The Latest On: Roadless Rule
October 29, 2020
| Press Release: Victory
In Colorado, Federal Judges Block Coal Mining Construction in Protected Roadless Forest
October 28, 2020
| In the News: Mic
Trump Just Squeezed One Last Environmental Catastrophe Into His First Term
Sam Sankar, Senior VP of Programs, Earthjustice: "We've been protecting the Tongass for many years. We've done it through James Watt, we've done it through Republican administrations, and we've done it through hostile Supreme Courts. There's never been a strong economic argument for logging, and neither has there been a strong biological or cultural argument. And we're confident we'll continue to prevail in the courts."
October 28, 2020
| In the News: The Washington Post
Trump To Strip Protections From Tongass National Forest, One Of The Biggest Intact Temperate Rainforests
Eric Jorgenson, Managing Attorney, Alaska Office, Earthjustice: “Years ago, a previous administration tried to eliminate the essential protection the roadless rule provides on the Tongass and the courts rejected the attempt. Today’s effort is no better justified and we believe it will meet a similar fate.”
October 1, 2020
| In the News: High Country News
Eleven Alaska Native Tribes Offer New Way Forward On Managing The Tongass
Kate Glover, Attorney, Alaska Office, Earthjustice: “We need [the Tongass] more than ever as the climate’s warming and our tourism and fishing industries have been taking a hit, both because of the pandemic and changing ecosystem conditions that have affected fish runs,”
September 24, 2020
| Press Release
U.S. Forest Service Pushes Ahead to Gut Protections for America’s Climate Forest
June 24, 2020
| Press Release: Victory
Federal Judge Sends Massive Logging Project on Prince of Wales Island Back to the Drawing Board
June 15, 2020
| In the News: The Colorado Sun
A federal court ruled a coal company couldn’t build a road on public land near Paonia. The company did it anyway.
Robin Cooley, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “I can’t speak to their motivation, but I can definitely say that it isn’t surprising to me that the District Court was taking some time given that the courts have been closed down by the COVID crisis so for Mountain Coal to use that to their advantage is pretty unacceptable. Mountain Coal said what would happen if the court vacated the North Fork Exception. And the court vacated the exception and they built their road anyway.”