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A Newell's shearwater (ʻaʻo) on Kaua`i. (Jim Denny)
Article November 20, 2024

One Small Seabird Egg Offers Hope for Hawai‘i’s Biodiversity

The endemic Newell’s shearwater has a chance at survival thanks to an innovative team of conservationists, researchers, and Earthjustice lawyers.

A Newell's shearwater (ʻaʻo) on Kaua`i. (Jim Denny)
Press Release November 19, 2024

Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Maui’s Endangered and Threatened Seabirds from Hazards Posed by County Streetlights

Maui County pushed to comply with the Endangered Species Act

document November 19, 2024

Complaint: Maui HECO Streetlights

Plaintiffs Conservation Council for Hawai‘i and American Bird Conservancy hereby complain of the actions of Defendants Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Maui Electric Company, Ltd and County of Maui to defend three critically imperiled seabirds from streetlights that are native to Hawai‘i and protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Filed Nov. 19, 2024.

An old-growth Douglas fir stands in the fog in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
Press Release November 14, 2024

U.S. Forest Service Releases Environmental Study for Northwest Forest Plan Amendment

The Forest Service must center the strongest possible protections for forests, rivers, fish, and wildlife and support meaningful tribal involvement in forest management

A great blue heron on the Yellowstone River. (Charles "Chuck" Peterson / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release November 14, 2024

Conservation Group Sues Feds Over Fish Hatchery Shooting Migratory Birds

Fish hatchery caused osprey breeding population collapse along 20 miles of the Yellowstone River

Grizzly bear near Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park. (A. Falgoust / NPS)
Article November 12, 2024

Project 2025 Means Gutting Key Environmental Laws. We’ll Fight Back.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

Emissions from a stack at the Mitchell Power Plant, a coal powered plant, in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Article November 12, 2024

What Project 2025 Would Do to the Environment – and How We Will Respond

The policy playbook from the Heritage Foundation would strip away our rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet.

The Newell’s shearwater is a threatened species. (Brenda Zaun / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
Press Release November 12, 2024

Hawaiian Electric and Conservation Groups Reach Settlement to Protect Imperiled Seabirds

Hawaiʻi’s largest public utility makes additional commitments to address potential threats to seabirds from power lines on Maui and Lāna‘i, while pursuing permits under the federal Endangered Species Act and state law

El presidente Donald Trump le entrega el bolígrafo que utilizó para firmar una orden ejecutiva al presidente, director y director ejecutivo de Dow Chemical, Andrew Liveris, mientras otros líderes empresariales aplauden en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca en Washington el 24 de febrero de 2017. La orden ejecutiva fue parte de su esfuerzo por reducir las regulaciones del gobierno federal. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)
Article November 6, 2024

Trump Está Más Preparado Esta Vez. Nosotros También.

Usaremos nuestra experiencia legal para enfrentar los ataques ambientales de Trump. Nos basaremos en nuestro historial de victorias contra su última administración.

Donald Trump. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Article November 6, 2024

Trump Is More Prepared This Time. We Are Too.

We’ll use our legal expertise to take on Trump’s environmental attacks – and we’ll build on our winning record against his last administration.

document October 30, 2024

HECO Power Lines Settlement

Settlement agreement between Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi and American Bird Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi and defendants Hawaiian Electric Company Inc. and Maui Electric Company Ltd. re Endangered Species Act — listed seabird take from power lines on Maui and Lana‘i.

First light strikes the summit of Mount Moran, painting the sky orange as a female grizzly wades a shallow bend in the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of Thomas D. Mangelsen)
feature October 23, 2024

“A Lens Into Their Lives”: The Grizzlies of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Grizzly 399, an iconic bear matriarch in the Greater Yellowstone region, has died due to a vehicle strike. Earthjustice has worked for decades to safeguard grizzlies from threats to their survival. Today we are mourning Grizzly 399’s loss and reflecting on these observations of her that legendary photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen shared in 2020.

A horseshoe crab in the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, N.J. (Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 21, 2024

Fisheries Commission Once Again Rejects Female Horseshoe Crab Harvest Proposal for Delaware Bay, Extending a Lifeline for Migratory Shorebirds

Shorebird populations, which rely on crab eggs for food, remain vulnerable

An old-growth Douglas fir stands in the fog in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
Press Release September 24, 2024

Earthjustice Slams House Vote on Fix Our Forests Act

“True forest management requires engaging communities and utilizing proven best practices, not opening our lands to more reckless logging operations.”

document September 23, 2024

Fix Our Forest Opposition Letter

Letter to members of the House of Representatives, opposing the Fix Our Forests Act from House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman.

Press Release September 18, 2024

More Than 80 Conservation Groups Call on Members of Congress To Oppose New House Bill Targeting Endangered Species Act

Proposed bill would eliminate key aspects of ESA that have been in place for 50 years

The golden-cheeked warbler photographed in Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores for Earthjustice )
Article September 11, 2024

Meet the Texas Bird that is a Bulwark for Biodiversity

Saving the endangered golden-cheeked warbler will help us protect an abundance of plants and animals in the Texas Hill Country.

Grizzly bear in Grand Teton National Park. (Jackie Skaggs / National Park Service)
Press Release September 10, 2024

Idaho, Montana & National Groups Put Feds on Notice on Bitterroot Road Building

Earthjustice will go to court to protect critical connective ecosystem for grizzly bears