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Michigan’s Residents Win Relief in One of State’s Most Polluted Regions

An older woman looking directly at the camera in a library.

Earthjustice advocacy at Michigan’s public service commission is shutting down dirty fossil fuel energy and making the state a clean energy leader.

Klamath River Dam Removal Is a Victory for Tribes

A landscape photo of a river with two canoes full of people.

After a century of ecological collapse, steelhead and salmon in the Klamath River now have a fighting chance at a full recovery.

Spring on Alaska’s Unuk River Represents a Fight for Our Way of Life

Mining pollution threatens the sovereign rights of the Tsimshian in Southeast Alaska. Assistant Executive Director of the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission Lee Wagner tells what that means for her community.

A Landmark Victory for Peace in Hawai’i’s Sacred Mākua Valley

Three people in white traditional clothes stand in a green valley.

The U.S. Army is formally ending live-fire training in Mākua Valley – a critical step towards restoring peace to a spiritual refuge ravaged by a century of militarization.

When the Supreme Court Gutted Clean Water Protections, Local Champions Stepped Up

A large group of people hold signs for clean water in front of the Supreme Court Building.

A year after Sackett v. EPA, here’s how advocates are fighting state by state to restore safeguards against pollution and habitat destruction.

Indigenous Islanders in Guam Take on the Military

Monaeka Flores, photographed on Inapsan Beach on Guam, where her family had ranched the land for generations.

Activist Monaeka Flores talks about fighting to stop the Air Force from blowing up leftover munitions on Guam’s beaches.

The Solution to a Faster Clean Energy Transition? More Power Lines.

Transmission lines and utility poles are silhouetted at sunset against a darkening sky.

We know that a 100% clean energy requires more electricity transmission lines. Now, the federal government has taken sweeping action to modernize and build out the grid.

How We Stopped a Gas Utility’s Scheme to Propagandize Children

Young people on the street holding signs that say "Portland Demands Climate Action" and NW "Natural" Nothing Natural about it.

A gas utility in Oregon tried to charge customers for its lobbying in schools — part of the gas industry’s longstanding efforts to push for continuing fossil fuel use nationwide. Then we stepped in.

Gas Stoves Are a Public Health Hazard. Here’s What We’re Doing About It.

Mari Rose Taruc of Reclaim Our Power is advocating for a safe, reliable energy system that benefits everyone.

In partnership with communities across the U.S., we’re advocating for higher energy efficiency standards and leveling the playing field for renewable energy.