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The George Washington Bridge and the Hudson River are shrouded in heavy smog in 1973. (Chester Higgins / EPA / National Archives)
feature April 9, 2025

This Is What the U.S. Used to Look Like. We’re Not Going Back.

Environmental laws have made our lives safer and healthier. Earthjustice will fight for them in court.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
feature April 4, 2025

Where the Trump Administration is Going and Where We Stand

Tracking how Earthjustice is holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.

Assemblymember Claire Valdez speaks at the New York State Capitol during a rally on Apr. 9, 2024, to call on lawmakers to protect New York’s clean truck standard in the upcoming budget.  (Cindy Schultz for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 9, 2025

Lawmakers, Environmental Justice, and Clean Air Advocates Call on Governor Hochul to Stand Strong for Clean Air Protections

State leaders rally in Albany to urge the Governor to protect the life-saving clean truck standard in final budget and reject industry efforts to gut air protections

Press Release March 25, 2025

Endangered Species Coalition Responds to Republican-led Congressional Attacks on Endangered Species Act and Gray Wolves

Groups express wide opposition to proposed legislation

More than 100,000 Native American archaeological and cultural sites, some dating to 12,000 B.C., are protected in Bears Ears National Monument. (Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
feature March 26, 2025

What You Should Know About the Antiquities Act and National Monuments

For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.

In the News: Rolling Stone April 6, 2025

Trump and Conservatives Lead Attack on Clean Water

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: “We’re in a situation where efforts to weaken clean water protections are not only terrible public policy, because all Americans need and deserve clean water, it’s also a situation where we would be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by weakening protections for clean water.”

Earthjustice attorneys argued on behalf of community organizations in the archipelago that FERC had allowed New Fortress Energy, through its Puerto Rico subsidiary NFEnergía, to install and operate the pipeline without the legally required environmental and statutory review. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 1, 2025

Court of Appeals Must Undo Orders that Allowed the Unlawful Expansion of Methane Gas Infrastructure in Puerto Rico, Groups Argue

FERC unlawfully allowed methane gas company NFEnergía to expand its terminal infrastructure in the San Juan Bay without consulting local communities and without the required review

View of Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake. (Nick Pedersen / Getty Images)
Press Release March 27, 2025

Judge Rejects Effort by Utah Officials to Derail Great Salt Lake Lawsuit

Utah sought to dismiss lawsuit over its failure to protect the Great Salt Lake

(Ceci Freed / Earthjustice)
video April 2, 2025

From Our Clients: The Lawsuit Over Trump Administration’s IRA Funding Freeze

“This funding freeze is more than an administrative delay. It is actively harming the people.”

Strong laws and government agencies have measurably improved public health. In this 1972 photo, children play while a smelter in Tacoma, Washington, spews arsenic and lead residue. (Gene Daniels / EPA / National Archives)
Article April 4, 2025

What Our Trump Lawsuits Are All About

The environmental movement has made huge gains since the 1970s, and we won’t let the lawless actions of the current administration reverse our hard-won progress.

A lone wolf howls across hills and valleys in the upper Midwest. (Jerry & Barb Jividen / Getty Images)
Press Release January 8, 2025

Colorado Rejects Livestock Industry Attempt to Stop Wolf Reintroduction

Livestock groups’ concerns and requested management changes were already addressed

Press Release March 31, 2025

First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Filed Urging New York to Release Overdue Climate Law Regulations

Regulations to reduce pollution from oil and gas and protect communities are stalled amid record-breaking heat and wildfires

Heat pumps power our everyday lives. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
feature March 27, 2025

Make Your Home Cleaner and Comfier with a Heat Pump

Heat pumps hold a steady temperature better and give off none of the unhealthy fumes of traditional furnaces.

From the Experts April 3, 2025

Medicaid, Pollution, and Policy Failures — An Overlooked Cycle

Lawmakers are gutting both Medicaid and environmental protections, endangering vulnerable communities.

Press Release March 18, 2025

Farmers and Advocates Seek Preliminary Injunction Requiring USDA to Restore Purged Climate Webpages

Farmers have been stripped of vital digital resources due to the Trump Administration’s climate webpage purge; Motion seeks to restore access and prevent additional webpage removals

In the News: The New York Times March 27, 2025

E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email

Jim Pew, Director of Federal Clean Air Practice, Earthjustice: “It’s hard to imagine how these exemptions could be lawful.”

A gray wolf howls in the woods of the the upper Midwest. (Jerry & Barb Jividen / Getty Images)
Press Release December 18, 2024

On Anniversary of Reintroduction, Colorado Urged to Proceed with 2025 Wolf Releases

Conservation groups ask Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to reject livestock industry petition

document March 31, 2025

Lawsuit Filed Urging New York to Release Overdue Climate Law Regulations

Today, Citizen Action of New York, PUSH Buffalo, Sierra Club, and WE ACT for Environmental Justice, represented by Earthjustice, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic filed a lawsuit urging the Albany County Supreme Court to order the release of overdue regulations required under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).