Earthjustice partners with organizations and communities around the world to establish, strengthen, and enforce legal protections for the environment and public health.

The Bad River Band and allies continue to fight the dangerous oil pipeline

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft supplemental environmental impact statement that paves the way for an ecologically-destructive land swap and road in Alaska that would slice through a critically important wildlife refuge for migratory bird species. See the Letter to the Reader and Executive Summary.

The Western Alaska Tribe will continue to advocate against a road through Izembek Refuge

Plaintiffs argue key state permits authorizing the world’s largest gold mine are illegal

Ramin Pejan, Attorney, International Program, Earthjustice: “Mines are going up on the river that flows into where they’re fishing now, that’s so tied into their cultural practices, their traditions, their subsistence, their well-being. They need to … consult and be involved in assessing the harms and designing mitigation measures.”

Arizona Lithium must pause activity near Ha’Kamwe’ until lawsuit plays out

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction sought by Earthjustice and Western Mining Action Project, extending a temporary pause on harmful drilling for the duration of the Hualapai Tribe’s legal case challenging federal approval of the Sandy Valley Lithium Exploration Project.

The new rule is an important — but imperfect — step toward equitable federal permitting of high-priority transmission lines.

Learn about the major events and where we are now in this fight

Resolutions opposing a proposed land exchange and road in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, adopted by the Native Village of Hooper Bay, Sea Lion Corporation, Native Village of Paimiut, Chuloonawick Native Village, Native Village of Saint Michael, Chevak Traditional Council, Evansville Tribal Council, and Native Village of Tyonek.

To adapt to and withstand the challenges of climate change, we must respect Indigenous knowledge and protect Tribal rights. Here’s where this administration stood.

Petition challenging the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources for a declaratory ruling, in connection with its approval of a petition for rulemaking to prohibit commercial aquarium collection in the State of Hawai‘i.

We’ve been working with reef advocates and Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners for 12 years to challenge commercial aquarium collection in court and before the state. We’ll keep at it until Hawai‘i’s reef ecosystems can thrive for generations to come.

Las diferencias de tratamiento por parte de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Mendoza ocurrieron en el marco de una demanda acerca de la autorización del fracking o fractura hidráulica para explotar petróleo y gas de la formación Vaca Muerta en la provincia argentina.

The Mendoza Supreme Court’s differential treatment between the oil industry and civil society groups occurred in a lawsuit over the authorization of fracking from the Vaca Muerta formation in the Argentinian province

The massive Donlin Gold Mine, if built, would pose grave risks to Kuskokwim River communities.

The federal court ruling in Alaska declares that a key federal permit authorizing the construction and operation of the world’s largest pure gold mine violates environmental and subsistence protection laws