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Press Release December 20, 2024

Groups Sue Fisheries Service for Withholding Public Information

Agency withheld public records, photographs, and videos related to bycatch in trawl fisheries off California and Alaska.

In the News: Orlando Sentinel February 9, 2024

Florida could remove majority of climate change references from state law

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “It does send a statement that even though we are seeing the impacts of climate change increasing every year in the state — more people being impacted by stronger hurricanes, we’re seeing sea level rise, we’re seeing hotter summers — that we don’t think that is something we should be…

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

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.

Press Release October 24, 2007

Documents Reveal Political Meddling in Murrelet Decision

Julie MacDonald insisted on last minute changes to undermine bird’s protected status

page July 24, 2023

The Hiring Process

Get hired: A guide to Earthjustice’s job application process and tips for success.

Peter Lehner (left), managing attorney of Earthjustice’s Sustainable Food & Farming Program, discusses restorative, climate-friendly farming practices on Seth Watkins’ farm in Iowa. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
page August 15, 2024

Legacy Giving: Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have questions on how to create your environmental legacy? We have answers.

document February 13, 2023

FOIA Appeal Docket No. GFO-2023-00170-F

Earthjustice respectfully appeals the decision of the Department of Energy / Golden Field Office (GFO) to withhold records in response to Earthjustice’s Freedom of Information Act request number GFO-2023-00170-F. Earthjustice’s FOIA request seeks “all submitted concept papers, related documents, written communications, and other information received in response to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Additional Clean Hydrogen Programs (Section 40314): Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Funding Opportunity Announcement, #DE-FOA-0002779, issued by the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Program on September 22, 2022, with concept papers due on November 7, 2022.”

The marbled murrelet is a shy, robin-sized seabird that feeds at sea and nests only in old-growth forests along the Pacific Coast. (National Park Service)
Press Release August 3, 2016

Millions of Acres of Forest Will Remain Protected for Marbled Murrelets in Washington, Oregon, California

Timber industry attempt to open lands to logging fails, but designation still neglects critical marine areas, old-growth forests on state, private lands

Earthjustice’s successful litigation led to critical protections for Teshekpuk Lake, one of the most ecologically important wetlands in the Arctic. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
page August 15, 2024

Legacy Giving: Find an Estate Planner

Estate planning is an important way to protect your family and ensure your wishes are respected.

A marbled murrelet.
(U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Photo)
Press Release: Victory March 2, 2015

Logging Industry Fails Again to Strip Threatened Seabird of Protections

Court upholds marbled murrelet protection in Washington, Oregon, and California

page July 11, 2024

Privacy Policy

At Earthjustice, your privacy and security are critically important to us. Learn how we collect, store, and use your information, as well as how to manage your information and unsubscribe from emails or postal mail.

document October 19, 2021

Homestead detention center FOIA lawsuit

Earthjustice, on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to compel several federal agencies to respond to unanswered Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the Florida Homestead migrant detention center for unaccompanied children.

Ominous wall cloud portending possible violent weather.
(Jerry Penry / NOAA / NWS)
Press Release September 17, 2019

Friends of the Earth and Earthjustice head to court over NOAA’s lack of FOIA transparency

Lawsuit challenges the agency’s unlawful year-long failure to respond requests

Press Release September 5, 2013

Logging Industry Loses Latest Attack on Threatened Seabird

Marbled murrelets, a unique coastal bird, and their old-growth forest habitat will remain protected

Press Release October 19, 2021

Grupos Ambientales y de Justicia Investigan A Gobierno Estadounidense Por Posible Exposición De Menores Migrantes A Sustancias Químicas Tóxicas

Defensores demandan a agencias federales para obtener más información sobre centro de detención con contaminantes como arsénico, plomo y mercurio.

Press Release October 19, 2021

Groups Probe Government Over Migrant Children’s Possible Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Advocates sue federal agencies to learn more about Florida site with known contaminants, including arsenic, lead, and mercury

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.
(GAGE SKIDMORE / CC BY-SA 2.0)
Press Release February 2, 2018

Earthjustice & Sierra Club Demand Information on EPA’s FOIA Processes

Political interference suspected: Under Scott Pruitt, EPA has stonewalled the public’s right to information