Conservation groups filed a motion to intervene in defense of President Biden’s designation of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona.

Motion to intervene filed in support of President Biden’s monument designation near Grand Canyon

Groups aim to defend against industry efforts to maximize offshore drilling in public waters

Gulf, Alaska, and environmental groups filed a motion to intervene in an oil industry lawsuit challenging the Interior Department’s Five-Year Program for offshore oil-and-gas leasing — to prevent industry from grabbing even more public waters for profit.

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs: “This is the most right-wing court we’ve seen in almost a century, and that’s emboldening conservative legal activists to swing for the fences with legal claims that would have been laughable just a few years ago. The legal landscape has shifted, and it’s profound.”

EPA’s oil and gas methane standards are firmly rooted in science and the law

Lead-contaminated water continues to plague many U.S. cities and rural areas alike, but a renewed focus by the federal government and state-based efforts offer hope for finally dealing with this nationwide crisis.

A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups, and other forest advocates are seeking to defend the reinstatement of National Roadless Rule protections across the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska by intervening in several legal challenges opposing the rule.

Southwest Power Pool, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, PJM, FirstEnergy, PacifiCorp, and Florida Power & Light want Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to gut important provisions of its proposed interconnection rule, Order No. 2023. On November 6, 2023 Earthjustice filed a motion to intervene to defend the FERC rule.

The joint letter calls for secured support of the vital USDA Climate Hubs

For years, FWS said huge development near the river required a formal study. One phone call changed the agency’s position.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to list bird as threatened

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Emergency order seeks to reinstate protections before upcoming, massive offshore oil and gas sale

Ocean advocates to host educational event on August 5th at Hawai‘i Wildlife Discovery Center

A coalition of fishing and conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, have jointly agreed, with the Biden administration, Oregon, the Nez Perce Tribe and others to ask the court for an additional 60-day pause in our litigation over dam operations on the Snake and Columbia Rivers.

Pō‘ai Wai Ola and Nā Kia‘i Kai raised concerns about the energy project’s impact on the Waimea River

Wyoming sale was one of the largest oil and gas lease sales held on public lands