in Northwest Alaska.

Press Release June 5, 2025

USDA Grantees Sue Trump Administration to Stop Illegal Grant Terminations

Wide range of nonprofits take action against U.S. Department of Agriculture for illegal withholding of important funding, seek order to reverse grant terminations

A male greater sage-grouse performs a spring courtship ritual in Carbon County, Wyoming. (Noppadol Paothong)
Press Release: Victory January 17, 2025

Ninth Circuit Upholds Decision That Struck Down Trump Administration Sage-Grouse Leasing

Court affirms district court’s invalidation of more than 100 oil and gas leases

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 May 23, 2025

Our Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration

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

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

document January 17, 2025

Sage Grouse: Ninth Circuit Decision

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2020 decision that struck down the basis for the previous Trump administration’s oil and gas leasing on more than a million acres of public lands in key habitat for sage grouse, an iconic bird species of the Western United States.

More than 100,000 Native American archaeological and cultural sites, some dating to 12,000 B.C., are protected in Bears Ears National Monument. (Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
feature April 24, 2025

What You Should Know About the Antiquities Act and National Monuments

For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.

Press Release November 21, 2024

Texas Group Sues Army Corps Over Contamination Risk Near San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site

Dredging and mooring project approved without environmental assessment despite heightened risk of toxic contamination, group claims

In the News: Reuters February 19, 2025

Trump’s Army Corps seeks to fast-track 600 ’emergency’ projects through environmental review

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office: “It is laughable to see Line 5 on this list. It’s a pipeline that carries crude oil from Canada to Canada and will not increase U.S. capacity or respond to Trump’s declared energy emergency.”