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Press Release March 13, 2025

Agricultores y Organizaciones Sin Fines de Lucro Demandan a Administración Trump Por Congelar los Fondos de Subvenciones del IRA

Retener fondos prometidos desperdicia dinero ya gastado en proyectos sin completar y perjudica a los trabajadores alrededor del país.

La familia Uqualla de la Tribu Havasupai junto al congresista estadounidense Raúl Grijalva al borde del Gran Cañón. Earthjustice expresa su más sentido pésame tras el fallecimiento del representante por el estado de Arizona. (Foto cortesía de Grand Canyon Trust).
Press Release March 13, 2025

Declaración de Earthjustice Tras el Fallecimiento del Rep. Raúl Grijalva

“Es evidente que ha dejado una huella indeleble en su querida Arizona, en el movimiento ambientalista, en nuestro planeta y en nuestros corazones”.

Press Release March 12, 2025

Earthjustice Statement: New York State One-House Budgets SFY2025-26

NYS Senate’s and Assembly’s Budget Bills Offer Opportunities for Climate and Environmental Leadership

A brown pelican covered in oil sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Jun. 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. (Charlie Riedel / AP)
Press Release February 19, 2025

Primera Demanda Ambiental Contra la Administración Trump: Grupos Impugnan Orden Ilegal de Anular Protecciones Que Evitan Perforaciones en Alta Mar

Dos acciones legales retan los intentos del presidente Trump de permitir exploraciones de petróleo y gas en territorios océanicos

Jude Addo-Chidie, a Ph.D. student in agronomy at Purdue University, takes a soil sample from a corn field, Wednesday, 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)
Update February 24, 2025

We’re Suing to Stop the Trump Administration’s Climate Censorship

The Trump administration is removing climate-related information from government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather.

A deep water drill ship anchored in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Update February 19, 2025

We’re Suing to Block Trump’s Illegal Ocean Drilling Plan

Executive order gives oil and gas companies a green light to drill in public waters that had been protected off almost every U.S. coast.

In the News: The Seattle Times March 4, 2025

What Trump’s order on cutting federal forests could mean for the Pacific Northwest

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “Executive orders direct other agencies to take action, and they certainly set policy and tone. But they cannot and do not replace requirements of congressionally enacted laws.”

In the News: CNN March 3, 2025

Keep the lights on or mine Bitcoin? How crypto is starting to suck up clean energy

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “If you use all that cheap, clean hydro(power) for crypto mining, then humans and small businesses can’t use it and then they have to go somewhere else for that energy — and often it is fossil fuel-based.”

In the News: The New York Times March 2, 2025

‘Full on Fight Club’: How Trump Is Crushing U.S. Climate Policy

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “This is not the kind of stately tennis match of the usual switch-over in administrations. This is full on Fight Club.”

In the News: Tampa Bay Times February 26, 2025

Trump administration rolls back protections for rare whales off Florida coast

Steve Mashuda, Managing Attorney, Oceans Program: “If you’re concerned about whales being harmed by offshore energy, I’ve got a whale in the Gulf of Mexico I’d like you to meet. The Deepwater Horizon spill killed close to a quarter of the population alone. The Gulf doesn’t belong to the oil industry, the Gulf belongs to…

President Donald Trump holds a letter to the U.N. stating the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)
Update January 24, 2025

La Administración Trump Abandona la Acción Climática, Pero La Crisis Continúa

Sin importar lo que nos depare, no dejaremos de luchar para eliminar gradualmente las emisiones que calientan el planeta, catalizar una transición energética limpia justa y equitativa, y proteger a las comunidades del desastre climático.

A lead pipe is shown after being replaced by a copper water supply line to a home in Flint, Mich., July 20, 2018. The Environmental Protection Agency will soon strengthen lead in drinking water regulations. (Paul Sancya / AP)
Update January 23, 2025

Congress Wants to Gut Protections Against Lead. We’ll Fight Back.

We’ve come too far on strengthening lead protections to back down. Communities drinking contaminated water because of lead pipes should not have to wait decades for help.

In the News: The New York Times February 24, 2025

Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “You can purge a website of the words ‘climate change,’ but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away.”

In the News: Michigan Live February 21, 2025

AI boom could inflate Michigan power bills

Shannon Fisk, Director of State Electric Sector Advocacy, Clean Energy Program: “You don’t want somebody coming in saying, ‘We need a ton of new generation for 30 years,’ but then leaves after three. That’s going to leave other customers on the hook.”

In the News: Rolling Stone February 27, 2025

Trump Eviscerates a Bedrock Public Health and Environmental Protection Law

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “It’s the shoot first, ask questions later form of rulemaking.”

The United States Postal Service Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, shown in this concept image, can be built with either a gasoline or electric drivetrain. (USPS)
Update December 12, 2024

Trump May Meddle in Plans to Electrify Postal Mail Trucks

The incoming Trump administration has threatened to cancel the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) groundbreaking plans to electrify its mail truck fleet. Here’s why it can’t do that.

The United States Postal Service Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, shown in this concept image, can be built with either a gasoline or electric drivetrain. (USPS)
Update December 16, 2024

Trump Podría Interferir en los Planes para Electrificar los Camiones del Correo Postal

La administración entrante de Trump ha amenazado con cancelar los innovadores planes del Servicio Postal de Estados Unidos (USPS) para electrificar su flota de camiones de correo, según un informe de Reuters.

In the News: The New York Times February 12, 2025

Environmental Groups Steel Themselves to File Wave of Lawsuits

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “It’s hard to dismantle agencies and get a lot done at the same time.”