Forests

September 27, 2019 | Article

Big Victory for Mega-Trees and for the Climate

Protecting trees, particularly old-growth trees in Tongass National Forest, protects the climate.

September 23, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Halting Old-Growth Timber Sale in Tongass National Forest

Initial phase of staggering logging project placed on hold a day before bids were scheduled to open

August 23, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Smog Standard Too Weak To Protect Forests, Court Rules

Court rejects polluters’ claims that standards are too protective

August 23, 2019 | Legal Document

Court Ruling: Smog Standard Too Weak To Protect Forests

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the current national ambient air quality standards for ozone are too weak to protect the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will now have to set standards that actually protect forests, as the Clean Air Act requires.

August 1, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

In the 11th Hour Court Halts Copper Mine from Desecrating Native American Tribes’ Ancestral Grounds

The Tohono O’odham Nation, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and the Hopi Tribe asked a federal judge to stop mine company from destroying their heritage

July 29, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Montana Court Strikes Down Water Pollution Permit for Montanore Mine, Protecting Clean Water and Native Fish

Permits for both of Hecla’s proposed mines in Montana’s Cabinet Mountains Wilderness have been ruled unlawful this year

July 28, 2019 | Feature

Defending America’s Climate Forest

Trump’s Forest Service wants to log the Tongass, a key weapon in fighting climate change.

May 17, 2019 | In the News: KTUU

Attorney: Tongass old-growth logging “plain violation” of environmental law

Tom Waldo, Attorney, Alaska Regional Office, Earthjustice: "The agency is required to take a hard look at specific impacts of an action in specific places. So you can't just generalize across the whole island and say, 'well, we'll log somewhere.' This is a brazen attempt by the forest service to rewrite the rules for timber sales."

May 7, 2019 | Press Release