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In the News: The Rapid City Post January 21, 2026

Trump’s coal agenda could cut worker productivity, lifetime earnings

Thom Cmar, Deputing Managing Attorney, Midwest Regional Office: “The health benefits of fewer incidences of cancer, cardiovascular disease, less exposure to children of harmful levels of lead — those benefits far exceed the costs to the industry.”

In the News: Kiowa County Press January 20, 2026

Keeping Colorado’s coal plants projected to be costly for ratepayers

Michael Hiatt, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “Propping up uneconomic coal plants, propping up the coal industry — while simultaneously taking efforts to stymie wind development, solar development — that’s going to impair grid reliability.”

High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia. (Ted Shaffrey / AP)
Press Release January 16, 2026

Statement on Proposal for a PJM Power Auction for Data Centers

Earthjustice responds to a call by the National Energy Dominance Council and PJM governors

In the News: Inside Climate News January 16, 2026

Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?

Michelle Ghafar, Attorney, California Regional Office: “They didn’t look at any of that new information or change of circumstances and analyze how any of that could change the impact that they identified.”

In the News: New Orleans Public Radio January 15, 2026

Parents worried proposed CO2 pipeline could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on nearby school, neighborhood

Cyndhia Ramatchandirane, Staff Scientist, Fossil Fuels Program: “What this report shows is that the pipeline would put these kids and teachers in harm’s way. There would be a very large cloud of CO2 that would cover the area, the houses, the school very quickly — within like 10 minutes.”

In the News: Slate January 14, 2026

It’s Responsible for One of the Worst Oil Disasters Ever. It’s Counting On Trump to Let It Do It Again.

Sam Sankar, SVP of Programs, Earthjustice: “The first Trump administration saw oil companies as its “partners.” The second Trump administration treats them as its “customers.””

The Trump administration illegally ordered this coal-fired power plant in Washington State to stay open past retirement in December 2025. This is part of a broader policy to prop up coal that is driving up electricity costs. (Steven Baltakatei Sandoval / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Press Release January 14, 2026

Public Interest Groups Challenge Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington’s Last Coal Plant Operating

DOE’s order disrupts a long-planned shutdown of a coal plant in Centralia, Washington, designed to provide state residents with cleaner air and affordable, reliable, clean energy

(Patrick J. Endres / Getty Images)
Article January 14, 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.

document January 13, 2026

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Amended and Supplemented Complaint

Updated complaint resumes litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing, adding new claims challenging Interior’s October 2025 decision to again open the Coastal Plain to leasing.

Caribou on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (Florian Schulz / protectthearctic.org)
Press Release January 13, 2026

Groups Challenge Arctic Refuge Leases and Drilling Plan

Updated complaint restarts paused litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing

In the News: Canary Media January 13, 2026

What a fracking-waste dispute says about Ohio’s energy double standard

James Yskamp, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program: “The law is very clear in our view that [the department] should be applying the rules in place at the time of permitting.”

In the News: The Southern Maryland Chronicle January 13, 2026

EPA Delays Coal Plant Wastewater Rules

Thom Cmar, Deputing Managing Attorney, Midwest Regional Office: “It’ll cost all of us in the long run because it will encourage more expensive, dirty coal plants to continue operating for longer and it will mean more arsenic, mercury and lead in our waterways.”

ElectrifyNY Coalition at Oct 1, 2025 press conference in Red Hook Community Farms. (Michelle Stockwell/Earthjustice)
Press Release January 13, 2026

ElectrifyNY Coalition: NY Governor State of the State 2026

It is more important than ever for Governor Hochul to stand up and improve the lives of millions of New Yorkers by accelerating the state’s shift to zero-emission vehicles and reducing the number of dirty trucks on our roads

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)
case January 13, 2026

The Trump Administration Stands in the Way of the Shutdown Mandated by Law Since 2011 of Washington State’s Last Coal Plant – TransAlta’s Centralia Plant

The Trump administration is falsely invoking emergency powers to resurrect coal-fired power.

Press Release January 9, 2026

EPA Rejects Colorado’s Regional Haze Plan, Including Coal Plant Retirement Dates

Trump administration continues to undermine Colorado’s efforts to turn the page on coal

In the News: Canary Media January 9, 2026

EPA plans to give 11 coal plants a free pass on toxic ash disposal

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “EPA never reviewed these demonstrations. If they did, I am confident that they would likely find that each of the plants are ineligible for an extension.”

Drivers and their tanker trucks capable of hauling water and hydraulic fracturing liquid line up near a natural gas burn off flame and storage tanks in Williston, North Dakota. (Charles Rex Arbogast / AP)
Article January 8, 2026

Truck Drivers Exposed to Hazardous Oil and Gas Waste Fight for Their Rights — and Lives

Drivers exposed to several types of life-threatening oil and gas waste are now asking the Department of Transportation to enforce regulations to protect them.

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 January 8, 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