La administración Biden cancela ofertas ilegales y abre nuevos procesos que podrían preservar las preciadas tierras árticas en Alaska, pero se necesita más para abordar la mayor amenaza climática: más perforaciones en los arrendamientos de petróleo y gas existentes en el Ártico occidental.

Biden administration cancels illegal leases and opens new processes that could preserve cherished Arctic lands in Alaska. More is needed to tackle the biggest climate threat: further oil drilling on existing oil and gas leases in the Western Arctic 

Public comment period concludes for proposed rulemakings on how Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service protect species and habitats

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.

Congress must reject these poison pill riders and non-negotiable provisions that will harm communities and the environment.

Even amended version could set back ‘paws-on-the-ground’ date by upending federal process

Proposals seek to weaken species protections on behalf of special interests

There are many reasons that people connect with biodiversity. Here are mine.

Increased threats could unravel the web of life that sustains so many species on this planet—including us.

Wolf and beaver restoration identified as centerpiece of ambitious network of protected areas

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has repeatedly – and illegally – failed to follow top scientists’ recommendations about how to restore the wolves.

The Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife, represented by Earthjustice in the suit, argue that Fish and Wildlife Service’s new rule fails to respond to ongoing genetic threats to Mexican gray wolves, sets an inadequate population target, and cuts wolves off from essential recovery habitat.

New management rule sets target of 320 wolves in a single area of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico

Six Ojibwe Tribes sent a letter to Senators Baldwin and Johnson opposing their proposed wolf delisting legislation. 

Six Ojibwe Tribes send letter to the Senators urging continued protections under the Endangered Species Act

Emergency protections are needed for the gray wolf after the Northern Rockies sees the worst persecution of wolves in a century.

Court grants judgment vacating the “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife,” 85 Fed. Reg. 69,778 (Nov. 3, 2020), and thereby reinstating federal protections for wolves in 44 states.

La decisión de la corte evitará su caza, envenenamiento y captura en 44 estados