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Press Release November 9, 2026

Trump Administration Continues Systematic Dismantling of Public Lands

Proposed rule would shut the public out and allow the administration to make sweeping decisions about 250 million acres of Western public lands behind closed doors
Thousands of convict tangs school in the shallows off Jarvis Island in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. (Courtney Couch / NOAA)
Press Release November 9, 2026

Trump Administration Reignites Proposal to Launch Commercial Fishing in Pacific Marine Monument

The rule would strip crucial environmental protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument
Press Release: Victory November 9, 2026

Voters Choose Environmental Protection, Reject California’s Proposition 45

Prop 45 would have gutted the California Environmental Quality Act
document November 9, 2026

BAAJA Updated Manager’s Amendment Analysis

In an effort to help inform the Senate cloture vote that is scheduled for Monday, November 9, 2026. Earthjustice is providing our initial analysis of the manager's amendment to the…
Vast acreages of public lands used for drilling in Vernal, Utah. (WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts November 6, 2026

How the Senate’s Permitting Bill Could Lock in Fossil Fuel Extraction and Give Handouts to Oil and Gas Companies

This bill goes far beyond certainty and risks creating permanence, even for deeply flawed decisions.
document November 6, 2026

Quantica Comments

Groups submitted public comments calling on the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to prepare a comprehensive environmental assessment of the impacts of Quantica, a hyperscale AI data center proposed in…
Since 2009, the “endangerment finding” has formed the legal backbone for some of our most important climate protections, including limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. (Pi Lens / Shutterstock)
feature November 5, 2026

Guide to Public Hearing on Methane Regulations Rollback

This is our last chance to speak directly to EPA and urge them to drop this proposal, which would give the oil and gas industry a pass to pollute.
The Meta El Paso Data Center is seen on August 13, 2026 in El Paso, Texas, occupying approximately 1,000 acres. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Article November 5, 2026

Voters Have Spoken: No Dirty Data Centers

Politicians will be ignoring this key midterm message if they vote for the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.
Press Release November 5, 2026

Protect New Yorkers From AI Data Centers

Experts and advocates caution Governor Hochul and the PSC that New York's proposed data center environmental review fails to properly address critical environmental and affordability concerns
An excavator plows through land during construction for a section of border wall near Santa Elena Canyon on August 14, 2026 in Big Bend National Park, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Article November 5, 2026

The Trump Administration’s Border Wall Strategy: Waive the Laws it Doesn’t Like.

In just a year and a half, the Department of Homeland Security has issued an unprecedented number of waivers of federal laws for border wall construction, threatening the southern border’s…
A stunning array of corals and sponges on Retriever Seamount. This high diversity and density was characteristic of what scientists saw during a deep-sea expedition. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research / Deep Connections 2019)
From the Experts November 5, 2026

How the Senate’s Permitting Bill Could Lock in Deep-Sea Mining for Years to Come

Scientists are unequivocal: the biodiversity loss and habitat destruction that likely would come from mining the deep sea would be irreversible. Here's how the Senate permitting bill would prop open…
Fitchburg, MA - June 5: More than 200 sheep graze amidst 15,000 solar panels at the Fitchburg Renewables solar farm in Massachusetts . (John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
From the Experts November 5, 2026

Americans Voted for Energy Affordability in the Midterms, so Why is the Trump Administration Illegally Making Clean, Affordable Energy less available to Farmers?

Earthjustice will continue to fight with urgency to ensure that the USDA restores funding and clean power to the farmers and rural communities the Department is supposed to serve.
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum / Bloomberg Creative / Getty Images)
Article November 4, 2026

Voters Demanded Change – on the Environment, and Democracy

Affordable clean energy, data center guardrails, and government accountability played out in midterm contests across the country.
feature November 4, 2026

2026 Elections: A Voting Guide

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Up for your votes are all 435 House seats, 33 Senate seats, governors of 36 states, 64 state supreme court seats across 32 states,…
Press Release November 4, 2026

Settlement requires Bonneville Power Administration to reduce proposed rate hike that unfairly targets salmon protection

Planned rate hike would be reduced by close to $40 million
document November 4, 2026

NAACP v. X.AI Corp

As featured in the Bulletin of Developments in Environmental and Administrative Law.
document November 4, 2026

D.C. Pres. League v. Department of the Interior

As featured in the Bulletin of Developments in Environmental and Administrative Law.
A canoe on calm waters in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northeastern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
From the Experts November 4, 2026

Some of the Great Wild and Special Places the Senate Permitting Bill Puts on the Chopping Block

Americans have been able to enjoy the sights and histories of Chaco Canyon, the Boundary Waters, Bears Ears, and the Arctic Refuge for years. Now, the Senate permitting bill could…