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document August 28, 2025

Lake Charles Methanol Fact Sheet

Lake Charles Methanol II, LLC’s proposed facility and CO2 pipeline would pose significant toxic risks — what you need to know.
New facility could pollute communities, worsen flooding and threaten populated areas with carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline.

document August 28, 2025

Opposition Letter to HR 2073 from Groups Seeking to Restore the Columbia Basin

This letter from 65 businesses and organizations on behalf of millions of members and supporters voices strong opposition to H.R. 2073, the “Defending our Dams Act.” This destructive legislation would block a decades-long, region-wide effort to restore struggling wild salmon and orca populations, address energy issues in the region and modernize outdated Northwest infrastructure.

Press Release August 21, 2025

Trump Administration Prolongs Illegal, Costly Coal Plant Extension

Extension will cost millions per year

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are greeted by California Governor Gavin Newsom upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on January 24, 2025, to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)
From the Experts August 19, 2025

California Can’t Afford to Blink in the Showdown over Zero-Emissions

While Trump wreaks havoc, California can resist the big chill on zero-emissions.

A helicopter extinguishing a wildfire on a mountain at night. (Konstantin Sutyagin / Getty Images)
feature August 14, 2025

Five Trump Policies Making Extreme Weather More Dangerous

The Trump administration’s energy and environmental policies are accelerating climate change — and a warming planet means more extreme weather.

Press Release August 14, 2025

Independent Report Finds that the Trump Administration’s Orders to Keep Fossil-fired Power Plants Running Could Cost Consumers between $3-6 Billion a Year

Utility customers will pay the steep cost of the Department of Energy’s sham “emergency” orders to prevent fossil fuel power plants from retiring as planned

Heat pumps power our everyday lives. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
From the Experts August 13, 2025

The Year-Round Comfort Upgrade that Will Keep Cities Leading on Climate

Why the big swap of air conditioners for heat pumps is a great idea.

Earthjustice managing attorney Isaac Moriwake stands on his O‘ahu rooftop, which has been retrofitted with solar panels. In 2016, Hawai‘i’s Public Utilities Commission rejected the $4.3 billion sale of the state’s main utility company to out-of-state profiteers.
(Matt Mallams for Earthjustice)
From the Experts August 11, 2025

10 Years Into Green Energy Law, Move Hawaiʻi Forward

Hawaiʻi led the way in committing to a 100% clean energy future — on the 10th anniversary of that milestone, the state needs to lead more than ever.

A photovoltaic array at the Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center in Montezuma County, Colorado. Coupled with a micro-hydro system and solar water heating, the on-site renewable energy systems are capable of providing 95% of the building’s energy requirements. (Dennis Schroeder / NRE)
Press Release August 8, 2025

EPA Abandons Solar for All Program

Solar for All would have brought clean, renewable energy to low-income and disadvantaged communities across the country

Emissions rise from a coal-fired generation station in Indiana. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images)
Article August 7, 2025

Por qué es Importante el ‘Dictamen de Peligro’ de la EPA

La EPA afirmó que los gases de efecto invernadero representan un riesgo para la salud pública. Sin embargo, la EPA de Trump quiere retractarse y derogar muchas de las normas que limitan la contaminación atmosférica.

Progress Rail’s EMD Joule Battery Electric Locomotive. (Progress Rail)
Press Release July 29, 2025

Legislation Reintroduced to Transform the United States’ Rail Network

All Aboard Act dedicates $200 billion over five years to build transportation system of the future

Emissions rise from a coal-fired generation station in Indiana. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images)
Article July 29, 2025

Why the EPA’s Endangerment Finding Matters

The EPA said greenhouse gases are a risk to public health. Scientists and the courts have affirmed it. Now, Trump’s EPA wants to pretend that climate change isn’t a problem.

The Maryland State House in Annapolis, MD. (Spartana Photography)
Article July 28, 2025

How Maryland is Taking Climate Action into Its Own Hands — While Cutting Energy Bills

The state’s new energy law is the latest win for Earthjustice’s regional zero-emissions work, which is gaining ground despite federal foot dragging.

The U.S. Capitol is reflected in a fountain in Washington, D.C.  (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg Creative via Getty)
Press Release July 28, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Westerman-Golden Permitting Reform Bill

“This proposal will only result in more pollution, poorer health outcomes, and dirty air and water for everyone.”

A sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in July 2025. (Julio Cortez / AP)
Article July 28, 2025

Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Rainfall and Flooding

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

document July 25, 2025

Letter to CARB on Zero-Emissions Policies

A coalition letter to the California Air Resources Board on its listening sessions and recommendations for zero-emissions transportation policies moving forward in California (the Zero-Emission Vehicles Forward Public Dialogue Sessions).

Heat pumps can warm and cool our spaces, heat our water, and dry clothes. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory July 24, 2025

U.S. Court Allows New York State Building Electrification to Begin

Court upholds New York’s all-electric new buildings law, which saves New Yorkers money and cuts climate pollution

Press Release July 24, 2025

Public Advocacy Groups Take Trump Administration to Court for Illegal Coal Plant Extension

The Department of Energy’s unlawful and unreasonable extension of the J.H. Campbell coal plant is an abuse of emergency powers