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An aerial view of trees in Tongass National Forest.
August 19, 2026

How Trump and His Allies Are Attacking America’s Forests

By Molly Hanson  /  Northwest Office

The Trump admin and Congress are trying to gut our national forest protections for the benefit of loggers, drillers, and miners. We’re fighting back to defend our iconic public lands — and you can help.

A blurry figure in the foreground looks at the construction of gas turbines behind a tarp-covered fance.
June 16, 2026

Why Trump Is Going After Your Right to Take Polluters to Court (and How We’re Fighting Back)

By Jessica A. Knoblauch & Molly Hanson  /  Gulf Regional Office

Citizens suits are powerful tools to enforce the law, which is why the Trump administration is attacking them.

A polar bear walks across the ice in the Beaufort Sea, near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
May 5, 2026

Why We’re Fighting Trump on Multiple Fronts to Protect the Arctic

By Molly Hanson  /  Alaska Office

The administration wants to maximize oil and gas drilling in Arctic regions of the U.S. We’re in court to stop them.

Three caribou walk across a marsh of water and green grass.
November 12, 2025

The Step-by-Step Plan to Sell Off the Arctic, and What You Can Do About It

By Elizabeth Manning & Molly Hanson  /  Alaska Office

The Trump administration and Congress have waged an all-out assault on the Arctic. Here are three actions you can take to protect it.

Charlene Alden stands outside her home in Lame Deer, Montana.
September 25, 2025

A Tribe Takes on Coal

By Molly Hanson  /  Northern Rockies Office

The Northern Cheyenne have a long history of defending their land. Now, they’re showing how clean energy progress can still be made.

Abigail Dillen, wearing a red dress, speaks in a conference room surrounded by people holding signs that say "stop epa's climate chaos"
September 18, 2025

We Won’t Let the Trump Administration Abandon Federal Climate Responsibility

By Molly Hanson  /  Policy and Legislation Team

Environmental advocates delivered 225,000 public comments telling the EPA to do its job by protecting us from the climate crisis.

A woman standing next to an industrial facility with a hand on her hip. She is wearing a black t-shirt with an outline of Texas with the words "Pollution is Bigger in Texas"
June 26, 2025

Our First Class Action Lawsuit Takes on Trump Administration to Get Communities the Funding They’re Owed

By Molly Hanson  /  Washington, D.C. Office

Earthjustice is suing the administration for unlawfully terminating $3 billion in EPA grant programs designed to fund public health and community resilience initiatives

Three smokestacks rise from behind a green hill with one spewing a large amount of white smoke. Smoke it also coming out of two other areas obscured by the hill.
May 28, 2025

4 Ways Clean Air Is Under Attack from Trump and Congressional Republicans

By Molly Hanson  /  Clean Energy Program & Toxic Exposure & Health Program

New moves by the Trump administration and its congressional allies threaten to increase air pollution and harm public health.

A long line of wind turbines on a tree covered mountain ridge. In this aerial view, turbines stand in a row along the top of Backbone Mountain on August 22, 2022 in Oakland, Maryland. The 70-megawatt wind farm runs along eight miles of the mountain ridge and consists of 28 Clipper 2.5 MW Liberty Turbines, each one 415-feet tall.
August 20, 2024

Two Years Ago, We Passed the Biggest Climate Spending Bill Ever. Here’s What It Has Achieved.

By Molly Hanson  /  Policy and Legislation Team

We’re celebrating a booming clean economy, lower energy costs, a path forward to reducing harmful pollution, and more than 334,000 new clean energy jobs so far.

A landscape of a grassy plain with a dozen bison in the middle of the photo.
November 1, 2023

In Montana, Wild Bison Are Back, and an Entire Ecosystem Is Healing

By Molly Hanson  /  Northern Rockies Office

The return of bison ten years ago to their home on tribal lands at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation has helped restore an ecosystem and tribal culture.