Don’t Let Congress Provide Another Handout to the Mining Industry
By Blaine Miller-McFeeley, Senior Legislative Representative Fresh off the passage of Trump’s big, ugly budget bill in July, Congress is once again trying to pass a damaging bill that would put large amounts of our cherished public lands in the hands of the mining industry. Both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives…
Read MoreConstitution Day is the Perfect Opportunity to Fight for Judicial Independence
By Coby Dolan, Legislative Director, Access to Justice, Earthjustice Action For 238 years, the U.S. Constitution has guided our legal system and government: constantly evolving toward ensuring full equality for all, providing a solid foundation for the rule of law, and endowing each of the three branches of government with various powers to facilitate a…
Read MoreEarthjustice Action Statement on House Passage of Republican Megabill
MEDIA CONTACT: Geoffrey Nolan, gnolan@earthjustice.org WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, the House of Representatives passed the Republican budget reconciliation bill on a party-line vote with only two Republicans opposing. The bill includes sweeping provisions to increase drilling, mining, and logging of our public lands and waters, effectively repeal job-creating clean energy tax credits, rescind funding from IRA programs and…
Read MoreThis bill will worsen wildfires and undermine protections for our forests and endangered species
Congress is considering a bill that would undermine forest and endangered species protections, harm drinking water, and worsen deadly wildfires.
Read More100 Days of Environmental Attacks Under the Republican-Controlled Congress
By: Geoffrey Nolan After 100 days of controlling the U.S. House of Representatives, House Republicans haven’t been shy about showing their cards. Whether it was Speaker Kevin McCarthy caving to a list of demands from the radical right to become Speaker of the House, or the seemingly endless investigations into Hunter Biden, social media companies,…
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