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The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature April 21, 2025

The Intermountain West: Regional Spotlight

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to safeguard biodiversity, to advance a just transition to clean energy, and to protect people’s health. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

In the News: KQED Forum April 16, 2025

How President Trump Aims to Dismantle Environmental Protections

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, speaks on a panel of guests discussing the impact of the Trump administration’s approach to the environment

The Maryland State House in Annapolis, MD. (Spartana Photography)
Press Release: Victory April 10, 2025

Maryland Lowers Energy Bills and Builds its Clean Energy Future with New Laws

Maryland General Assembly passes new laws that will lower energy costs, rein in data centers, and help Maryland achieve its clean energy goals

Earthjustice clients impacted by the Trump administration's freezing of federal funds appropriated from the Inflation Reduction Act. Brien Darby (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice). Elisa Lane (Photo courtesy of Ann-Marie VanTassell). Mark Magaña (Photo courtesy of GreenLatinos). Laura Beth Resnick (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice). Brian Sauder (Eric Davis for Earthjustice)
feature April 9, 2025

Earthjustice’s Fight Against Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze

The government reneged on its promise to provide federal grant money to fund climate projects. We’re suing on behalf of grant recipients who have been harmed.

Los Angeles, Calif.  
(Sean Pavone/Shutterstock)
From the Experts April 8, 2025

How California Moves Forward with the Rest of the World

While the Trump administration tries to drag us back to darker and dirtier days, California can forge ahead.

Strong laws and government agencies have measurably improved public health. In this 1972 photo, children play while a smelter in Tacoma, Washington, spews arsenic and lead residue. (Gene Daniels / EPA / National Archives)
Article April 4, 2025

What Our Trump Lawsuits Are All About

The environmental movement has made huge gains since the 1970s, and we won’t let the lawless actions of the current administration reverse our hard-won progress.

In the News: The Nation April 4, 2025

Mining the Past, Threatening the Future

Laura Berglan, Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program: “We’re pleased that they withdrew their plan. That means that for now, the sacred sites are protected from drilling and that the community members can continue to use Ha’Kamwe’ in line with their spiritual and cultural practices.”

In the News: Politico April 3, 2025

Pennsylvania to host largest-ever U.S. gas plant to fuel data centers

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “This is part of a larger trend of states and utilities green-lighting new fossil fuel infrastructure to enable trillion-dollar tech companies to expand their energy-intensive data centers — derailing progress toward a clean energy future.”

(Ceci Freed / Earthjustice)
video April 2, 2025

From Our Clients: The Lawsuit Over Trump Administration’s IRA Funding Freeze

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

In the News: Spectrum News April 1, 2025

Environmental groups sue DEC over failure to launch cap-and-invest

Rachel Spector, attorney at Earthjustice, discusses the lawsuit with Capital Tonight.

En nombre de organizaciones comunitarias del archipiélago, los abogados de Earthjustice argumentaron que FERC había permitido a New Fortress Energy, a través de su subsidiaria NFEnergía con sede en Puerto Rico, la instalación y operación de un gasoducto sin la revisión ambiental y estatutaria requerida por la ley. (Matt Roth para Earthjustice)
Press Release April 1, 2025

Órdenes que Permitieron la Expansión Irreconocida de la Infraestructura de Gas Metano en Puerto Rico Deben Deshacerse, Señalan Grupos

Comisión Federal Reguladora de Energía permitió, contrario a la ley, la expansión del terminal de gas metano en la Bahía de San Juan en manos de NFEnergía, sin consultar a las comunidades locales y sin la revisión requerida.

Earthjustice attorneys argued on behalf of community organizations in the archipelago that FERC had allowed New Fortress Energy, through its Puerto Rico subsidiary NFEnergía, to install and operate the pipeline without the legally required environmental and statutory review. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 1, 2025

Court of Appeals Must Undo Orders that Allowed the Unlawful Expansion of Methane Gas Infrastructure in Puerto Rico, Groups Argue

FERC unlawfully allowed methane gas company NFEnergía to expand its terminal infrastructure in the San Juan Bay without consulting local communities and without the required review

Press Release March 31, 2025

First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Filed Urging New York to Release Overdue Climate Law Regulations

Regulations to reduce pollution from oil and gas and protect communities are stalled amid record-breaking heat and wildfires

(James Olstein for Earthjustice)
feature March 28, 2025

Right To Zero: Building a Zero-emissions Future

We’re creating a zero-emissions reality from coast to coast.

Heat pumps power our everyday lives. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
feature March 27, 2025

Make Your Home Cleaner and Comfier with a Heat Pump

Heat pumps hold a steady temperature better and give off none of the unhealthy fumes of traditional furnaces.

In the News: Mother Jones March 27, 2025

In Good Climate News, a Federal Judge Upholds NYC’s Ban on Gas in New Buildings

Dror Ladin, Attorney, Northeast Office, Earthjustice: “This ruling demonstrates that there’s absolutely no reason to interpret the Berkeley decision so broadly.”

(Matthew Henry / Unsplash)
Press Release March 26, 2025

Environmental and Watchdog Groups Challenge Constellation’s Bid to Buy Calpine

Utility consolidation threatens to raise electricity rates and environmental pollution

In the News: Maryland Matters March 26, 2025

Lawmakers toss consumer electric bill refund into grab bag of energy bills

Susan Stevens Miller, Senior Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Maryland doesn’t have a reliability problem. It has an affordability problem.”