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

Government dismisses appeal of court decision limiting road building in grizzly, bull trout habitat

Pesticide overuse is driving declines in insect pollinator populations globally posing a threat to human food systems, terrestrial food webs, and global biodiversity.

Pesticide transparency enables researchers, health professionals, and others to tackle harm to humans, wildlife, and the environment

Process for nominating interim commissioner in the loea seat draws legal fire and community backlash

Following proposed monarch listing, Earthjustice and Xerces petition EPA to upgrade risk assessment data for pesticides

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

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “We’re at the halfway mark of a decade that I’ve been looking toward for my whole career. We have to keep moving forward over the next five years. We can’t just be on defense waiting for a better day to come. … Donald Trump can [declare] an energy emergency —…

When the Trump administration breaks the law, Earthjustice will take them to court. We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities at Earthjustice, discusses the federal government’s role in protecting people from environmental discrimination.

The neurotoxic pesticide harms children and the environment. There are no safe uses for chlorpyrifos.

Maryland Pesticide Education Network, in partnership with Earthjustice and a broad coalition of farmers, scientists, public health experts, businesses, and advocates, petitioned the Maryland Department of Agriculture to comply with state law by creating a comprehensive pesticide data program to increase pesticide use transparency.

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: “It seems like they believe that the God Squad can wave its hand and declare a particular species no longer within the protection of the Endangered Species Act. That’s not how the process works at all.”

Devin McDougall, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “As concerns rise about the threat of the coming administration to climate work, this win is a good reminder that there is still much progress that can be made at the local level and at our Public Utility Commissions to transition us away from fossil fuels and toward the…

Amanda Goodin, Attorney, Northwest Office: “The alliance will continue, and that policy will continue. The agreement that’s in place is a strong one, so they [feds] would be wise to continue. For a long time, some have pitted healthy and abundant salmon against other interests in the region. You can have salmon and agriculture.”

Proposed rule allows continued use of neurotoxic pesticide on 11 crops, despite links to irreversible harm in children

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “To date, state regulators have largely failed to fill the void where federal regulations do not apply…. At the very least, information concerning the past disposal of toxic waste at these sites must be made public and available in a state database.”

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “Perhaps the biggest race for the future is who will command clean energy. Even if you want to see more drilling, if you’re in the majority of Americans, you also want to see clean energy move forward.”