Congress

The Latest On: Congress

March 12, 2019 | In the News: Associated Press

Trump’s National Monument Changes Return to Spotlight

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice Rocky Mountain office: the lack of an outcome for so many monuments “raises questions if this was really about abuses they saw in monument designations or whether it was really more of a political deal that he had made with the Utah senators?”

March 7, 2019 | Press Release

Earthjustice Endorses SAVE Right Whales Act Legislation

Legislation would provide desperately needed funding to protect the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale

March 7, 2019 | In the News: NBC

Cunningham Questions Trump official on Seismic Airgun Blasting

February 28, 2019 | Press Release

Earthjustice Endorses FAIR Act Legislation to End Forced Arbitration Injustice

Legislation would put an end to “pickpocket provisions” in workers’ contracts, environmental law organization contends

February 7, 2019 | Feature

The Green New Deal and the Fight for Survival

To avert a climate catastrophe, members of the Sunrise Movement are pushing to pass the Green New Deal, a bold plan to get our country off dirty energy within the next decade.

February 7, 2019 | Press Release

Earthjustice Endorses Resolution on the Green New Deal

Plan “lays out a bold vision that matches the scope of our climate crisis”

January 25, 2019 | Letter

Letter: Industry Favors During Government Shutdown

Letter to senior officials at the Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service from 86 organizations representing millions of members nationally and internationally, writing to express objection to the continuation of their agencies’ oil and gas development and logging activities on public lands, waters, and forests during the partial federal government shutdown.

January 25, 2019 | Press Release

86 Organizations Representing Millions Demand Answers from Top Interior Department, U.S. Forest Service Officials on Oil & Gas, Logging Industry Favors During Shutdown

National network of environmental advocates slams continued oil and gas development, logging activities on public lands, proposed rollbacks on FOIA policies