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Press Release: Victory October 27, 2025

NJ Court Prohibits Construction of Controversial Newark Gas Plant

Project in limbo after PVSC ignored significant community opposition to the project

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts October 24, 2025

Los Esfuerzos de la Administración Trump para Destruir Una Ciencia Sólida

Según informes de prensa, EPA planea eliminar su división de investigación científica. Esta medida beneficiará a los contaminadores a expensas de todos los habitantes de este país.

Empire State Building and Manhattan skyline, New York City. Buildings are the city’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. (Matteo Colombo / Getty Images)
feature October 22, 2025

Northeast Regional Report Fall 2025

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 environment for all.

This map is a subset that shows where the more than 500 exemption facilities are located throughout the country, whether they (or a representative) have requested or been granted a pollution exemption, and more. Map developed by Environmental Defense Fund and Environmental Integrity Project.
Press Release October 22, 2025

Community, Health, and Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Trump Administration’s Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions

Lawsuit challenges unprecedented presidential carve-out that lets 50 chemical plants spew cancer-causing pollutants for two more years

Protestors paddle next to the Mackinac Bridge at the Pipe Out Paddle Up Floatilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 21, 2025

Michigan Tribes to US Supreme Court: Don’t Bail Out Enbridge

Amicus brief asks SCOTUS to keep the Line 5 shutdown suit in state court

document October 21, 2025

Tribal Nations Amicus Brief to SCOTUS in Nessel v. Enbridge

Ten Tribal Nations located in Michigan filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Enbridge’s “underhanded procedural tactics” in a case pitting the State of Michigan against the Canadian oil pipeline company.

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks onstage during the NYT Climate Forward 2025 at The Times Center on Sept. 24, 2025, in New York City.  (Yana Paskova / Getty Images for NYT)
Press Release: Victory October 14, 2025

In a Win for Clean Air and Common Sense, Governor Newsom Vetoes SB 34

Legislation would have tied Southern California air regulators’ hands and made it more difficult to shape clean air policies in the nation’s smog capital

The Mitchell Power Plant, a coal-fired power station, along the Ohio River in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
From the Experts October 10, 2025

Trump Administration Theatens Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants

Coal-fired power plants discharge toxic chemicals into sources of drinking water for more than 30 million Americans.

A worker in a steel mill checking the flow of molten steel before the casting process in Southern California.  (Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory October 7, 2025

California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air

AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies

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 October 6, 2025

An Oil Tunnel 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 to keep the oil flowing.

Press Release: Victory October 3, 2025

EPA Reverses Course on Toxic Emissions from Steel Industry Coke Ovens

The agency will now uphold the 2024 air standards, which set caps on emissions from these facilities

A CAFO and waste retention pond overgrown with algae in Warsaw, North Carolina. (Justin Cook for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 3, 2025

Appeal Filed Over Court Decision Allowing Trump EPA To Suppress Information About Animal Factory Air Pollution

Trump administration shields polluters as animal factories emissions kill more people than coal plants

document October 3, 2025

Notice of Appeal re: EPA To Suppress Information About Factory Farm Air Pollution

Conservation and community groups appealed a federal court decision upholding a Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that exempts factory farms from their duty to make information about dangerous air emissions available to the public. The decision, issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, leaves frontline communities in the dark about noxious chemicals in the air they breathe. The groups will argue on appeal that the Trump administration’s rule is unlawful.

Ley de Entregas Limpias de Nueva York | Manifestación con la Coalición ElectrifyNY el 1 de octubre de 2025. (Michelle Stockwell / Earthjustice)
Press Release October 1, 2025

Legisladores y Defensores de Nueva York Exigen Acción Estatal contra la Contaminación de Grandes Centros de Comercio Electrónico

Ante la debilitación de protecciones federales a la calidad del aire, Nyeva York debe tomar medidas para combatir la contaminación de los camiones diésel y proteger la salud pública con la Ley de Entregas Limpias

NY Clean Deliveries Act rally with ElectrifyNY Coalition on October 1, 2025. (Michelle Stockwell / Earthjustice)
Press Release October 1, 2025

NY Lawmakers and Advocates Call for State Action on E-commerce Mega-warehouse Pollution

As the federal government guts air quality protections, NY must step up to tackle pollution from diesel trucks and protect public health by passing the Clean Deliveries Act

Charlene Alden stands outside her home in Lame Deer, Montana on July 2, 2025. Alden is the Environmental Protection Director for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. (Louise Johns for Earthjustice)
Article September 25, 2025

A Tribe Takes on Coal

The Northern Cheyenne have a long history of defending their land. Now, they’re showing how clean energy progress can still be made.

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature September 23, 2025

The Intermountain West: Regional Spotlight

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to defend the web of life, to protect people’s health, and to advance a just transition to clean energy. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

American athlete Carl Lewis won the 100m gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in August 1984 in Los Angeles, California. (PERRIN / TARDY / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
From the Experts September 23, 2025

LA Should Go for the Gold When It Comes to Electric Transit Buses

With the LA 2028 Olympics looming, LA Metro should keep pace with Olympic cities.