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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)
Press Release: Victory October 20, 2026

Judge throws out U.S. DOJ attempt to deny communities’ day in court against Musk’s company, xAI

Such citizen suits serve as an essential backstop — and often a last resort — for communities when government regulators fail to hold polluters accountable.
Earthjustice attorney David Henkin, left, and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa, take part in the Stand with the Moana demonstration to support and protect the ocean on July 16, 2026 on the Utulei shore in American Samoa. The event was organized by Finafinau, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group. (Gabby Faʻaiʻuaso for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 19, 2026

Lawsuit Seeks to Block American Samoa Deep-sea Mining Lease Sale

Samoan council of chiefs and community groups seek to protect over 31 million acres of ocean from destructive mining activity
Press Release October 15, 2026

17 Groups Sue to Require Montana PSC to Consider Climate in Utility Decision Making

Groups seek to confirm commission's obligations to ensure a clean and healthful environment
Labor union and environmental justice advocates, alongside city and state lawmakers, urge for the passage of protections for both workers and neighbors of last-mile mega-warehouses. Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY on October 13, 2026.

[Photo Credit: Carey Wagner for Earthjustice]
Press Release October 13, 2026

A Safe and Healthy New York Starts With Protecting Last-Mile Delivery Workers

Mega-warehouses can be better employers and neighbors with the Delivery Protection Act, the Clean Deliveries Act, and Intro 53
Press Release October 8, 2026

Protecting Who? “Bring Your Own Power” Projects for AI Data Centers Would Wreak Havoc on Communities and the Environment, New Report Finds

The rapid expansion of “Bring Your Own Power” arrangements for AI data centers will lead to a massive gas buildout that poses serious risks to communities and the environment
The Teshekpuk Lake area. Much of the Western Arctic is classified as wetlands. In summer, these areas become critical habitat to millions of birds that travel here from six continents to breed and raise their young. (Gerrit Vyn / Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Press Release October 8, 2026

Trump Administration Seeks to Exempt Western Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration from Environmental Review and Public Comment

The administration’s proposed categorical exclusion aims to fast track and cut the public out of oil exploration approvals in the Western Arctic
Press Release October 1, 2026

New Air Monitoring Finds Elevated Levels of Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide in Salinas, Puerto Rico

Findings come as EPA and Steri-Tech reached a proposed agreement to address Clean Air Act violations, but local communities will remain vulnerable
Press Release October 1, 2026

Estudio del Aire Revela Altos Niveles de una Sustancia Carcinógena en Municipalidad de Puerto Rico

Los hallazgos se producen en momentos en que la EPA presentó una propuesta de acuerdo ante el Tribunal federal con la empresa Steri-Tech para resolver presuntas violaciones a la Ley…
Press Release October 1, 2026

California Bill Exempting Metal Shredders From Hazardous Waste Protections Becomes Law, State Must Act to Protect Frontline Communities

Communities call on state agency to protect them from toxic metal shredder waste after lawmakers provide industry with legal loophole
Revillagigedo Island in Alaska.
(Photo courtesy of Anita Gould)
Press Release September 30, 2026

Legal Action Seeks to Halt Old-Growth Logging Sale in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The sale is part of the massive South Revilla old-growth logging project near Ketchikan that would harm subsistence users, jeopardize wildlife, and drain taxpayer dollars
An inversion layer traps a low level of smog and particulates above Oakland, California on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (Paul Chinn / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory September 30, 2026

Mandatory Environmental Review of Large Coal Projects in California To Become Law

Governor Newsom signs into law AB 40, the Community First Coal Review Act
Polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with coveted metals like cobalt, nickel and manganese, taken from the ocean floor. (William West / AFP via Getty Images)
Press Release September 30, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Greenlighting of International Deep-Sea Mining Exploration Permit

The groups seek transparency in NOAA decision to advance The Metals Company application
A family cooks on an induction stove. (Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory September 30, 2026

California Passes the Home Energy Choice Act

AB 2313 gives Californians the option to install non-polluting appliances with the help of funds that would otherwise have been used to replace the old gas line to their home
Press Release September 28, 2026

Farm and Solar Groups Sue USDA Over New Rules Blocking Solar Funding for Rural America

Lawsuit says USDA broke the law by cutting off farmers who already applied or were approved for federal solar funding
Press Release September 28, 2026

Earthjustice Condemns Trump Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards

At a time when households nationwide are being squeezed by rising prices, the final rule will make people pay more at the pump
IMTT tank Farm near St. Rose, Louisiana, just up the Mississippi River from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. (Satellite imagery: Google Earth, imagery dated Oct. 21, 2022 - Dec. 19, 2025)
Press Release September 28, 2026

Community Group Challenges IMTT Expansion

LDEQ air permit would allow construction of a large ammonia storage system and more than a dozen new bulk storage tanks next to communities already burdened by industrial pollution
Press Release September 28, 2026

Advocates Appeal Louisiana PSC’s “Arbitrary and Capricious” Decision to Let Meta Off the Hook for its Data Center Project

After the Louisiana PSC ruled that Meta can continue withholding critical information as it fast-tracks approval of seven additional gas plants to power its AI data center, advocates call on…
Press Release September 25, 2026

DTE Plans Two New Large Fossil Fuel Plants to Power AI Data Centers

DTE’s new 20-year plan could have ratepayers footing the bill for AI data centers’ dirty energy