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Press Release September 9, 2026

Colorado Department of Transportation Finalizes Misguided Plan to Widen I-270

Community-supported alternatives to widening are rejected
The Three Fires Confederacy Bridge Walk For Water in Mackinaw City, Michigan, on Monday, September 7, 2026. 

Photo by Sarah Rice for Earthjustice
Press Release: Victory September 9, 2026

Michigan’s Governor Pulls Back on Line 5 Tunnel Permits

State regulators will revisit Enbridge’s proposal in light of Michigan Supreme Court ruling
In the News: USA Today September 2, 2026

Space boom is outgrowing its rocket launch sites. FAA wants feedback

Scott W. Stern, Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program: “The environmental laws on the books are there for a reason — to ensure companies remain responsible for and accountable to the frontline communities in which they are operating.”
In the News: Utility Dive August 27, 2026

Duke Energy Florida asks to punt on rate for large load customers

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “We already have an affordability crisis in this state, and now we have a new law that quite sensibly requires that data centers pay their full cost of service. Duke’s proposal doesn’t come close and must be rejected.”
Hualapai Tribe leaders hold a demonstration outside the US District Court for the District of Arizona. The Tribe sued the Department of Interior and Bureau of Land Management for illegally approving a plan to drill exploratory wells surrounding Hualapai lands. (Ash Ponders for Earthjustice)
Article August 26, 2026

How Your Right to Know about Polluting Projects is Under Attack

Americans’ power to weigh in on projects planned for their communities is being quietly whittled away. We’re fighting back and need your help.
In the News: WUSF August 25, 2026

Florida utility regulators will decide if Duke Energy’s data center tariff protects residents

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “There’s a lot of risk there for residential ratepayers that can see their bills go up substantially.”
document August 21, 2026

RAQC – Clean Deliveries Rule CO

Earthjustice sent a letter on behalf of Womxn From The Mountain, GreenLatinos, Mountain Mamas, Western Resource Advocates, GRID Alternatives, Conservation Colorado, and Colorado Sierra Club urging the Regional Air Quality…
A cultural site in Bears Ears National Monument. (© Tim Peterson)
Press Release August 20, 2026

Utah Senator Mike Lee Wants to Speed Up the Destruction of Bears Ears National Monument

Piling on top of Trump’s proclamation, Lee could soon fast-track an attempt to rip up the monument's land-use plan, which reflects a historic collaborative management process with five Tribal Nations
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, former 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