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Press Release July 28, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Latest Attempt to Drain Mojave Desert

California’s Cadiz Pipeline would deplete groundwater, harm desert wildlife

Press Release July 23, 2026

EPA Will Allow Salt River Project to Continue to Recklessly Dump Toxic Coal Ash

EPA proposes to grant SRP’s request to evade wastewater regulations for its coal ash pond at the Coronado Generating Station in Apache County

document July 20, 2026

Comments on EPA’s Proposed Rule to Repeal Federal Restrictions on Four PFAS

In May 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a plan to repeal federal restrictions on four PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, in drinking water. Earthjustice and over 100 signatories…

document July 20, 2026

Comments on EPA’s Proposed Rule to Extend the Compliance Deadline for the PFOA and PFOS Maximum Contaminant Levels

In May 2026, the EPA proposed a plan to allow drinking water systems to delay compliance standards for PFOA and PFOS. Earthjustice and over 100 other signatories submitted comments in…

In the News: Courthouse News Service July 17, 2026

Repeal of national park rule could impact drinking water for millions of Americans, study finds

Aaron Bloom, Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program: “The current effort to rescind the rule has been proposed despite that overwhelming support more than 25 years ago, despite the hundreds of thousands who have spoken up in support of the Roadless Rule in the past year since the proposed rollback was first…

Whitney Gravelle, the President of the Bay Mills Indian Community, in St. Ignace, Michigan, at the 2025 "Pipe Out Paddle Up Family Picnic" to shut down the Line 5 pipeline. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)

Press Release July 15, 2026

Tribes React as Michigan Approves Line 5 Tunnel Permits

State regulators authorize Enbridge to build an oil tunnel below the Straits of Mackinac

Jude Addo-Chidie, a Ph.D. student in agronomy at Purdue University, takes a soil sample from a corn field, July 12, 2023, at the Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center in Butlerville, Ind. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been removing important climate-related data from its websites that farmers rely on to adapt to extreme weather. (Joshua A. Bickel / AP)

Press Release July 14, 2026

Earthjustice Vigorously Opposes Proposal to Politicize Federal Funding

OMB’s proposal would centralize control over federal grant decisions under political appointees

Press Release July 14, 2026

Earthjustice Encouraged by Governor Hochul’s Executive Order on Data Centers

Executive order will protect New Yorkers from negative impacts of AI data centers, especially combined with the Responsible Data Center Development Act

Protestors stand on shore after the Pipe Out Paddle Up Flotilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City, Michigan, in 2022. Protestors paddled out in the water in canoes and kayaks holding signs to protest the pipeline. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)

Article July 14, 2026

The Line 5 Oil Pipeline is Threatening the Great Lakes

The pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Time is running out to stop one company’s dangerous plans to keep…

document July 13, 2026

Comments directed to EPA, NOAA, DOE on OMB funding proposal

Environmental groups filed comments to EPA, NOAA, and DOE strongly opposing a Trump administration proposal that would give the president’s political appointees veto power over federal financial assistance programs.

document June 25, 2026

Motion to Intervene in Case Against DC Water Over Potomac Interceptor

Potomac Riverkeeper Network moved to join in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency against DC Water for its failure…

Press Release June 25, 2026

Group Seeks to Join Case Against DC Water Over Potomac Interceptor

The motion seeks accountability for the sewage spill

Members of the Yurok Tribe fish for salmon in the Klamath River. (Martin do Nascimento / Earthjustice)

Press Release: Victory June 23, 2026

U.S. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Endangered Species

Pivotal ruling protects Klamath River’s recovering salmon runs

document June 17, 2026

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion: Yurok Tribe v. Klamath Water Users Association

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Yurok Tribe, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, and the Institute for Fisheries Resources in determining that the operations…

In the News: Courthouse News Service June 17, 2026

Ninth Circuit sides with Yurok Tribe over Klamath Irrigation Project

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “The Ninth Circuit today confirmed what has long been settled law — the Endangered Species Act fully protects threatened and endangered salmon in the Klamath River.”

Dozens of unpermitted gas turbines, the target of a citizen suit filed by the NAACP, operate in Mississippi to power xAI's nearby Memphis data center. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)

Article June 16, 2026

Why Trump Is Going After Your Right to Take Polluters to Court (and How We’re Fighting Back)

Citizens suits are powerful tools to enforce the law, which is why the Trump administration is attacking them.

Shipping containers on trailers lined up on a West Oakland street. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)

Press Release June 15, 2026

Groups Support CA Bill Requiring Full Environmental Review Of Large-Scale Coal Terminal

The Community First Coal Review Act would prevent approval for any new major coal terminals based on outdated information

A grizzly bear in a Montana forest. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)

Press Release: Victory June 9, 2026

Judge Rules Bitterroot Road Building Plan Violates Endangered Species Act

Court orders additional briefing to determine remedy in the case

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