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feature October 7, 2025

Columbia Basin Salmon in Peril

Wild fish populations in the Columbia Basin are in serious trouble, with key stocks teetering on the brink of extinction.
Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Little Redfish Lake Creek, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho. Salmon will have greater access to spawning grounds in Idaho if the lower Snake River dams are removed.
(Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release: Victory February 25, 2026

Court Orders Emergency Actions to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon

Federal defendants ordered to change Columbia Basin hydropower operations to protect endangered salmon and steelhead
The Canyon Creek watershed provides spawning and rearing habitat for all five species of Pacific salmon.
(Vasik Olga / Shutterstock)
Update February 27, 2026

Court Orders Emergency Actions to Protect Imperiled Salmon

The court’s decision orders federal agencies to implement important, immediate steps to ensure Northwest salmon don’t go extinct.
Press Release December 17, 2025

Comunidades Mapuche Denuncian Proyectos Extractivos en Mendoza ante Organismo de las Naciones Unidas

Organizaciones del Pueblo Mapuche y de la sociedad civil reclaman la falta de consulta y consentimiento sobre el megaproyecto minero Malargüe Distrito Minero Occidental y otras actividades extractivas en su…
Sockeye salmon  (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon)
feature October 15, 2025

Timeline: A Long Fight to Restore Snake River Salmon

Learn about the major events, court rulings, and where we are now in this long-standing fight.
Press Release May 26, 2026

Governor Hochul Becomes Nation’s Only Governor to Weaken State’s Climate Law

As New Yorkers struggle to pay their energy bills, Governor Hochul manufactured a chaotic election year crisis in order to weaken New York's best tool against skyrocketing gas and energy…
A wild chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release October 14, 2025

Plaintiffs Seek Emergency Actions to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon

Following the Trump administration’s abrupt and unilateral withdrawal from a historic agreement to restore the Columbia basin, plaintiffs return to court to prevent salmon and steelhead extinction
feature August 4, 2021

Maps: Organophosphate Pesticides in the U.S.

Visualizing the widespread extent of agricultural pesticide usage for 14 of the most harmful organophosphate pesticides.
Press Release July 22, 2025

Mapuche Defend Against Extractive Industry and Forced Evictions From Ancestral Lands in Argentina

Mapuche communities urge Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to further investigate abuses at nexus of extractive industry and land dispossession
Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Little Redfish Lake Creek, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho. Salmon will have greater access to spawning grounds in Idaho if the lower Snake River dams are removed.
(Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release September 11, 2025

Groups Return to Court to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon

The Trump Administration’s unilateral withdrawal from a historic agreement forces plaintiffs back to court to protect salmon and steelhead from lethal dams
A gray wolf walking in snow taken in Yellowstone National Park. (Stan Tekiela / Getty Images)
Article April 29, 2026

How Trump and Congress Are Attacking the Endangered Species Act – and What You Can Do

Extractive industries that have long despised the ESA now have powerful allies. We’re fighting back.
Press Release May 13, 2026

From Big Rigs to E-Bikes, California Electric Fest Showcases Clean Transportation in the Golden State

Event by Earthjustice and CALSTART will bring electric trucks, vehicles, and advocates to the state capitol
Nurdles, in particular, resemble fish eggs and are mistaken for food by marine wildlife.  A dead fish with plastic pellets in its mouth, washed ashore near the Wellawatte neighborhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Saman Abesiriwardana / Pacific Press via Alamy)
feature March 19, 2026

Where Do Microplastics Come From and Why Are They Polluting Our Waters?

Microplastics can now be found just about everywhere in the environment, including – most alarming – in our own bodies.
document September 11, 2025

Columbia Basin: Court request to lift litigation pause to protect wild salmon and steelhead

Conservation, fishing, and clean energy groups represented by Earthjustice today filed a motion requesting the U.S. District Court in Oregon end a multi-year pause on the groups’ long-running litigation to…
The now-closed Waukegan Generating Station, on the shore of Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Illinois. The coal fired power plant still has sizable coal ash ponds threatening the environment. (Jamie Kelter Davis for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 9, 2026

EPA Proposes to Gut Federal Coal Ash Cleanup Requirements and Health Protections

Earthjustice will sue to stop the EPA from rewriting the rules for coal power companies’ toxic sludge
Clockwise from top left: Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice) Controlled burn during BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard) Subway train on the 7 line in Queens, New York City. (Marco Bottigelli / Getty Images) An oil-coated feather on a Florida beach in 2010, following the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. (Tech. Sgt. Emily F. Alley / U.S. Air Force)
feature December 11, 2025

Our Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration

We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.
Smog air pollution by county. <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/soot-smog-air-map-united-states-county">See full map.</a> (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

Mapping Soot and Smog Pollution in the United States

How is the air where you live?
Press Release June 2, 2025

Solicitan Intervención Urgente de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Para Evitar Desalojo Forzoso de Comunidad Mapuche

Organizaciones buscan pronunciamiento del órgano de derechos humanos a favor de la Comunidad Lof El Sosneado, la cual se encuentra en conflicto con una empresa minera en la provincia de…