Keith Rushing, Author at Earthjustice

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April 23, 2026

Trump’s Ocean Drilling Agenda Risks Another Disaster for Gulf Communities — We’re Suing

By Keith Rushing / Community Partnerships Program & Oceans Program

16 years after the worst marine oil spill in U.S. history, we are going to court to stop another risky BP project.

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April 14, 2026

A Community Takes a Data Center Colossus to Court

By Keith Rushing / Gulf Regional Office

The NAACP and Earthjustice are suing Elon Musk’s company xAI over air pollution from an unpermitted power plant in Southaven, Mississippi.

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March 23, 2026

What the Tongass Needs is Time to Heal, Not More Logging

By Elizabeth Manning & Keith Rushing / Alaska Office

The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest.

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March 9, 2026

3 Wins for the Environment Against the Trump Administration

By Jeremy Neff & Keith Rushing

The Trump administration’s onslaught on the environment is intense, but Earthjustice is using the power of the law to fight back.

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October 3, 2025

The Fight to Save a Beloved Midwest Wilderness

By Jessica A. Knoblauch & Keith Rushing / Midwest Office

Joseph Goldstein found healing and purpose in the Boundary Waters. Now, the Trump administration says it wants to open the wilderness area’s watershed up to mining.

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March 20, 2025

He Worked to Clean up Superfund Sites. The Trump Administration Fired Him.

By Keith Rushing

Thousands of firings across the EPA and other federal agencies put our environment and public health at risk.

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March 17, 2025

Trump Desmantela Políticas de Justicia Ambiental, Pero la Lucha Continúa

By Keith Rushing / Community Partnerships Program

La administración está recortando iniciativas destinadas a ayudar a comunidades racializadas y de bajos ingresos que enfrentan altas cargas de contaminación.

March 14, 2025