“EPA itself acknowledges that the PFAS pesticide isocycloseram presents significant human health and environmental risks, yet the agency swept those risks under the rug,” said Sharmeen Morrison, senior attorney at Earthjustice.
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Groups yesterday filed a complaint before the Montana PSC challenging NorthWestern Energy’s intent to provide electricity supply service to large load data centers without first proving that it will not adversely impact existing ratepayers. earthjustice.org/press/2025/g...
"It’s time to accept the results of the democratic process and continue working together to ensure the best outcomes for both wolves and the communities that live alongside them.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/a...
"Rolling back the Roadless Rule isn’t about safety — it’s about clearing the way for corporate logging and drilling that put our people, our lands, and our security at risk." -Janessa Goldbeck, Marine Corps veteran, CEO of Vet Voice Foundation
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“These national forests belong to all Americans, not to the timber industry. Earthjustice has successfully defended the Roadless Rule in court for decades. Nothing will stop us from taking up that fight again.” -Drew Caputo, Earthjustice VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife and Oceans
BREAKING: The Trump administration has initiated the repeal of the Roadless Rule, gutting protections that have safeguarded forests for over 25 years—just to benefit the timber industry through unchecked logging.
“Rescinding the roadless rule opens the door to logging and development in some of the most ecologically important public forests we have. These areas are biodiversity strongholds and carbon sinks that play a vital role in climate resilience.” www.hcn.org/articles/the...
The administration is pursuing yet another unwarranted coal giveaway in this move to reopen the Powder River Basin for new coal leasing. Montana lawmakers have also introduced a bill to reopen the region through congressional action. earthjustice.org/brief/2025/g...
“Just last year, BLM found it impossible to justify continued coal leasing in the Powder River Basin considering the abundant coal already under lease, shrinking demand, and the imperative to phase out fossil fuel development to address the climate crisis.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/t...
The Trump admin is rolling back the Roadless Rule, a policy that has protected more than 58M acres of national forestlands from logging. "If the Trump admin actually revokes the roadless rule, we'll see them in court." - Drew Caputo, Earthjustice VP of litigation for lands, wildlife and oceans.
Coal pollution has poisoned the Diné and other Tribal communities for decades. Now the Trump administration and their allies in Congress are pushing a bill that expands mining and short-circuits environmental reviews. This must be stopped.
This mine has been a nightmare for the ranchers who own the surface but not the mineral rights. It will devastate their cattle business by rendering acres & acres unusable for grazing. The company has bullied this family for years.
What a load of bull...
The Department of Interior today announced the approval of an approximately 50-million-ton expansion of the notorious Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, Montana: westernlaw.org/interior-app...
Interior Approves Expansion for Lawless Montana Coal Mine Without Public Review
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“Climate change is impacting all those different little spots at the same time... If the insect population collapses and it happens everywhere, you don’t have a residual population.”
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President Trump’s illegal order to open the Pacific Island Heritage Marine Monument threatens vulnerable species and sacred Indigenous sites. This fight isn’t just about one monument—it’s about protecting communities, biodiversity, and the future of our oceans.
“The Trump administration will treat this decision as an invitation to ignore environmental concerns as it tries to promote fossil fuels, kill off renewable energy, and destroy sensible pollution regulations.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/s...
“Bluff is where I am from, from the Rez, I can see Bears Ears,” said Navajo Nation Council Delegate and Co-Chair of the Bears Ears Commission, Curtis Yanito (Diné).
The Trump administration wants to gut the Endangered Species Act by changing its definition of “harm” to exclude habitat destruction. This change would let extractive industries destroy habitats without consequences. We can’t let this stand.
Earthjustice and our partners sued over Utah's failure to ensure enough water reaches the Great Salt Lake to prevent ecological collapse. NY Times story today looks at how the state is failing in its public trust duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
Despite overwhelming support from voters across party lines, national monuments face persistent threats from both the Trump administration and Congress.
Source: 2025 GQR polling of Western voters
“The result will be fewer environmental protections and more people suffering the public health consequences of more pollution. It’s that straightforward.”
“Even in all these made up crises, the American public doesn’t want this,” Hill said. “The American people want and love their public lands.”
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“Once we lose the resources that we have, the natural resources on our landscape, whether it’s grizzly bears or clean air or clean water, it’s going to be almost impossible to bring those things back … to give that magic to our grandkids.”
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Monumental problems? Talk of shrinking national monuments draws talk of lawsuits.
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“An attack on any of these national monuments would be illegal,” said Drew Caputo, vice president of litigation for lands, wildlife, and oceans at Earthjustice. earthjustice.org/press/2025/r...
“An attack on any of these national monuments would be illegal. For the Trump administration to consider handing over our beloved national monuments to industry is both shortsighted and completely unnecessary.” earthjustice.org/press/2025/r...
