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Press Release May 2, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on President’s Budget Release

“The President’s Budget robs the American people to pursue a reckless political agenda.”

Clockwise from top left: Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice) Controlled burn during BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard) Subway train on the 7 line in Queens, New York City. (Marco Bottigelli / Getty Images) An oil-coated feather on a Florida beach in 2010, following the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. (Tech. Sgt. Emily F. Alley / U.S. Air Force)
feature May 2, 2025

Our Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration

We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
feature April 29, 2025

Where the Trump Administration is Going and Where We Stand

Tracking how Earthjustice is holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.

Gravel road along the Border wall between New Mexico, USA and the northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico at night.
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Press Release April 29, 2025

Congress Moves Forward with Billions in Funding for Border Wall Construction

Community and advocacy organizations condemn funding included in the budget reconciliation proposal

document April 29, 2025

Earthjustice Opposition Letter to Prove It Act

H.R. 1163, the Prove It Act, would further a dangerous deregulatory agenda to restrict federal agencies from protecting our environment, health, safety, workforce, and civil rights.

document April 28, 2025

Border Wall Letter: Budget Reconciliation

Fifty-five community and advocacy groups are condemning additional funding will be part of the Republican budget reconciliation package.

New York’s warehouses are concentrated around urban areas, transit corridors and port regions but are also located in suburban and rural areas. (2025 Warehouse Boom / Environmental Defense Fund)
Press Release April 28, 2025

New Report Finds Disadvantaged Communities Bear the Brunt of Massive Warehouse Expansion Through New York State

Communities exposed to warehouse-associated diesel truck pollution face higher levels of air-pollution-linked health problems like asthma and cardiovascular disease

More than 100,000 Native American archaeological and cultural sites, some dating to 12,000 B.C., are protected in Bears Ears National Monument. (Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
feature April 24, 2025

What You Should Know About the Antiquities Act and National Monuments

For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.

Oil drilling rigs. (iStockphoto)
Press Release April 24, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on DOI ‘Emergency Permitting’ Announcement

New emergency permitting regulations will shorten processes that typically take 1-2 years to a few weeks

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature April 21, 2025

The Intermountain West: Regional Spotlight

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to safeguard biodiversity, to advance a just transition to clean energy, and to protect people’s health. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

In the News: Colorado Newsline April 17, 2025

Environmental groups warn Colorado lawmakers of risks from data center bill

Megan Kemp, Colorado Policy Advocate, Rocky Mountain Office: “(The bill) fails to provide critical safeguards for utility customers, neglects to consider impacts on communities and undermines our progress toward meeting critical climate goals.”

Coral reef colonies at Howland Island NWR in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. (J. Maragos / USFWS)
Press Release April 17, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Trump Administration Executive Order to Open Pacific Marine Monument to Commercial Fishing

This order threatens indigenous cultural heritage and critical species’ habitat within and around the monument

Dionna Brown, the National Director of Youth Environmental Justice Policy at Young, Gifted, and Green in downtown Flint, Michigan. (Brittany Greeson for Earthjustice)
Article April 17, 2025

Millions of Americans Are Still Exposed to Lead. Take Action to Help.

A Republican-run Congress may repeal lead exposure protections, endangering millions of lives in the U.S. We are ready to fight back.

In the News: KQED Forum April 16, 2025

How President Trump Aims to Dismantle Environmental Protections

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, speaks on a panel of guests discussing the impact of the Trump administration’s approach to the environment

In the News: Yale Climate Connections April 14, 2025

Four ways your community can save lives during this summer’s heat waves

Candice Youngblood, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: “Our locally elected officials, they serve us, so you can go to their offices and talk to them about the issues that you’re concerned about and ensure that the decisions that they are making are serving our interests and the world that we’re trying to create.”

One of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa canoes at the "Pipe Out Paddle Up: Floatilla Against the Line 5 Pipeline" in Mackinaw City, Mich., on Sept. 3, 2022. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
video April 13, 2025

Last Chance to Stop Line 5 Oil Tunnel

The Line 5 oil pipeline is putting at risk the Great Lakes — the world’s largest surface freshwater system. The State of Michigan can still stop the construction.

document April 13, 2025

The Antiquities Act and National Monuments

For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.

Logging operations in the Coconino National Forest in Arizona. President Trump issued an executive order that seeks to increase logging in the national forest system and other federal lands. (Randi Shaffer / USDA Forest Service)
Press Release April 10, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Senate Fix Our Forests Act

“Congress should support real solutions like the Community Protection and Wildfire Resiliency Act that put the safety and needs of communities over the timber industry’s profits.”