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Thanks to last year’s victory in a challenge brought by Southwest Alaska Tribes, the agencies had to supplement the mine’s environmental study to examine the risks of a larger tailings spill

The ruling allows ConocoPhillips to proceed with its plans for winter exploration program

A federal court ruling allows ConocoPhillips to continue its winter seismic and exploration drilling program in the Western Arctic despite concerns about the harm it would cause to wildlife, sensitive habitats and the subsistence and cultural values of local Alaska Native people and other Arctic residents.

The industry doesn’t exist yet beyond a few small projects. Here’s why it should never take off.

The U.S. Forest Service releases a final environmental impact statement moving forward with the largest old-growth logging project on the Tongass in years

Markup scheduled for Thursday on legislation to prematurely strip Endangered Species Act protections

The House Natural Resources Committee scheduled a markup on legislation to prematurely remove Endangered Species Act protections for the Mexican gray wolf – one of the most endangered mammals in the United States. Over 70 organizations sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging members to vote against the bill.

Suit seeks U.S. ban on New Zealand seafood as fishing fleets harm rare Māui and Hector’s dolphins

A photo of the whale caught a researcher’s eye, sparking a scientific odyssey spanning 56 years. Today, amid a push to expand fossil fuel drilling in the Gulf, Rice’s whales face extinction.

Isocycloseram was approved for use on golf courses, lawns, and a host of food crops

Updated complaint resumes litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing, adding new claims challenging Interior’s October 2025 decision to again open the Coastal Plain to leasing.

Updated complaint restarts paused litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing

Ben Levitan, Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program: “This attack is not just about the harm it would bring to wildlife and ecosystems; it’s also a threat from the Trump administration to violate the law and ignore the popular will in order to serve well-connected special interests.”

Tania Galloni, Managing Attorney, Florida Office: “We now know that the federal and state government had records confirming that they closely partnered on this facility from the beginning but failed to disclose them to the district court. They cannot continue to evade responsibility for what they’ve done to the Everglades.”

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 27 and Eleventh Circuit Rule 27-1, Appellees Friends of the Everglades and Center for Biological Diversity respectfully renew their motion for leave to file a single consolidated Answer Brief, in response to separate Opening Briefs filed by Appellants Florida Department of Emergency Management and Appellants Federal Agencies.

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 10(e)(2) and 27, Plaintiff-Appellees Friends of the Everglades, Inc., and Center for Biological Diversity hereby respectfully move to supplement the record on appeal with evidence of material facts that were known to, but undisclosed by, Appellants, prior to the preliminary injunction that is the subject of this appeal.

he critically endangered Māui dolphin continues to face an existential threat from bycatch in New Zealand’s North Island set net and trawl fisheries.

Trump agencies proposed weakening Endangered Species Act rules