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Now is the time to let the administration know we won’t stand for selling America’s public lands to the highest bidding polluter.

Coal is an expensive, dirty, and dangerous energy source. We’re not going back to it.

The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, alongside conservation groups, filed a motion to join a lawsuit to defend Yellowstone National Park’s science-based bison management plan.

Motion to intervene filed in a lawsuit from Montana and Wyoming

The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, alongside Tribal and conservation groups, filed a motion to join a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration’s 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in Wyoming and Eastern Montana’s Powder River Basin.

The Michigan Court of Appeals sided with Enbridge and MPSC on tunnel project

Adam Ratchenski, Attorney, Midwest Office: “Nobody wants their water poisoned or their property values torpedoed in order to keep Canadian oil and gas flowing through the Great Lakes.”

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office: “It is laughable to see Line 5 on this list. It’s a pipeline that carries crude oil from Canada to Canada and will not increase U.S. capacity or respond to Trump’s declared energy emergency.”

The Michigan Court of Appeals struck down a challenge by Tribal Nations and green groups who sought to overturn the Michigan Public Service Commission’s decision to permit Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac.

Stefanie Tsosie, Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program: “The blasting materials themselves could be hazardous and introduce hazardous components to the water.”

The Trump administration’s gutting of federal agencies will wreak havoc on laws that protect everyone’s health and the environment.

The Trump administration’s agenda to repeal Roadless Rule protections on the Tongass doesn’t square with a popular vision of sustainable local economies dependent on intact forest ecosystems

Hana Vizcarra, Attorney, National Climate: “There’s harm to the communities they’re working in because if they’re unable to move forward with projects or have stalled those projects, that has an impact on the communities.”

Letter from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with analysis showing that discharges from the proposed Line 5 reroute project will violate the Band’s water quality requirements by harming waters, aquatic resources, and wetlands.

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “We’ve been privileged to follow the lead of 11 Tribal Nations with deep cultural ties to the monument, and we will continue fighting to protect it from uranium mining and other threats so that future generations can benefit from this irreplaceable landscape.”

Harley M. Broyles, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “The law does not provide that the governor has that kind of discretion to completely, completely disregard and throw away the nominating committee’s list and start over to get a new one.”

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “We’re pleased that the court rightly rejected this far-fetched attack on Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument. We stand ready to defend all national monuments from any future attack by the current president.”

Agency modifies 2020 order allowing state to assume responsibility for federal environmental programs on tribal lands