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El presidente Donald Trump le entrega el bolígrafo que utilizó para firmar una orden ejecutiva al presidente, director y director ejecutivo de Dow Chemical, Andrew Liveris, mientras otros líderes empresariales aplauden en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca en Washington el 24 de febrero de 2017. La orden ejecutiva fue parte de su esfuerzo por reducir las regulaciones del gobierno federal. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)
Article November 6, 2024

Trump Está Más Preparado Esta Vez. Nosotros También.

Usaremos nuestra experiencia legal para enfrentar los ataques ambientales de Trump. Nos basaremos en nuestro historial de victorias contra su última administración.

Donald Trump. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Article November 6, 2024

Trump Is More Prepared This Time. We Are Too.

We’ll use our legal expertise to take on Trump’s environmental attacks – and we’ll build on our winning record against his last administration.

document October 25, 2024

Energy Permitting Reform Act Factsheet

How the Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Reform Act will impact existing environmental law

Uinta Basin in northeast Utah.
(Photo courtesy of Jared Hargrave)
Update October 22, 2024

We’re Defending a Bedrock Environmental Law at the Supreme Court

We’re standing up for the principle that the government must consider predictable environmental harms before it acts.

So many oil and gas wells have been developed in the Uinta Basin that air pollution levels rival those of big cities. (WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release October 18, 2024

Environmental and Public Health Groups File Brief Opposing Utah Oil Train’s U.S. Supreme Court Appeal

Environmental and public health groups defending the nation’s landmark environmental law

document October 18, 2024

Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County: Brief

Environmental and public health groups defended the National Environmental Policy Act in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging the law’s scope.

Press Release October 17, 2024

Polis Administration Gives Oil and Gas Industry Roadmap for Expanding Neighborhood Drilling in Disproportionately Impacted Communities

State oil and gas agency adopts rules that undercut 2024 legislation to better protect disproportionately impacted communities and address cumulative impacts

In the News: E&E News October 11, 2024

3 energy issues to watch at Interior, DOE and EPA

Erik Grafe, Attorney, Alaska Office, Earthjustice: “The BLM retains wide discretion to condition any lease sale to lessen the harm.”

Press Release October 4, 2024

Supreme Court Upholds Protective Limits on Methane Pollution

The oil and gas sector is the largest industrial source of methane emissions in the U.S.

Press Release October 3, 2024

Preocupa a organizaciones que máximo tribunal de Mendoza rechace su participación en litigio sobre fracking, pero acepte la de la industria petrolera

Las diferencias de tratamiento por parte de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Mendoza ocurrieron en el marco de una demanda acerca de la autorización del fracking o fractura hidráulica para explotar petróleo y gas de la formación Vaca Muerta en la provincia argentina.

Press Release October 3, 2024

Organizations React to Supreme Court’s Refusal to Hear Their Side in Fracking Case

The Mendoza Supreme Court’s differential treatment between the oil industry and civil society groups occurred in a lawsuit over the authorization of fracking from the Vaca Muerta formation in the Argentinian province

Boat docks at the Browns Ravine Cove sit on dry earth at Folsom Lake on May 10, 2021, in El Dorado Hills, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in 41 of the state's 58 counties, about 30% of the state's population. Folsom Lake is at 38% of normal capacity.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
feature October 1, 2024

How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather

Carbon pollution is contributing to climate disasters that will only get worse unless we take action.

Fishing skiffs tied up on the riverbank along the Kuskokwim River in the village of Akiachak, Alaska. (Design Pics Inc / Alamy)
Article October 1, 2024

Alaska Tribes Win Legal Fight Against Gold Mine

The massive Donlin Gold Mine, if built, would pose grave risks to Kuskokwim River communities.

Fossil fuel drilling sites in Alaska's Western Arctic, in an around the Lake Teshekpuk area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Article September 27, 2024

Project 2025 Means More Mining and Drilling on Public Lands. We’ll Fight Back.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

Carbon dioxide leaks out of a high-pressure CO2 pipeline north of Sulphur, Louisiana. Residents in a quarter mile radius of the leak were told to shelter in place. (Calcasieu Parish Police Jury)
From the Experts September 25, 2024

Carbon dioxide pipelines: a dangerous part of Appalachia’s proposed carbon capture boondoggle

Local, state, and federal authorities must take action to ensure the safer construction and operation of CO2 pipelines.

document September 25, 2024

Analysis of Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Bill

S.4753, the “Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024,” would modify numerous federal laws relating to energy production and transmission regimes. Earthjustice has reviewed the bill in detail.

feature September 20, 2024

Fossil Fuels

Earthjustice and our partners are fighting to loosen the fossil fuel industry’s destructive grip on our world. We can win — and it will take all of us.

Press Release September 20, 2024

Supreme Court Should Deny Shadow Docket Requests to Block Methane Pollution Limits

Health, environmental, community groups urge court not to stay vital climate, health protections