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June 16, 2020 | Feature

Too Sacred To Drill

As Earthjustice built its legal case to protect the Badger-Two Medicine area, the Blackfeet Nation built a movement, drawn together by collective outrage over the oil industry’s demands to drill a treasured landscape.

May 6, 2020 | Legal Document

Complaint: Twin Metals

Plaintiffs challenge the BLM's failure to comply with NEPA when it issued two hardrock mining lease renewals, to Twin Metals Minnesota, in an area adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

May 6, 2020 | Press Release

Lawsuit Targets Toxic Copper Mine Threatening Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

Pollution from proposed Twin Metals mine would harm water quality and ecology in beloved wilderness area

April 29, 2020 | Press Release

Groups Sue to Stop Trump Administration from Allowing Deadly Gear in Tuna Spawning Grounds

Government is gutting rules designed to rebuild bluefin tuna population

April 8, 2020 | In the News: Inside Climate News

In Alaska’s North, Covid-19 Has Not Stopped the Trump Administration’s Quest to Drill for Oil

February 12, 2020 | Press Release

Earthjustice Elogia A Comité de Recursos Naturales Por Otorgar Nuevos Poderes a Su Presidente

Esta acción mejorará el escrutinio sobre funcionarios del Departamento del Interior y sus estrechos lazos con la industria petrolífera y gasífera

February 12, 2020 | Press Release

Earthjustice Praises House Committee for Granting New Investigative Powers to Chairman

Move will enhance scrutiny of Department of Interior officials with extensive ties to coal and oil industry

February 4, 2020 | Press Release

Environmental and Public Health Advocates Agree: Trump is the Worst President for Our Environment in History

Groups blast administration’s record in advance of State of the Union address

January 15, 2020 | Press Release

Western Caucus Proposes to Further Gut the Endangered Species Act

Nearly 20 new bills would continue to undermine the vital conservation law already under attack by the Trump administration

January 14, 2020 | Press Release

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands

California’s Central Valley already suffers from some of the worst air and water quality in the state

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