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Caribou in the Western Arctic, near the Lake Teshekpuk area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release March 18, 2026

Western Arctic Lease Sale Auctions Off More than a Million Acres of Ecologically Sensitive Lands for Oil and Gas Drilling

Vast natural areas, long protected from extraction, were included in 187 tracts that oil and gas companies bid on for oil development

Two polar bears at the whale bone pile on Barter Island in the Beaufort Sea near Kaktovik, Alaska. (Reimar Gaertner / Getty Images)
document March 17, 2026

Alaska Regional Report: Spring 2026

Earthjustice works to defend Alaska’s ecosystems from these threats in partnership with local communities. This day-in, day-out work is made possible by supporters like you.

The coal-fired Centralia Power Plant, owned by TransAlta Corporation and located in Washington State, began operating in 1971. The plant’s air emissions harm human health and create haze pollution in what should be our most pristine areas, including Mt. Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades National Parks. (Steven Baltakatei Sandoval / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Press Release March 17, 2026

Earthjustice and Sierra Club Blast Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington’s Last Coal Plant Open

Washington residents deserve cleaner air and more affordable, reliable, clean energy

Vectren’s proposed 850 MW gas plant was planned to be built on the site of its existing AB Brown coal-fired power plant located in Posey County near Evansville, Indiana. (Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0)
Press Release March 16, 2026

Groups Challenge Illegal Order Halting the Retirement of Indiana Power Plants

Forcing the polluting coal power plants to remain open is unnecessary and threatens to increase electricity bills and pollution

document March 16, 2026

F.B. Culley: Petition for Review

Groups filed a challenge in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn illegal “emergency” orders issued by the U.S. Department of Energy forcing the F.B. Culley coal-fired power plant in Indiana to continue operating past its scheduled retirement date.

document March 16, 2026

Schahfer: Petition for Review

Groups filed a challenge in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn illegal “emergency” orders issued by the U.S. Department of Energy forcing the R.M. Schahfer coal-fired power plant in Indiana to continue operating past its scheduled retirement date.

War with Iran has spiked gas prices across the U.S., including at this Los Angeles  Chevron station on March 9. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)
Article March 16, 2026

Oil Prices Are Spiking With Trump’s Iran War. The Way Out of This Cycle Is Clean Energy.

Earthjustice is pushing forward the energy transition this moment demands.

<strong>Drill leases are moving to deeper, riskier waters in the Gulf of Mexico.</strong> Data sources: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, <a href="https://www.data.boem.gov/Leasing/OffshoreStatsbyWD/Default.aspx" class="a_color--black">Offshore Statistics by Water Depth</a>, 2/27/2026. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030142151201141X" class="a_color--black">Impact of water depth on safety</a>, Muehlenbachs et. al., Energy Policy, Vol. 55, 2013. (Casey Chin / Earthjustice)
feature March 16, 2026

Why BP’s Kaskida Project Is a Recipe for (Yet Another) Disaster

The offshore oil drilling project would push into riskier, deeper waters than the infamous Deepwater Horizon rig.

Press Release March 16, 2026

Trump Administration Approves BP’s First New Gulf Oilfield Since Deepwater Horizon

Ultra-deepwater drilling project in greater depths than BP’s 2010 disaster, the worst oil spill in U.S. history

A controlled burn of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico on June 9, 2010. (PO1 John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard)
Update March 16, 2026

The Company Behind the “Deepwater Horizon” Oil Spill Just Got Approved to Drill in Even Deeper Water

The government just greenlit BP’s proposal for a new ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf, despite significant red flags.

Press Release March 12, 2026

Billion-Dollar Math Error Blows Up Green Administration’s Fossil Gas Import Plan

Earthjustice responds to the fatal math mistake in the HI State Energy Office’s cost calculations

Tanques de almacenamiento de petróleo en el puerto de Long Beach. (John Gannon para Earthjustice)
Press Release March 11, 2026

Corte Ordena a la Ciudad de Long Beach Suspender el Proyecto de Expansión de un Tanque de Almacenamiento de Petróleo

El análisis de impacto ambiental de la ciudad se consideró inadecuado, rechazó alternativas viables y ahora debe rehacerse

Oil storage tanks at the Port of Long Beach. (John Gannon for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory March 11, 2026

Court Orders City of Long Beach Pause Oil Storage Tank Expansion Project

City’s environmental impact analysis ruled inadequate, rejected feasible alternatives, and now must be redone

Oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. (Lucasz Z / Shutterstock)
Press Release March 11, 2026

Gulf and Environment Groups Respond To Public Waters Sell-off To Oil Industry; Amid Soaring Energy & Gas Prices, Trump Admin Draws Far Fewer Bids Than Dec. Sale

New oil-and-gas leases will lock in decades of pollution; won’t lower Americans’ energy bills

 A fisherman holds his hand dsiplaying a clump of oil from the ruptured BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig on June 9 2010 in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico off of Grand Terre Island, Louisiana. (Benjamin Lowy / Getty Images)
From the Experts March 11, 2026

A New Era of Offshore Drilling Quietly Threatens the Health of Gulf Communities

BP’s “Kaskida” project, which the Trump administration just approved, could become a sequel to Deepwater Horizon.

People rally outside of an EPA public hearing on coal ash in Chicago, Illinois in 2023 (Jamie Kelter Davis for Earthjustice)
Article March 5, 2026

People Are Furious About Coal Ash Deregulation

Folks nationwide feel the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning its responsibility to protect communities, and they are speaking out.

Canoers paddle in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article March 4, 2026

The Little-Known Law Congress is Abusing to Sell Out Our Public Lands

How lawmakers are clearing the way for mining and fossil fuel development across the western U.S. and Alaska.

Press Release March 3, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Montana’s Bull Mountains Coal Mine Expansion, Trump’s Sham Energy Emergency

Federal agency rammed through expansion, illegally skipped environmental analysis, shut out public