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Earthjustice attorney Fernando Gaytan, Long Beach Mayor Rex Richarson, and Joe Sullivan of IBEW at a City of Long Beach conference unveiling its new EV garbage trucks in Long Beach, Calif. (Stella Kalinina for Earthjustice)
From the Experts May 27, 2026

In Long Beach, Trash Trucks Will Pick Up Garbage Without Polluting Our Air

The city’s first all-electric garbage trucks have hit the streets
Tribal members from the Fort Belknap Indian Community monitor mine pollution in South Big Horn Creek near the Zortman-Landusky mine complex in Montana. (Assiniboine and Gros Ventre Tribes / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release May 26, 2026

Fort Belknap Indian Community Voices Opposition to Zortman-Landusky Settlement

Tribe to file opposition demanding additional accountability
document May 26, 2026

Zortman Final Consent Decree – Executed Copy

The Fort Belknap Indian Community voiced strong opposition to a consent decree submitted to the court by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to settle its enforcement action against two…
document May 26, 2026

Zortman Joint Motion to Adopt Consent Decree

The Fort Belknap Indian Community voiced strong opposition to a consent decree submitted to the court by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to settle its enforcement action against two…
Press Release May 22, 2026

Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Phoenix Ozone Pollution Waiver

EPA blamed city’s air violations on Asia, Mexico in granting free pass to pollute
document May 22, 2026

Phoenix 179B Petition for Review

Conservation groups challenged the Trump administration's waiver of stronger air pollution controls for Phoenix, one of the nation's smoggiest cities.
Vista exterior de un almacén que servirá de sede para un centro de detención proyectado por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE), cerca de Hagerstown, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
Article May 21, 2026

Cómo ICE está Violando las Leyes al Apresurarse a Encarcelar Inmigrantes en Antiguos Mega-Almacenes

Las instalaciones y sus sistemas de fontanería nunca fueron construidos para albergar a tantas personas. Los sistemas hídricos cercanos están en riesgo, y Earthjustice está respondiendo a la ofensiva.
Protestors stand on shore after the Pipe Out Paddle Up Flotilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City, Michigan, in 2022. Protestors paddled out in the water in canoes and kayaks holding signs to protest the pipeline. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Article May 19, 2026

An Oil Pipeline is Threatening the Great Lakes

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Time is running out to stop one company’s dangerous plans…
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Chairwoman Liz Arbuckle. (Jaida Grey Eagle for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory May 15, 2026

Wisconsin Judge Orders Partial Freeze on Line 5 Construction

Enbridge must stop some work while the Bad River Band brings legal claims
document May 15, 2026

Comments on EPA’s Proposal to Repeal Public Health Regulations for Ethylene Oxide

In March, EPA announced a proposed rule to roll back public health regulations adopted in 2024 for commercial sterilizer facilities that use ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment and spices.…
The 405 freeway on a smoggy California day. Heavy-duty trucks are the largest source of smog-forming NOx in California. (Andi Pantz / Getty Images)
Press Release May 14, 2026

EPA Delays Criteria Pollutant Standards for Certain Vehicles

The EPA is once again running afoul of its mission to protect human health and the environment
A warehouse that is the site for a planned ICE detention center near Hagerstown, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
Article May 13, 2026

How ICE Is Breaking Laws as It Rushes to Jail Immigrants in Former Mega-Warehouses

The facilities and their plumbing were never built for so many people. Nearby water systems are at risk – and Earthjustice is fighting back.
Press Release May 13, 2026

From Big Rigs to E-Bikes, California Electric Fest Showcases Clean Transportation in the Golden State

Event by Earthjustice and CALSTART will bring electric trucks, vehicles, and advocates to the state capitol
Rev. Robert Tipton Jr., the branch president of the DeSoto County NAACP, is opposed to the methane gas turbines operating in his Southaven, Mississippi community to power a nearby xAI data center in Memphis, Tennessee. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article May 13, 2026

A Community Takes a Data Center Colossus to Court

The NAACP and Earthjustice are suing Elon Musk’s company xAI over air pollution from an unpermitted power plant in Southaven, Mississippi.
The fire at the incinerator in Miami-Dade County in 2023. (Juan Carlos Esquivel)
Press Release May 11, 2026

Zeldin’s EPA Is Letting Trash Incinerators Poison Children. Now It’s Being Sued

Weak federal rules allow incinerators to release cancer-causing pollutants into communities of color, harming children’s development before they are even born
Press Release May 11, 2026

La EPA de Zeldin Permite que los Incineradores de Basura Envenenen a los Niños. Ahora Enfrenta una Demanda

Las débiles normativas federales permiten que los incineradores liberen contaminantes cancerígenos en comunidades de color, perjudicando el desarrollo de los niños incluso antes de que nazcan
A large warehouse located near residential neighborhoods in Elizabeth, New Jersey, just south of Newark. (Valentyn Semenov / Alamy)
Article May 7, 2026

Diesel Damage: How Warehouse Sprawl Is Sickening Two States

Next-day delivery has a cost. New Jersey and New York communities near rigs and warehouses are paying it.
document May 6, 2026

xAI: Preliminary Injunction Brief

NAACP filed a request for a preliminary injunction to stop unpermitted air pollution from an illegal power plant built by Elon Musk’s company, xAI, and its subsidiary, MZX Tech.