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This map is a subset that shows where these 500+ exemption facilities are located throughout the country, whether they (or a representative) have requested or been granted a pollution exemption, and more. Map developed by Environmental Defense Fund and Environmental Integrity Project.
Press Release October 22, 2025

Community, Health, and Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Trump Administration’s Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions

Lawsuit challenges unprecedented presidential carve-out that lets 50 chemical plants spew cancer-causing pollutants for two more years

Caribou make their way across the Teshekpuk Lake area of northern Alaska. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 21, 2025

The Trump Administration Plans New Oil and Gas Leases in the Western Arctic — and Will Soon Finalize a Rule Repealing Protections

The Department of the Interior is taking steps to offer up millions of acres of public land for drilling in the Arctic despite the ongoing government shutdown

document October 21, 2025

FERC Rehearing Request for Transco’s NESE Gas Pipeline

Groups filed a rehearing request to FERC in September 2025 requesting that it rescind its reissuance of the NESE certificate, require Transco to file a new application for the project, and properly evaluate the project’s environmental harms.

Protestors paddle next to the Mackinac Bridge at the Pipe Out Paddle Up Floatilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 21, 2025

Michigan Tribes to US Supreme Court: Don’t Bail Out Enbridge

Amicus brief asks SCOTUS to keep the Line 5 shutdown suit in state court

document October 21, 2025

Tribal Nations Amicus Brief to SCOTUS in Nessel v. Enbridge

Ten Tribal Nations located in Michigan filed an amicus brief urging the US Supreme Court to reject Enbridge’s “underhanded procedural tactics” in a case pitting the State of Michigan against the Canadian oil pipeline company.

The now-closed Waukegan Generating Station, on the shore of Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Ill. The coal-fired power plant still has sizable coal ash ponds threatening the environment. (Jamie Kelter Davis for Earthjustice)
feature October 20, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Illinois: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at 26 power plant sites in Illinois.

Hundreds of Western Alaska residents were evacuated by military transport plane after severe storms brought destruction to the region. (Staff Sgt. Joseph Moon / Alaska National Guard)
Article October 17, 2025

Severe Storms Wiped Out Entire Villages in Western Alaska. Here’s How to Help.

Earthjustice stands with western Alaska tribes and families after severe storms devastated entire communities, displacing more than 1,000 residents just before winter.

document October 17, 2025

Senate FOFA Sign On Letter

On behalf of millions of members and supporters, organizations express strong opposition to S. 1462, the “Fix Our Forests Act” (FOFA), as introduced by Senators Curtis, Hickenlooper, Padilla, and Sheehy.

document October 17, 2025

Seismic Changes in Forest Management Fact Sheet

A summary of seismic changes to national forest management under the Trump administration and Congress.

Press Release October 16, 2025

Appeal Filed to Strengthen Colorado’s Disproportionately Impacted Community Permitting Rule

Environmental justice and conservation groups argue the rule does not meet the requirements of the state Environmental Justice Act

document October 16, 2025

Colorado DIC Permitting Rule Appeal

Environmental justice and conservation groups filed an appeal to strengthen Colorado’s disproportionately impacted community permitting rule after a state court ruled against the plaintiffs in late August.

Sockeye salmon  (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon)
feature October 15, 2025

Timeline: A Long Fight to Restore Snake River Salmon

Learn about the major events, court rulings, and where we are now in this long-standing fight.

Manifestantes sostienen carteles mientras protestan contra la construcción de un centro de detención de inmigrantes en los Everglades, cerca de Ochopee, Florida, el 28 de junio de 2025. Debido a que se están utilizando fondos de FEMA para el centro de detención de Everglades, la ley exige que se realice una evaluación ambiental federal para proteger la fauna silvestre en peligro de extinción. (Giorgio Viera / AFP vía Getty Images)
Press Release October 15, 2025

Amigos de los Everglades Presenta Demanda para Obtener Registros Públicos Respecto al Centro de Detención de Everglades

Los contribuyentes tienen el derecho legal de ver las inversiones que se hacen con su dinero

(James Olstein for Earthjustice)
feature October 15, 2025

Right To Zero: Building a Zero-emissions Future

We’re creating a zero-emissions reality from coast to coast.

Cape Fear Riverkeeper Kemp Burdette and Earthjustice attorney Alexis Andiman collect water samples in the Cape Fear River near the Smithfield slaughterhouse in Tar Heel, North Carolina, October 2023. We’ve successfully pushed the EPA to propose rules that, if implemented, would prevent nearly 100 million pounds of slaughterhouse pollution from reaching U.S. waters each year. (Justin Cook for Earthjustice)
feature October 15, 2025

Farming For Our Future

Through litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, and communications, Earthjustice’s Sustainable Food and Farming team advances the transition to a cleaner, safer, and more climate-friendly food system.

document October 14, 2025

State of Oregon Proposed Order

State of Oregon proposed order seeking emergency measures to protect endangered salmon and steelhead from harms caused by lower Snake and Columbia River dam operations.

document October 14, 2025

Columbia-Snake Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Conservation, fishing, and clean energy groups represented by Earthjustice filed a preliminary injunction request with a federal court in Oregon seeking emergency measures to protect endangered salmon and steelhead from harms caused by lower Snake and Columbia River dam operations. The State of Oregon filed a similar request at the same time.

A wild chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release October 14, 2025

Plaintiffs Seek Emergency Actions to Protect Imperiled Columbia Basin Salmon

Following the Trump administration’s abrupt and unilateral withdrawal from a historic agreement to restore the Columbia basin, plaintiffs return to court to prevent salmon and steelhead extinction