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Press Release November 6, 2025

Michigan Regulators Approve the State’s First Data Center Tariff Provisions an Important Step Toward Protecting Ratepayers from Skyrocketing Energy Costs

New Michigan Public Service Commission ruling marks a key step toward shielding ratepayers from the massive infrastructure costs of powering data centers, as advocates continue to push for stronger clean energy requirements

Philadelphians rally at City Hall in support of a proposed settlement with the city’s gas utility to lower the increase in heating bills and start expanding clean energy in the city. (Jess Benjamin for Earthjustice)
Article November 5, 2025

Why are electricity bills going up?

Electricity rates are set to skyrocket, fueled by the Trump administration’s war on cheaper clean energy and push for expensive fossil fuels.

Clockwise, from top-left: (David Shindle for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission),  (Kelvin Gorospe / NOAA), (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice), (Edwin Remsberg / Getty Images), (Gerald Herbert / AP), (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice), (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / US Coast Guard), (Matteo Colombo / Getty Images)
feature November 4, 2025

Earthjustice Program Report: Fall 2025

Together with our clients, we’re wielding the power of the law across 700 legal matters to protect people and our planet. With deep gratitude, we are pleased to share highlights of this work, which is made possible by partners like you.

Representatives from the Kids Clean Air Force pose next to hand delivered comments from Americans nationwide to the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C. opposing the EPA's planned rollback of greenhouse gas regulations from fossil fuel plants and transportation. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice)
feature November 3, 2025

Climate & Energy Program Report

Earthjustice is fighting back to defend climate progress and the clean energy economy from dangerous attempts to drag us backward.

Press Release October 31, 2025

As Gov. Hochul Considers Fracked Gas Pipelines, Homeowners, and Conservationists Sue FERC

FERC’s unlawful resurrection of zombie gas pipeline threatens communities, but Governor Hochul can still protect New Yorkers and the environment

Press Release October 30, 2025

Cost of the Trump Administration’s Sham Emergency Orders to Force a Michigan Coal Power Plant to Operate Exceed $80 million

Earthjustice and public advocacy groups are challenging the DOE’s unlawful emergency orders in court

A family salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa's passage through Cuba on Oct. 29, 2025. (Yamil Lage / AFP)
Article October 29, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes More Intense

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Press Release: Victory October 27, 2025

NY Supreme Court Rules the State Must Issue Climate Regulations

New York is violating the state’s climate law and must issue regulations to reduce climate pollution by February 2026

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.

(James Olstein for Earthjustice)
feature October 15, 2025

Right To Zero: Building a Zero-emissions Future

We’re creating a zero-emissions reality from coast to coast.

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 11, 2025

California Passes Law Lowering Energy Bills and Protecting Californians from Utility Misbehavior

The California Ratepayer Protection Act (AB 1167) prevents utilities from forcing customers to pay for utility lobbying and advertising costs

A view of Pago Pago Harbor on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. (Leamus / Getty Images)
From the Experts October 10, 2025

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.

document October 10, 2025

Earthjustice responds to NYISO’s draft 2025–2034 Comprehensive Reliability Plan

Earthjustice sent a letter on October 10, 2025 to New York Independent System Operator responding to its draft 2025–2034 Comprehensive Reliability Plan outlining several concerns and suggestions for changes.

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

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)
From the Experts October 6, 2025

A New Law Can Cut Expenses that Shouldn’t Be in Californians’ Utility Bills

It’s up to Governor Newsom to sign AB 1167 into law and give Californians the protections other states are already enjoying.

Press Release September 30, 2025

Environmental Advocates Call on DEP to Reject Homer City Gas Plant for AI Data Center, Uphold Duty to Protect Pennsylvanians

Groups urge DEP to address pressing concerns on application to build the largest gas plant in the country to power data centers

The Maryland State House in Annapolis, MD. (Spartana Photography)
Article September 30, 2025

How Maryland is Taking Climate Action into Its Own Hands — While Cutting Energy Bills

The state’s new law shows that clean energy measures are gaining ground state-by-state, despite Trump and the fossil fuel industry’s nefarious efforts to prop up gas.

Kids take a break in a swimming pool in the shadow of the James H. Miller, Jr., coal-fired power plant in Adamsville, Ala. The Trump administration has exempted the plant from pollution limits set in the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
Press Release September 29, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Coal Industry Giveaways

Americans will foot the bill for dirty fossil fuel power