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document January 16, 2025

2024 Annual Report

Every case Earthjustice litigates is on behalf of our clients, from nationwide organizations to grassroots groups — and every one of our clients gets top-tier legal representation, free of charge. With your support, Earthjustice has built capacity to navigate the rapidly shifting legal landscape. Wherever our energy future is being decided, Earthjustice is there. With community leaders across the country, we made measurable change. And, we have scaled up to protect more threatened ecosystems than ever before.

Caribou in the western Arctic. (Kiliii Yüyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release January 16, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Western Arctic Protections

Affording protections to critical caribou calving and migration areas in the Western Arctic will help safeguard irreplaceable Arctic ecosystems from fossil fuel development

Bears Ears National Monument. (Bob Wick / BLM)
Press Release January 16, 2025

Earthjustice Blasts New Legislation to Weaken Antiquities Act

“We will fight attempts both inside and outside of Congress that threaten our ability to protect special places for the benefit of the American people.”

document January 16, 2025

Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Ruling: Dockets UE-240004, UG-240005, UE-230810

State regulators rejected a request from Puget Sound Energy to sharply increase gas and electricity rates, while taking steps to transition the utility to clean energy. This ruling by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission both moves PSE towards clean energy, while also highlighting some of the barriers to meeting Washington’s climate goals.

The outdoor unit of a heat pump system. (Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Press Release January 16, 2025

Washington Regulators Adopt Measures that Move the State’s Largest Utility Toward Clean Energy, But More is Needed

More progress to transition off fossil fuels will be needed to meet Washington’s climate goals; Initiative 2066 cited as a major barrier

document January 16, 2025

DTE and EES Coke: Community Information

An explainer for residents and community members in Detroit about the health impacts of DTE’s EES Coke facility, sulfur dioxide emissions, and our intervention in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act lawsuit against the facilities on behalf of Sierra Club.

Robin Cooley (Matt Nager for Earthjustice). Mike Freeman (Matt Nager for Earthjustice). Patti Goldman (Genna Martin / Earthjustice). Jenny Harbine (Eric Ian for Earthjustice). Tim Preso (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature January 15, 2025

Earthjustice is Leading the Fight for the Environment

Meet a handful of the Earthjustice lawyers who have fought the Trump administration and won. We’re prepared to do it again.

A Mack LR Electric garbage truck operated by the New York City Department of Sanitation. (Mack Trucks)
Press Release: Victory January 15, 2025

Long Beach Commits to 100% All-Electric Garbage Trucks

Long Beach becomes second city in California to make a bold commitment to electrify its garbage trucks

In the News: Mississippi Today January 15, 2025

Amid years of pollution violations in the Deep South, Drax received over $700 million in ‘green’ loans

Allison Brouk, Attorney, Gulf Regional Office, Earthjustice: “They applied for a minor source permit, emitted at major source levels until they were fined and (state regulators) made them change that. It’s a pattern Drax has taken, somehow, just to work with the system.”

In the News: National Parks Traveler January 15, 2025

4th Annual Threatened and Endangered Parks: Trump’s Return Triggering Trepidation

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “It was clear from the plaintiff’s arguments that they’re hoping to get the cases to the U.S. Supreme Court quickly and attack the monument designations themselves and perhaps the Antiquities Act itself.”

In the News: Heatmap January 15, 2025

What If Kathy Hochul Is Violating New York’s Climate Law?

Rachel Spector, Attorney, Northeast Office, Earthjustice: “There have to be enforceable regulations that ensure we can meet the emission reduction mandates. Those were supposed to be in place a year ago. Now they are late and there’s no clear date when we are getting those regulations, and that’s a really troubling situation.”

Press Release January 15, 2025

Earthjustice Applauds Proposed Rule to Improve Safety of CO2 Pipelines

CO2 pipelines pose significant safety hazards to communities and the environment

New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Cover Images via AP Images)
Press Release January 14, 2025

Earthjustice Statement: New York Governor Hochul Delivers 2025 State of the State

Climate action falls to the NYS Legislature

Adam Ratchenski, Senior Associate Attorney at Earthjustice representing the Bay Mills Indian Community, speaks at a press conference after a hearing at the Michigan Court of Appeals in Lansing, Mich., on Jan. 14, 2025. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Press Release January 14, 2025

Tribes, Environmental Groups Urge Michigan Appeals Court to Reverse Enbridge Line 5 Tunnel Permit Approval

Michigan panel barred evidence about the public need for Line 5 and its risks

The Patterson Park neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release January 14, 2025

Advocates Condemn Washington Gas Lawsuit Against Maryland’s Clean Building Standards

The lawsuit seeks to undermine the state’s efforts to cut emissions, boost energy efficiency, and reduce air pollution

In the News: CalMatters January 14, 2025

California abandons diesel truck ban and 3 other clean-air rules before Trump is sworn in

Paul Cort, Director of Right to Zero, Earthjustice: “To meet basic standards for healthy air, California has to shift to zero-emissions trucks and trains in the coming years. Diesel is one of the most dangerous kinds of air pollution for human health, and California’s diesel problem is big enough to cast its own shadow. We’ll…

In the News: Bloomberg Law January 14, 2025

Opponents of New Enbridge Pipeline Segment Say Evidence Ignored

Adam Ratchenski, Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: “The right to present witnesses, evidence, and argument, and to present rebuttal evidence, is part of the rudimentary due process that’s required in administrative proceedings.”

MTA electric buses at the Jamaica Depot in New York City. (Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Press Release January 14, 2025

As Congestion Pricing Kicks Off, MTA Announces Purchase of 265 New Zero-Emissions Buses

Thanks to funding from congestion pricing, New York will place its largest order of zero-emissions buses yet