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In the News: Arizona Public Radio January 28, 2025

Judge rejects Grand Canyon monument lawsuit from Arizona lawmakers

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “We’ve been privileged to follow the lead of 11 Tribal Nations with deep cultural ties to the monument, and we will continue fighting to protect it from uranium mining and other threats so that future generations can benefit from this irreplaceable landscape.”

People walk through the hallways at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia, on May 9, 2024. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
From the Experts February 4, 2025

New report examines electricity contracts for data centers and other mega-load or large-load facilities

How electricity tariffs can protect households and small businesses from data centers and crypto mines’ enormous energy demands

Strong winds blow embers around firefighters battling to save homes in Pasadena, Calif., from the Eaton Fire on Jan. 7, 2025. (David McNew / Getty Images)
Article January 9, 2025

Tú Puedes Ayudar a los Damnificados Por Incendios Forestales en el Sur de California

Miles de personas han sido evacuadas o enfrentan pérdidas tras los incendios forestales en el área de Los Ángeles. Estos son los grupos comunitarios y ambientales a los que puede apoyar.

An old-growth Douglas fir stands in the fog in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
Press Release November 14, 2024

U.S. Forest Service Releases Environmental Study for Northwest Forest Plan Amendment

The Forest Service must center the strongest possible protections for forests, rivers, fish, and wildlife and support meaningful tribal involvement in forest management

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

Data centers being built in Leesburg, Virginia, next to the Potomac Energy Center, a gas power plant. (Gerville / Getty Images)
From the Experts December 20, 2024

Managing the Growing Energy Demands of Datacenters and Crypto Mining

How states, utilities, and regulators can address digital energy demands to strengthen the grid.

Grizzly bear sow and cubs near Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park. (Eric Johnston / NPS)
Press Release December 3, 2024

Local & National Groups Sue to Stop Unlimited Bitterroot Road Building

Local advocates tap Earthjustice to bring lawsuit aiming to protect vital grizzly bear corridor

Fishing skiffs tied up on the riverbank along the Kuskokwim River in the village of Akiachak, Alaska. (Design Pics Inc / Alamy)
Article October 1, 2024

Alaska Tribes Win Legal Fight Against Gold Mine

The massive Donlin Gold Mine, if built, would pose grave risks to Kuskokwim River communities.

Earthjustice secured new protections for endangered grizzly bears and wolves in Idaho. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)
feature December 1, 2024

Earthjustice Program Report: Fall 2024

Each legal matter that Earthjustice takes on is a commitment to our clients and partners — a promise to fight alongside them for however long it takes.

A view of the northwest section of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona. (U.S. Department of the Interior)
Press Release April 25, 2024

Conservation Groups Defend Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument, Antiquities Act

Motion to intervene filed in support of President Biden’s monument designation near Grand Canyon

Press Release September 20, 2024

One Million Public Comments Support Old-Growth Protections on National Forests

Comments also support protections for mature trees

Located in Alaska's panhandle, the Tongass is the country's largest national forest — and home to nearly one-third of all old-growth temperate rainforest remaining in the entire world. (Lee Prince / Shutterstock)
From the Experts April 4, 2024

The Forest Service Wants to Hear from the Public on Tongass National Forest Management

U.S. Forest Service officials are traveling throughout Southeast Alaska to hear from residents about how they want our nation’s largest forest managed in coming decades.

Esther Green, a Yup’ik Elder, preserves salmon in a fishing camp on the Kuskokwim River. (Diane McEachern)
Press Release November 11, 2024

Court Hearing: Southwest Alaska Tribes and Cook Inletkeeper Challenge Donlin Gold Mine’s State Permits

Plaintiffs argue key state permits authorizing the world’s largest gold mine are illegal

Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park, May 19, 2020. (Jim Peaco / NPS)
feature January 8, 2025

A New Vision for Grizzly Recovery

Science shows that true recovery of grizzly bears requires a unified population with connected ecosystems.

The Florida Scrub-Jay is the only bird species found exclusively in the state of Florida. (Zach Stern / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release January 28, 2025

Conservation groups take legal action to ensure survival of declining Florida Scrub-Jay

Groups move to block effort to rescind Endangered Species Act protections

A golden-cheeked warbler in Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores for Earthjustice )
Press Release January 7, 2025

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Review Announces Endangered Species Act Downlisting for Golden-Cheeked Warbler

Decision comes despite mounting threats to the warbler from development and climate change

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 September 30, 2024

Six Tribes in Southwest Alaska Win Legal Challenge Against the Donlin Gold Mine

The federal court ruling in Alaska declares that a key federal permit authorizing the construction and operation of the world’s largest pure gold mine violates environmental and subsistence protection laws

Press Release December 7, 2022

Uranium Mine Gears Up Near Grand Canyon National Park

Senate must pass permanent Grand Canyon mining ban before 117th Congress ends