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Proclamations let chemical companies, coal power plants, and other major polluters dodge clean air standards in at least 30 states and U.S. territories

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

How is the air where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.

Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters

A coalition of nonprofits, Tribes, and local governments sued the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Grant programs despite a Congressional directive to fund them.

Lawsuit pushes for ban on organophosphates after years of government delay and known harms to children

President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin say they care about clean air, water, and food — but their actions tell a different story.

Community and environmental groups represented by Earthjustice sued the Trump administration over its unlawful decision to exempt dozens of coal-fired power plants from stronger pollution limits set in the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, or MATS. The exemptions, issued in April, allow 68 coal power plants to release more mercury, arsenic, and other heavy metals known to damage children’s brain development, trigger asthma attacks, and cause cancer.

Using a loophole, the Trump administration exempted coal power plants from mercury and arsenic limits, polluting the air we breathe.

EPA seeks to end limits on mercury and arsenic and climate pollution, increasing harm to communities and reversing progress on climate action

Denka halts toxic neoprene production after years of community pressure.

House joins Senate in CRA dismantling key Clean Air Act safeguard, harming millions

Trump is handing out pollution waivers, leaving millions breathing more toxic air

Majority vote to gut core Clean Air Act protections, flooding communities with cancer-causing air pollution

“This funding freeze is more than an administrative delay. It is actively harming the people.”

Jim Pew, Director of Federal Clean Air Practice, Earthjustice: “I just don’t see why forcing people to breathe toxic pollution for another two years is in the national security interests of the United States.”