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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?

Map of soot air pollution by county in 2024. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

What’s the state of soot pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

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

What’s the state of smog pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.

Jennifer Hadayia, the Executive Director of Air Alliance Houston, on June 20, 2025, in Houston, Texas. (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice)
Press Release June 25, 2025

Nonprofits, Tribes and Local Governments Sue Trump Administration for Terminating EPA Grant Programs

Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters

document June 25, 2025

Complaint against EPA terminating the Environmental and Climate Justice Grant programs

A coalition of nonprofits, Tribes, and local governments sued the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Grant programs despite a Congressional directive to fund them.

document June 25, 2025

Court Filing: Trump’s EPA Sued for Allowing Nerve-Agent Pesticides on Our Fruit and Vegetables

Farmworker and public health groups represented by Earthjustice, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to respond to a petition to ban organophosphates pesticides, a class of chemicals used on fruits, vegetables, and field crops. In utero exposures to organophosphates are linked to autism, attention deficit disorders and impaired cognition in school-age children. They also cause countless instances of farmworker and community poisonings every year.

Duke’s investment in new coal-fired electric generation is imprudent and that Duke should be required to mitigate the four million tons of carbon pollution that the new plant will emit.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
video June 23, 2025

New Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Email-to-Pollute Exemption

President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin say they care about clean air, water, and food — but their actions tell a different story.

document June 20, 2025

U.S. Appeals Court Decision: Renewable Fuels Standards Program

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its ruling in the challenge to the renewable fuel volume obligations set by the Environmental Protection Agency for the years 2023-2025. The court found that arguments made by the National Wildlife Federation had merit.

Emissions from a stack at the Mitchell Power Plant, a coal powered plant, in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Press Release June 11, 2025

Trump’s EPA Abandons Its Duty to Protect Public from Power Plant Air Pollution

EPA seeks to end limits on mercury and arsenic and climate pollution, increasing harm to communities and reversing progress on climate action

The Denka Performance Elastomer manufacturing plant in Reserve, Louisiana, on March 18, 2022. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
From the Experts: Victory May 27, 2025

In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, a Deserved Reprieve for St. John Residents After Years of Environmental Injustice

Denka halts toxic neoprene production after years of community pressure.

Smog clogs the air around the 405 freeway in Los Angeles. (Andi Patz / Getty Images)
From the Experts May 22, 2025

Where We Go from Here on States’ Zero-Emissions Cars and Trucks Progress

Republican Senators won a temporary delay in our shift to zero-emissions using an unlawful maneuver, but states should be emboldened to quickly shape new tools to clean their air

A man charges an electric car at home before a family trip in Washington State. (Thomas Barwick / Getty images)
Press Release May 22, 2025

Earthjustice Responds: Senate Overturns Waiver for States’ Car and Truck Standards in Unlawful Maneuver that Breaks Senate Rules

The Senate abused the Congressional Review Act and overrode its own nonpartisan parliamentarian today in vast overreach on states’ rights to clean their air

Press Release May 22, 2025

Congress Lets Thousands of the Worst Polluters Turn Off Clean Air Protections

House joins Senate in CRA dismantling key Clean Air Act safeguard, harming millions

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. (Matt Rourke / AP)
From the Experts May 19, 2025

Zeldin’s EPA Spin Is Full of Myths — Here’s the Reality

As EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin prepares to appear before Congress, his public claims unravel under the weight of the facts.

document May 13, 2025

Opposition Letter to Rescinding Inflation Reduction Act Funds for Environmental Justice Programs

A coalition of environmental civil rights, and justice organizations sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing the rescission of funding for life-saving programs investing in air monitoring and cleaning up toxic pollution in communities facing disproportionate impacts of environmental injustices.

In the News: Politico May 5, 2025

Trump EPA defends Florida wetlands permit program

Christina Reichert, Attorney, Florida Office, Earthjustice: “When you look at the language in the technical assistance process, it doesn’t include the things they failed to do at the programmatic level. There’s no baseline analysis. There’s no requirement to use the best available science. There’s no requirement for them to do an effects analysis.”

(Mary Terriberry / Shutterstock)
Press Release May 2, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on President’s Budget Release

“The President’s Budget robs the American people to pursue a reckless political agenda.”