Every one of our clients gets top-tier legal representation, free of charge. And we win.
Which is why your support is so crucial.
We can’t keep fighting for our planet without your help.
Stepping into a new era, we are awed by all that was not lost. Now is the time to make major progress on the interlocking crises we face.
The Trump administration sold out public lands to the fossil fuel industry. Silenced government scientists. Evaded their duty to the American people.
Earthjustice led the nation’s legal resistance against this unprecedented assault. We filed nearly 200 lawsuits to prove in court the administration’s unlawful actions. We have won more than 80% of challenges decided.
“We knew how much work it would take, not only to defend, but to recover. And the reality of the Trump administration was so much worse than we could have anticipated.” – Abigail Dillen
President of Earthjustice
In these cases, and so many more, we left the courts with favorable rulings or were able to clear pathways for action by the Biden administration.
Across all this work, we’ve been creating replicable strategies for grassroots movements to level the playing field against polluters in court and scalable models for bringing environmental solutions to life.
In the 2020 election, the voters spoke for an administration with an ambitious environmental agenda. President Biden has directed his agencies to review many of the decisions that we have brought before courts. Earthjustice is forging ahead, turning our legal work into solutions to the crises we’re all facing.
Our goal is simple: a swift and equitable transition to zero emissions and 100% clean energy.
That means working with policymakers — across the U.S. and internationally — to move off the old economy based on burning fossil fuels and into a future where everything is electrified.
In this transition, we are working to ensure government investments in climate solutions benefit the communities that have borne the brunt of pollution.
Environmental discrimination is deepening racial inequalities across the board, as communities that lack financial wealth and political influence are often targeted for projects and regulatory rollbacks that are harmful to their health and environment.
These places are often home to tribes and people of color who have been historically disenfranchised.
Earthjustice partners with communities around the country to defend themselves from pollution, using laws like the National Environmental Policy Act to get them access to justice and a voice in federal courts.
We are living through a mass extinction of humanity’s making. In the coming decades, thousands more species could disappear forever due to climate change and habitat loss.
For decades, the Endangered Species Act has given Earthjustice a critical means of going to court to force government agencies to protect habitat and stop human activities harming the most at-risk species.
Our litigators are working to wipe clean Trump’s illegal environmental actions from federal dockets. While we’re confident some of the damage can be reversed through due process, we are prepared for legal challenges from industry. We know the law is on our side.
Earthjustice’s policy team is working on a proactive agenda to make our nation’s environmental protections stronger than ever. With leaders in key federal agencies who value democratic governance and science-based policy, we can shape the nation’s long-term future.
President Biden rallied voters with a message of unity and solutions. We need both to realize the vision Earthjustice has been working toward for 50 years.
With smarter rules and stronger enforcement, we can look to the future and begin to transform our economy and correct injustices through clean energy, agricultural innovation, modern environmental technologies, and more. Will you join us?
Every one of our clients gets top-tier legal representation, free of charge. And we win.
Which is why your support is so crucial.
We can’t keep fighting for our planet without your help.