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Federal government, not state, will remain in charge of wetlands permitting under the Clean Water Act

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that permits to build in wetlands should stay in the hands of federal regulators rather than the state of Florida.

The administration’s repeal of a key scientific finding on climate will harm millions.

El muro fronterizo y las boyas acuáticas representan una amenaza inevitable e irreversible para la vida humana, la propiedad y el medio ambiente

Local groups submit amicus brief to prevent further construction on retrofitting warehouse

Grupos locales presentan escrito de amicus curiae para impedir la construcción de un almacén en proceso de reacondicionamiento

A coalition of environmental and community organizations, represented by Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity, filed an amicus brief in the State of Maryland’s case to stop a proposed mass detention facility in Hagerstown.

Suit claims Bureau of Land Management walked away from 2015 commitments to sage-grouse to benefit oil and gas industry

Montana Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, and The Wilderness Society sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its abandonment of critical protections for the declining greater sage-grouse.

Border wall and water buoys pose an inevitable and irreversible threat to human life, property, and the environment

60-day notice states recently-approved West Reservoir Project could harm grizzly bears and bull trout

Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan notified the Trump administration of their intent to sue over the recently-approved West Reservoir timber project in Flathead National Forest, which would allow for new roadbuilding that could harm federally-protected grizzly bears and bull trout.

The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest.

These are lands that belong to all Americans, not the timber industry.

Vast natural areas, long protected from extraction, were included in 187 tracts that oil and gas companies bid on for oil development

Public interest groups and state of Colorado challenge DOE’s emergency order

Public interest organizations filed a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Colorado’s Craig Unit 1, a coal-burning power plant.

Laws without penalties are just requests.