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A person holds wood pellets at a biomass facility at Drax Power Station near Selby, England. (Anna Gowthorpe / Getty Images)
From the Experts May 29, 2025

The Long Shadow of Drax, a Power Company Masquerading as Green

The U.K. wood pellet manufacturer pollutes low-income U.S. communities

Jude Addo-Chidie, a Ph.D. student in agronomy at Purdue University, takes a soil sample from a corn field, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at the Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center in Butlerville, Ind. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been removing important climate-related data from its websites that farmers rely on to adapt to extreme weather. (Joshua A. Bickel / AP)
Update May 14, 2025

We Just Won Our First Victory Against This Trump Administration

The Trump administration agreed to restore climate-related information to government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather.

The coal-fired Keystone Generating Station near Shelocta, Pennsylvania. (Jim West / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Article May 14, 2025

The Trump Administration Has Clean Air Protections in Its Crosshairs

The EPA said greenhouse gases are a risk to public health. Trump’s EPA wants to take it back — and undo many of the rules that limit air pollution.

Press Release: Victory May 13, 2025

USDA Reverses Course, Commits to Restore Purged Climate Webpages in Response to Farmers’ Lawsuit

The Trump administration will restore access to vital resources for climate-smart agriculture, forest conservation, climate change adaptation, and rural clean energy projects

Clockwise from top left: Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice) Controlled burn during BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard) Subway train on the 7 line in Queens, New York City. (Marco Bottigelli / Getty Images) An oil-coated feather on a Florida beach in 2010, following the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. (Tech. Sgt. Emily F. Alley / U.S. Air Force)
feature May 23, 2025

Our Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration

We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
feature April 29, 2025

Where the Trump Administration is Going and Where We Stand

Tracking how Earthjustice is holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.

A spider has made this dry faucet home.
(Steve Dorman/Flickr)
Article July 9, 2015

3 Things That Won’t Solve California’s Drought

A handful of new products purport to help ease the drought, but do their claims hold water?

The sun flares over the top of the sign marking the headquarters building for the US Department of Agriculture on April 18, 2024, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake / Getty Images)
Press Release February 24, 2025

Trump USDA Sued for Erasing Webpages Vital to Farmers

Loss of critical USDA resources will hurt farmers and food security

Even with an approaching El Niño, Californians shouldn’t lose sight of long-term water management goals, since climate change can intensify heat, evaporation and dry weather.
(Zacarias Pereira da Mata/Shutterstock)
Article August 27, 2015

Study Finds Climate Change Amps Up Drought

Even with an approaching El Niño, Californians shouldn’t lose sight of long-term water management goals, since climate change can intensify heat, evaporation and dry weather.

An aqueduct carrying water from the northern California Bay Delta through the state's arid Central Valley.
(AvailableLight/iStock)
Article July 16, 2015

New House Bill Blames Historic California Drought on Endangered Fish

A bill being considered in the House of Representatives places blame for the lack of water in California on protections for salmon and other imperiled species, such as the delta smelt. The reality is that an historic drought—not environmental protections—is causing water shortages in the West.

Drought conditions are threatening Emigrant Lake in Ashland, Oregon.
(Al Case/Flickr)
Article May 28, 2015

Thirsty Thursdays: Drought News Roundup

Thirsty Thursdays is our bimonthly blog series exploring the historic drought in the western United States.

The mainstem of the Klamath River. The Klamath flows through Oregon and northern California.
(U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
Press Release: Victory October 2, 2017

Judge Denies Irrigators Special Treatment, Millions in Drought Payments

Court denies Klamath agribusiness interests $30 million years after 2001 drought

California agriculture uses about 80 percent of the state’s developed water supply.
(Pgjam/iStock Photo)
Article July 30, 2015

It’s Time to Be Drought Intolerant

Want to help the drought? Draw a bath, call your senator, and let your worries soak away.

document May 12, 2025

51 NGOs Oppose Delay of MERP

Over 50 organizations sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee expressing opposition to language in the bill that will delay the Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP), a program established by the Inflation Reduction Act that imposed a fee on companies for each ton of wasted methane that exceeds specified thresholds.

Boat docks at the Browns Ravine Cove sit on dry earth at Folsom Lake on May 10, 2021, in El Dorado Hills, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in 41 of the state's 58 counties, about 30% of the state's population. Folsom Lake is at 38% of normal capacity.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
feature October 1, 2024

How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather

Carbon pollution is contributing to climate disasters that will only get worse unless we take action.

Some of the finest wines and olive oils in the world have been created with dry farmed crops, a practice with a long history in the dry Mediterranean region.
(mythja/Shutterstock)
Article August 13, 2015

Real Sustainability: Dry Farming in a Drought

Some of the tastiest apples, walnuts, and wine grapes come from farmers doing something radically different—they’ve stopped watering their plants.

(Angela N. / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release February 14, 2025

Mass Firings of Federal Workers Could Halt Critical Energy and Environmental Protections

Recent culls of federal offices, including EPA and DOE, could substantially impact laws protecting people and the environment

document May 6, 2025

Opposition Letter to proposed NOAA IRA Cuts in Reconciliation

Letter to U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources from groups opposing cuts to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act funding in reconciliation bill.