Earthjustice Action Urges Senate to Reject Senator Mike Lee’s Attack on Roadless Forests

A clear-cut section of forest.

Amendment to nullify the Roadless Area Conservation Rule passes out of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee  Contact: Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice Action, pwheeler@earthjustice.org Washington, D.C. — The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today passed S.140, which included an amendment from Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) to nullify the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, or Roadless Rule.…

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Earthjustice Action Responds to Massive Cuts and Policy Riders in Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill for Upcoming Year

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Fiscal year 2027: cuts to Environmental Protection Agency (20%) and national parks, mining in Boundary Waters, new fees for offshore wind, and more  Contact: Jackson Chiappinelli, Earthjustice Action, jchiappinelli@earthjustice.org Washington D.C. — The House Appropriations Committee completed the mark-up of the Fiscal Year 2027 bill for the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies yesterday.  The Republican-led House…

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Don’t let Trump and Big Oil wipe out endangered species in the Gulf

A Hawksbill turtle looking at the camera while swimming in Cozumel, Mexico.

On March 31, a committee of Trump appointees met for all of 15 minutes and voted unanimously to let oil and gas companies ignore endangered species protections for wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. With the wave of a hand and no public input, they put whales, sea turtles, fish, corals, birds, and numerous other…

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Earthjustice Action Responds to House Passage of Republican Farm Bill

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Media contact: Nydia Gutiérrez, ngutierrez@earthjustice.org, (202) 302-7531 Washington, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives held a floor vote on the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill). After House passage of the Republican Farm Bill, Earthjustice Action Legislative Director of Healthy Communities Ranjani Prabhakar issued the following statement: “By passing this deeply flawed Farm…

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Protect our communities; reject the Republican Farm Bill

A green tractor sprays a crop field with a long boom, leaving a trail of mist behind.

Republicans are trying to fill this must-pass legislation with partisan proposals that would gut environmental and health safeguards and irreparably harm the natural resources that millions of people and species rely on. 

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Earthjustice Action Responds to House Leadership Pulling Vote on Unprecedented Congressional Attack on Endangered Species Act

A mother and baby manatee swimming together.

Congressman Westerman’s bill would remove urgently needed protections for imperiled wildlife Contact: Jackson Chiappinelli, Earthjustice Action, jchiappinelli@earthjustice.org Washington, D.C. — For the second week in a row, House Majority Leadership pulled Representative Westerman’s (R-AR) “ESA Amendments Act of 2025” (H.R. 1897) from going to a vote on the House floor. The proposed legislation would have…

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Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Earthjustice Action, and Gulf Community Groups Discuss Dangers of Deepwater Drilling

In advance of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill anniversary on April 20th, legal experts and advocates to discuss BP’s new high-risk drilling project and dangerous policies in the Gulf Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) joined Earthjustice Action and community leaders from across the Gulf Coast for…

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Fight for Proper Permitting Reform

Transmission lines at sunset.

Congress is once again in the throes of debating numerous ‘permitting reform’ proposals aimed at speeding up permit approvals for large projects, particularly those that deal with how we get our energy.

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