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Power plants are the biggest sources of water pollution in the country. Power plant water discharges are filled with toxic pollution such as mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium.
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Photo)
Update February 20, 2026

Trump Is Trying Again to Gut Pollution Rules for Power Plants. We’re Fighting Back.

The EPA finalized a repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, lifesaving regulations that drastically reduce toxic chemical emissions from the nation’s dirtiest power plants.

document February 20, 2026

Bad River Band Petition for Judicial Review Line 5 WDNR Permit

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has filed a petition for judicial review with Wisconsin’s Iron County Circuit Court to challenge Administrative Law Judge Angela Chaput Foy’s decision upholding a key permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute project.

Electric appliances give a more comfortable quality of life in homes, with induction stoves offering quicker and more precise cooking. (Maskot / Getty Images)
Press Release February 19, 2026

Assemblymember Berman Introduces Legislation to Electrify California Homes

The Home Energy Choice Act gives Californians the option to electrify their homes with money that would otherwise be spent on old gas service lines

(Patrick J. Endres / Getty Images)
Article February 19, 2026

Why We’re Fighting Trump on Multiple Fronts to Protect the Arctic

The administration wants to maximize oil and gas drilling in Arctic regions of the U.S. We’re in court to stop them.

(Matt Roth para Earthjustice)
Press Release February 18, 2026

Earthjustice y sus Socios Demandan a la EPA por Derogación Ilegal de Protecciones Climáticas

Grupos ambientalistas y de la salud disputan la derogación sin base en la ciencia, dañina e ilegal del dictamen de peligro y la eliminación de los estándares para vehículos limpios por parte de la EPA de Trump

Since 2009, the “endangerment finding” has formed the legal backbone for some of our most important climate protections, including limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. (Pi Lens / Shutterstock)
feature February 18, 2026

Trump is Failing the Climate Test. Will You Pass Our Climate Quiz?

See how well you understand what the Trump administration is up to

Attendees and speakers condemn the Trump administration’s repeal of the Endangerment Finding at a press conference outside the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11, 2026. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 18, 2026

Earthjustice and Partners Sue EPA For Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections

Health, environmental groups challenge the Trump EPA’s harmful, unscientific, and illegal repeal of the endangerment finding and elimination of clean vehicle standards.

document February 18, 2026

Endangerment Finding: Petition for Review

A broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency for repealing the Endangerment Finding and vehicle emissions standards.

document February 17, 2026

Alaska Letter Opposing Proposed Offshore Drilling Plan

Groups and individuals from across Alaska to express alarm and strong opposition to the proposal by the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) to open nearly all federal waters off Alaska’s coasts — nearly 1 billion acres — to fossil fuel extraction under the 11th national offshore drilling plan.

Caribou in the Western Arctic around the Teshekpuk Lake area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 17, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Massive Oil and Gas Sale Over Harms to Western Arctic Public Lands and the Climate

Vast natural areas long protected from extraction will now be offered to oil companies for drilling

document February 17, 2026

Western Arctic: Amended and Supplemented Complaint

The Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth U.S., represented by Earthjustice, are challenging the lease sale and the underlying management plan, or Integrated Activity Plan, that opens 18.5 million acres within the 23-million-acre Reserve to potential oil and gas drilling and infrastructure. The groups filed an amended and supplemented complaint in Alaska’s federal court that restarts a paused 2020 lawsuit from the first Trump administration.

The White River, as seen on the Bad River Reservation on Aug. 12, 2025. (Steven Garcia for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 13, 2026

Judge Upholds Wisconsin DNR’s Permit for Line 5 Oil Pipeline

Bad River Band and environmental groups weigh next steps

document February 13, 2026

60-day Notice of Intent to Sue xAI: Southaven, Mississippi

Notice of intent to sue for violations of the Clean Air Act at the gas turbines power plant located at 2875 Stanton Road S., Southaven, MS, that powers xAI’s Colossus II data center.

In the News: NPR February 12, 2026

Trump’s EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “We will see this administration in court, to ensure that our government does its job to protect us.”

In the News: Newsweek February 12, 2026

Trump Doesn’t Value American Lives. His New Pollution Policy Is Proof

An opinion piece by Abigail Dillen (President of Earthjustice), Amanda Leland (Executive Director of Environmental Defense Fund), Manish Bapna (President and CEO of NRDC), and Loren Blackford (Executive Director of the Sierra Club).

In the News: Forbes February 12, 2026

Trump Targets EPA Climate Authority

Christie Hicks, Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Taxpayers will be paying for this twice — in increased costs for electricity for the Department of Defense and the bailouts to keep those crumbling coal power plants running.”

La presidenta de Earthjustice, Abigail Dillen, habla durante una conferencia de prensa de la Campaña de Acción Climática en el Capitolio de EE. UU. sobre el plan de la EPA para derogar las regulaciones sobre contaminación atmosférica relacionadas con los gases de efecto invernadero del transporte y las centrales eléctricas de combustibles fósiles. (Alyssa Schukar para Earthjustice)
Press Release February 12, 2026

EPA de Trump Deroga El Dictamen de Peligro y Abandona su Responsabilidad de Proteger a los Estadounidenses de la Contaminación Climática

Al derogar el dictamen de peligro, la EPA rechaza la ley y la ciencia establecidas para beneficiar a los contaminadores

Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen speaks during a Climate Action Campaign press conference at the U.S. Capitol about the EPA’s plan to rescind air pollution regulations around greenhouse gases from transportation and fossil fuel power plants. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 12, 2026

Trump EPA Repeals Endangerment Finding, Abandoning Responsibility to Protect Americans from Climate Pollution

By repealing the endangerment finding, EPA is rejecting settled law and science to benefit polluters