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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 9, 2026

How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather

Carbon pollution is contributing to climate disasters that will only get worse unless we take action.
The Suncor Refinery in Commerce City, Colorado. (Joe Amon /The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Update October 4, 2026

What to Know About the Supreme Court’s Big Climate Case: Suncor v. Boulder

The Supreme Court could rule that communities can’t seek compensation for climate damage caused by oil companies violating state consumer protection laws.
Since 2009, the “endangerment finding” has formed the legal backbone for some of our most important climate protections, including limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. (Pi Lens / Shutterstock)
feature September 29, 2026

Guide to Public Hearing for Power Plant Climate Pollution Regulations

This is our last chance to speak directly to EPA and urge them to drop their repeal and acknowledge that climate pollution from power plants endangers our health and welfare.
Farmers work at Providence Farm Collective in Orchard Park, New York. Providence Farm Collective, a plaintiff in the USDA grant termination lawsuit, helps both new and established farmers grow food for the surrounding community. (Photo courtesy of Providence Farm Collective)
Update: Victory August 28, 2026

Victory: Court Restores Grants That Trump’s Agriculture Department Yanked From Farmers and Community Groups

Earthjustice's clients will use these grants to work toward a healthier nation and a fairer food system
Press Release November 17, 2025

Water Commission Allows Golf Course to Unlawfully Irrigate with Drinking Water Amid Ongoing West Maui Drought

Since August, the commission chair has knowingly let TY Management Corp. use potable groundwater for golf turf irrigation in violation of the law
Article September 15, 2026

Trump’s EPA Abandoned Its Climate Responsibility. We’re Taking It to Court.

The Trump administration denies that the pollution causing climate change is their responsibility to address. We’re fighting back.
A dried out lake stands near the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau on Jun. 6, 2019, in Thoreau, N.M. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Droughts Worse

Here's what Earthjustice is doing about it.
Press Release August 11, 2026

Northwest Power and Conservation Council Meets in Seattle to Discuss Approval of Draft Ninth Northwest Regional Power Plan

Energy and conservation groups urge the Council to prioritize clean energy resources, affordability, and reliability for the region
Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen speaks during a Climate Action Campaign press conference at the U.S. Capitol about the EPA’s plan to rescind air pollution regulations around greenhouse gases from transportation and fossil fuel power plants. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice)
Article September 18, 2025

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

Environmental advocates delivered 225,000 public comments telling the EPA to do its job by protecting us from the climate crisis.
Dry cracked earth is visible on a farm in Kaplan, Louisiana in 2023. Droughts in 2023 impacted farmers across the country. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
From the Experts July 29, 2026

Solar is Helping Save New York Farms, Not Destroy Them

USDA Secretary Rollins should address real threats to farmland, not false ones
Cars and trucks move along the Cross Bronx Expressway, a notorious stretch of highway in New York City that is often choked with traffic and contributes to pollution and poor air quality. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Press Release April 8, 2026

Environmental Groups Sue EPA For Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections

Environmental groups and Alaskan tribes challenge the Trump EPA’s unlawful repeal of the endangerment finding and elimination of vehicle emissions standards
Press Release June 26, 2026

Montana Residents Challenge State’s Granting of Undisclosed Waiver for Bridger Pipeline Construction

Montana DEQ issued illegal waiver by ignoring requirements for public notices and hearings
Barry Traill is one of 10 Australians bringing a human rights case against the Australian government before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. (Rebecca Parker)
feature June 22, 2026

Hard Truths: Barry Traill

When the pager beeps, volunteer firefighter Barry still drives towards danger. But these days, bushfires no longer follow the old rules.
Yellowtail surgeonfish (<em>Prionurus punctatus</em>) graze along shallow rocks in the Gulf of California. (Brent Durand / Getty Images)
Article June 12, 2026

Protecting the ‘Aquarium of the World’ From a Gas Industry Takeover

The fossil fuel industry wanted to turn the Gulf of California, home to thousands of marine species, into a gas hub — and lost. We partnered with environmental advocates in…
Tony Lonergan and Wendy Wales, foreground, speak at a rally outside the High Court of Australia in Canberra during their legal effort to protect their community from the expansion of the Mount Pleasant coal mine. (Zoe Lonergan)
From the Experts May 14, 2026

Australia’s Highest Court Hears Its First Climate Case

A local community’s legal challenge to an open cut coal mine could shape the country’s future approach to the climate harm caused by its fossil fuels.
Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) speaks during a press conference renouncing the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule on May 13, 2026. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 13, 2026

Community Advocates join Members of Congress in Broad Opposition to Planned Attack on National Forestlands

A diverse array of stakeholders representing Tribes, hunters, conservationists, firefighters, and business owners rebuke the Trump administration’s plan to roll back the Roadless Rule
A California spotted owl perches on a tree. (Rick Kuyper / USFWS)
Press Release November 19, 2025

Lawsuit Seeks Final Protection for California Spotted Owls

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to finalize Endangered Species Act protections for California spotted owls it proposed in 2023
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?