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Land cleared of vegetation in 2025 for a massive solar project by AES Power in Guayama, P.R. The coal-burning facility expanded to build a large-scale solar project on over a thousand acres of agricultural land. (Erika P. Rodriguez for Earthjustice)
From the Experts August 13, 2026

Puerto Rico’s Grid Money Could Be a Blessing. Instead, It Risks Becoming a Curse.

Federal recovery funds are supporting coal and gas, deepening the island's dependence on imported fuel.
Press Release August 12, 2026

Grupos Presentan Demanda Enmendada Contra Centro de Detención de los Everglades

Funcionarios de Florida y federales retuvieron información clave sobre financiación
The migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Everglades on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)
Press Release August 12, 2026

Groups File Amended Lawsuit Challenging Everglades Detention Center

Florida, federal officials withheld key funding Information
document August 12, 2026

Everglades Detention Center: Amended Complaint

Amended complaint in the lawsuit challenging the construction and operation of a federal immigration detention center for violating NEPA, ESA, and other laws due to a lack of environmental review,…
Pelika Andrade, pictured on the island of Nihoa, has spent nearly 20 years protecting Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. (Photo courtesy of Pelika Andrade)
Article August 12, 2026

The Pacific Ocean Fed Her Community for Generations. Now It’s Under Attack by the Trump Administration

Pelika Andrade has spent nearly 20 years protecting Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Trump’s plan to allow commercial fishing there could undo it all.
The "Pipe Out Paddle Up" floatilla against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City, Mich., on Sept. 3, 2022. (David Ruck for Earthjustice)
Press Release August 12, 2026

Tribes Slam U.S. Army Corps for Approving Line 5 Tunnel

Enbridge still needs a new permit from the Michigan Public Service Commission
In the News: Michigan Advance August 10, 2026

Initial arguments in appeal of DTE Saline data center contract

Jacob Elkin, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “This appeal is an important part of the fight to ensure that any such deals are reviewed in transparent, public processes, and to protect ratepayers from the unprecedented costs of these AI data centers. Anything less is a violation of the people’s rights under…
"The people of the Mariana Islands will fight to protect our homes and our way of life as hard as we must and for as long as we must," said Jerome Kaipat Aldan, mayor of the Northern Islands.
(Pågan Island, ca. 1970. Courtesy of Cinta Kaipat)
Press Release: Victory August 6, 2026

U.S. Navy Scales Back Destructive Live-Fire Training in Northern Mariana Islands

Robust public input and disclosures hold the Navy to limited training on only one island
In the News: WVUE August 3, 2026

Entergy’s plan to build gas plants for Meta’s AI data center

Susan Stevens Miller, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Meta is once again trying to keep critical information from the public, that includes how it projected the data center’s projected energy demand or load and how many jobs will actually be created by the projects.”
The Suncor refinery in North Denver. (Martin do Nascimento / Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory August 3, 2026

Tenth Circuit Decision Revives Groups’ Suncor Clean Air Act Lawsuit

Suit sent back to trial court to consider harm from Suncor refinery’s pollution violations
document August 3, 2026

Suncor: Tenth Circuit Opinion

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of environmental justice and conservation groups in a lawsuit seeking to hold Suncor Energy accountable for repeated Clean Air Act violations…
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 August 3, 2026

The Line 5 Oil Pipeline is Threatening the Great Lakes — But We Just Got a Big Win Against It

The pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. A court just dealt a stunning blow to one company’s dangerous plans…
In the News: Native News Online July 31, 2026

Michigan Supreme Court Overturns Line 5 Tunnel Permit, Delivering Major Victory for Tribal Nations

Adam Ratchenski, Attorney, Midwest Office: “This ruling is an inspiring victory for Tribes, environmental advocates, and everyday people who’ve joined hands in the fight to stop the dangerous Line 5 tunnel project. The Court’s decision upholds the bedrock principles of Michigan environmental law.”
Whitney Gravelle, the President of the Bay Mills Indian Community,  in St. Ignace, Michigan, at the 2025 "Pipe Out Paddle Up Family Picnic" to shut down the Line 5 pipeline. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory July 31, 2026

Tribes Celebrate as Michigan Supreme Court Nixes Line 5 Permit

Enbridge must re-do its application to build an oil tunnel below the Straits of Mackinac
document July 31, 2026

Comments on Amazon Attalia Campus data center

Comments to the Walla Walla County Community Development Department on behalf of the Walla Walla Anti-Data Center League and Columbia Riverkeeper on the proposed Amazon Attalia Campus data center.
document July 30, 2026

FBIC Opposition to Consent Decree

Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC) is requesting that the Court decline to enter the proposed consent decree in its current form because it deprives the Tribes of their legal claims…
A sign that used to welcome visitors at the Big Water gateway in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was removed. (Ray Bloxham / SUWA)
Press Release July 30, 2026

Trump Administration Works to Erase Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments

Removal of signage for both national monuments conducted in recent days
In the News: WLRN Public Media July 29, 2026

Advocates win release of records showing toxic hazards at closed Homestead migrant children shelter

Tania Galloni, Managing Attorney, Florida Office: “The only way to ensure our rights have meaning is to enforce them when they are ignored. The government is not invincible. It has to answer to the courts. And it has to answer to the people.”