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

A vote before Congress could open the door to mining in the watershed of the treasured Boundary Waters wilderness.

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

Las agencias estatales y federales han estado ocultando información para evitar cumplir con la ley ambiental federal

Florida and federal agencies have been withholding information to avoid complying with federal environmental law

Michelle Ghafar, Attorney, California Regional Office: “They didn’t look at any of that new information or change of circumstances and analyze how any of that could change the impact that they identified.”

Tania Galloni, Managing Attorney, Florida Office: “We now know that the federal and state government had records confirming that they closely partnered on this facility from the beginning but failed to disclose them to the district court. They cannot continue to evade responsibility for what they’ve done to the Everglades.”

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 27 and Eleventh Circuit Rule 27-1, Appellees Friends of the Everglades and Center for Biological Diversity respectfully renew their motion for leave to file a single consolidated Answer Brief, in response to separate Opening Briefs filed by Appellants Florida Department of Emergency Management and Appellants Federal Agencies.

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 10(e)(2) and 27, Plaintiff-Appellees Friends of the Everglades, Inc., and Center for Biological Diversity hereby respectfully move to supplement the record on appeal with evidence of material facts that were known to, but undisclosed by, Appellants, prior to the preliminary injunction that is the subject of this appeal.

Tania Galloni, Managing Attorney, Florida Office: “The writing has been on the wall from the start. It is an avenue that the agencies right now are trying to dance around in a way to avoid liability for environment, for complying with environmental law.”

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

Interior approved ConocoPhillips’ plan to explore for more oil near its Willow project without addressing the harm it will cause to wildlife and sensitive ecosystems

Senators use Congressional Review Act to reinstate Trump-era plan maximizing oil drilling

Roadless Area Conservation Act would solidify protections for national forests

Congress and the administration continue attacks on our national public lands

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.

Groups oppose H.J. Res. 130/S.J. Res. 89, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval to rescind the Bureau of Land Management Buffalo Field Office’s 2024 Resource Management Plan Amendment that ended new coal leasing in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.

The Department of the Interior announced it will finalize the rescission of common-sense rules aimed at better protecting ecologically sensitive public lands including Teshekpuk Lake