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What’s happening: BP, the company behind the worst oil spill in U.S. history, is asking the Trump administration to allow it to drill a new, ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. Why it matters: BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 killed 11 people and released 4.9 million barrels of oil that blanketed the Gulf…

The Trump administration is opening millions of acres of ocean to oil companies. New offshore drilling risks huge oil spills.

The progress we have secured is a testament to the fact that the law and science are on our side. It also reflects the desire of most people across the country for a safer and cleaner world. Our shared wins represent decades of painstaking work, culminating in concrete measures that will save lives across the country. We’re celebrating our victories and the many opportunities ahead.

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

The bill includes proposals to sell out our public lands and waters to corporate interests

For decades, we’ve defended our public lands for the benefit of all people, and we’ll continue fighting back as long as Trump’s attacks continue.

Commercial fishing within national monument boundaries threatens protected marine habitats, endangered species, and the long-term health of our world’s oceans

Deep sea leasing near American Samoa to mine critical minerals would threaten rare and undiscovered ocean species

Advocates representative of historically-excluded and marginalized communities gathered to center ocean justice ahead of World Ocean Day

Defensores representantes de comunidades históricamente excluidas y marginadas se reunieron para promover la justicia oceánica, como antesala del Día Mundial de los Océanos.

David Henkin, attorney in Earthjustice’s Mid-Pacific Office, explains our lawsuit to protect the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.

Ampliar el puerto de Veracruz afectaría un importante sistema arrecifal.

Making the Port of Veracruz larger would damage a major reef system.

April’s proclamation threatens indigenous heritage, endangered species, and pristine marine ecosystems in Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument

This case challenges President Donald J. Trump’s unlawful Proclamation 10918 of April 17, 2025, which purports to strip core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and to open the Monument to commercial fishing.

We’re suing the Trump administration for trying to illegally open one of the world’s most pristine tropical marine environments to commercial fishing

The bill represents one of the most anti-environmental bills ever debated in the U.S. Congress.