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Earthjustice responds to the Trump administration’s recent attacks against civilians

How lawmakers are clearing the way for mining and fossil fuel development across the western U.S. and Alaska.

Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public land protection as we know it

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.

Legislation puts gray wolf recovery in jeopardy and defies science

Bill would reduce critical protections for imperiled plants and animals

In a series of recent moves, the administration is opening most of the vast and precious Arctic ecosystem to drilling.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocated an unprecedented level of funding for critical minerals projects that amount to little more than a slush fund for the mining industry.

H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act; Rep. Westerman) not only fundamentally weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) but also sets a deeply troubling precedent for our court system that goes far beyond its stated intent.

An independent and strong judiciary is an essential pillar of our democracy. Without judicial review, federal agency actions can go unchecked, no matter how unlawful they are.

Ahead of the December 2025 vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, over 150 groups oppose the SPEED Act (H.R. 4776).

The legislation would undo longstanding protections under the Clean Air Act, undermine children’s health, and institutionalize a dangerous precedent of executive overreach under the pretext of “national security.”

Congress and the administration continue attacks on our national public lands

Over 100 groups oppose Chair Westerman’s “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act” (The “SPEED Act”).

Letter to members of Congress from civil justice groups opposing H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act

Strictly speaking, it’s not even an environmental law. We call it our not-so-secret secret weapon.

Groups oppose S.J.Res. 80 and H.J.Res. 124, which would utilize the Congressional Review Act to strike down the Bureau of Land Management’s 2022 Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.