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document November 13, 2026

Results of a National Survey on Permitting Reform and the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA)

Results from a national survey of 1,000 U.S. voters shows that voters broadly oppose weakening bedrock environmental laws to speed up construction of energy and infrastructure projects.
The now-closed Waukegan Generating Station, on the shore of Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Illinois. The coal fired power plant still has unregulated coal ash ponds threatening the environment. (Jamie Kelter Davis for Earthjustice)
Press Release November 13, 2026

Advocates Testified Against Putting Indiana In Charge of Toxic Coal Ash Oversight

Advocates push for greater oversight of Indiana coal ash waste
For six years, Arecibo residents have used NEPA to halt a waste-to-energy incinerator, which a corporation wants to build in an area already contaminated with lead, arsenic and other heavy metals. (Alejandro Davila / Earthjustice)
From the Experts November 11, 2026

The permitting bill will let the Trump administration ignore NEPA

Without meaningful judicial remedies, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will be virtually impossible to enforce, especially against bad faith actors.
Sunset in Lower Manhattan. (Max Lackas / Getty Images)
feature November 10, 2026

Northeast Regional Report Fall 2026

In the Northeast, our work is helping to keep us moving forward in the fight for environmental and climate justice, clean air and water, and the right to a healthy…
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
Article November 10, 2026

Congress Tweaks Permitting Bill, But Deal Remains Fatally Flawed

Earthjustice is urging senators to come back in the new year and give these reforms the full attention they require.
A portion of the Meta Prometheus Campus, an AI data center and supercluster project in New Albany, Ohio. The complex has its own off-grid power generation facilities. (Jon Cherry / Getty Images)
Article November 9, 2026

3 Environmental Wins from the Election. What Must Happen Next.

On Election Day, voters overwhelmingly rejected fast tracking data centers and speeding the rush for gas.
The Meta El Paso Data Center is seen on August 13, 2026 in El Paso, Texas, occupying approximately 1,000 acres. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Article November 5, 2026

Voters Have Spoken: No Dirty Data Centers

Politicians will be ignoring this key midterm message if they vote for the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.
Press Release November 5, 2026

Protect New Yorkers From AI Data Centers

Experts and advocates caution Governor Hochul and the PSC that New York's proposed data center environmental review fails to properly address critical environmental and affordability concerns
Fitchburg, MA - June 5: More than 200 sheep graze amidst 15,000 solar panels at the Fitchburg Renewables solar farm in Massachusetts . (John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
From the Experts November 5, 2026

Americans Voted for Energy Affordability in the Midterms, so Why is the Trump Administration Illegally Making Clean, Affordable Energy less available to Farmers?

Earthjustice will continue to fight with urgency to ensure that the USDA restores funding and clean power to the farmers and rural communities the Department is supposed to serve.
Press Release November 4, 2026

Settlement requires Bonneville Power Administration to reduce proposed rate hike that unfairly targets salmon protection

Planned rate hike would be reduced by close to $40 million
Looking along Pennsylvania Ave. towards the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Doug Armand / Getty Images)
From the Experts November 3, 2026

¿Qué hará la Ley de Asequibilidad y Empleos? Todo Lo Que la Administración Trump Quiera

El proyecto de ley crearía un mayor margen de maniobra legal para que este presidente realice acuerdos corruptos y dé luz verde a proyectos perjudiciales de toda clase.
Press Release November 2, 2026

Grupos Urgen Investigación Exhaustiva Sobre Operaciones de NFEnergía en Puerto Rico

Mediante un Memorial Explicativo sometido a la Comisión de Transportación e Infraestructura, grupos ambientales, comunitarios y laborales exponen controversias regulatorias, ambientales, contractuales y de seguridad
Looking along Pennsylvania Ave. towards the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Doug Armand / Getty Images)
From the Experts October 28, 2026

What Will BAAJA Do? Whatever the Trump Administration Wants

BAAJA would create more legal runway for this president to make corrupt deals and greenlight harmful projects of all kinds.
Heather Wong is a senior attorney in Earthjustice's Rocky Mountain office.
staff October 27, 2026

Heather Wong

Heather Wong is a senior attorney with the Rocky Mountain Office. Heather’s practice focuses on clean energy and transportation electrification.
From the Experts October 21, 2026

The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Attempt to Secure a Constitutional Right to Pollute in Colorado

Industry wants to limit the government’s ability to regulate corporate polluters and protect communities
Press Release October 21, 2026

Colorado’s Amendment 82 Would Hand the Fossil Fuel Industry a Constitutional Right to Pollute

Ballot initiative threatens to undo years of hard-fought progress on pollution, raise utility rates
document October 21, 2026

A Guide to Protecting Your Community from Industrial Wood Pellet Plants

Industrial wood pellet manufacturers turn wood into pellets (often referred to as biomass), which are shipped overseas and burned for energy. This guidebook was created to help give Pacific Northwest…
A view of Pago Pago Harbor on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. (Leamus / Getty Images)
From the Experts October 20, 2026

How Deep-Sea Mining Endangers American Samoa

The ocean is inseparably intertwined with American Samoa culture and identity. Now deep-sea mining threatens it all.