First step toward offshore drilling jeopardizes critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, puts marine life at risk

The Tohono O’odham Nation, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and the Hopi Tribe ask judge for emergency measure to stop destruction that will wipe out Tribes’ priceless heritage in mere months

Alaska Natives and conservation groups ask for protection for marine mammals

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

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Filing: Government downplayed considerable harm blasting would cause

This new approach will help the agency protect marine biodiversity.

Sharks are crucial for a healthy ocean, but overfishing is killing them. This bill takes a step in the right direction.

Permits will expire next month; industry won’t launch boats this year

In light of PennDOT’s plan to begin construction during active lawsuit, Earthjustice and clients filed a motion for a preliminary injunction calling for a pause

The fish are in crisis. We’ve asked a court to order critical stop-gap measures to keep them from going extinct.

See 50 of our proudest accomplishments that truly changed life for people and wildlife and set the stage for the world we live in now and into the future.

Six Ojibwe tribes file motion for preliminary injunction to stop Wisconsin from holding a wolf hunt in November 2021.

A February 1, 2006, motion for preliminary injunction to immediately halt mountaintop removal mining at three West Virginia mines.

A detailed memorandum in support of a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to immediately halt mining activities at three West Virginia mountaintop removal mines.

In light of PennDOT’s plan to begin construction during active lawsuit, Earthjustice and clients ask court for a motion for preliminary injunction calling for a pause.

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The Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund announced that it is changing its name to Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund.