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Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg / U.S. Navy)
Press Release April 20, 2026

Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Approval of BP’s New Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Project in the Gulf of Mexico, 16 Years After Deepwater Horizon

BP’s “Kaskida” proposal fell dramatically short of legal and regulatory requirements

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
(Hillebrand / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Press Release April 20, 2026

Trump Administration Offers Vast Tracts within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Big Oil Drilling

Today’s lease sale notice sets into motion this administration’s radical agenda to industrialize the Refuge to benefit oil companies – not the American people

Trucks drive along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif. (Justin Sullivan)
Press Release April 16, 2026

Health, Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Reconsider Flawed, Unlawful Decision to Repeal the Endangerment Finding

Petition identifies multiple, serious problems with new information and analysis in final rule

Earthjustice staff share greetings from the 2025 all-staff meeting in San Francisco. (Christine Baker for Earthjustice)
page February 11, 2026

The Hiring Process

Get hired: A guide to Earthjustice’s job application process and tips for success.

Windy, dusty day in Mojave National Preserve, California. (Christian Collins / CC BY-SA 2.0)
Press Release April 15, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Department of Interior’s Rubberstamping of Mining in California’s Mojave National Preserve

The National Parks Conservation Association calls for halt to operations damaging park landscape at the formerly decommissioned Colosseum Mine

Deadly fine particulate matter pollution, also known as soot, comes from tailpipes, smokestacks and industrial power plants. Breathing soot can cause premature death, heart disease, and lung damage. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release April 14, 2026

Coalition Sues Trump EPA for Failure to Implement Life-Saving National Soot Standard

EPA fails to implement its own strengthened air quality standard and missed deadline for identifying areas with soot pollution levels higher than the new acceptable limit

The TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, WA, is the largest source of mercury and global warming pollutants in the state.
(Earthjustice Photo)
Press Release April 14, 2026

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

The Department of Energy is claiming false emergencies to keep open dirty, inefficient coal plants across the country including a coal plant slated for shutdown in Centralia, Washington

A pod of southern resident orcas in Boundary Pass, north of San Juan Island, WA.
(Howard Garrett / Orca Network)
Press Release: Victory April 1, 2026

Hearing Examiner Rejects Permit That Allowed a Major Expansion of a Whatcom County Liquefied Petroleum Gas Terminal 

The county must conduct an independent capacity analysis of the terminal expansion and redo its environmental analysis

Staff from Earthjustice’s San Francisco office, on a well-earned break. (Alison Yin for Earthjustice)
page January 1, 2026

Earthjustice Employee Benefits

To help our employees live and work well, Earthjustice provides a comprehensive employee benefits package and pays 100% of all health and welfare benefits premiums.

Caribou in the Western Arctic, near the Lake Teshekpuk area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release March 18, 2026

Western Arctic Lease Sale Auctions Off More than a Million Acres of Ecologically Sensitive Lands for Oil and Gas Drilling

Vast natural areas, long protected from extraction, were included in 187 tracts that oil and gas companies bid on for oil development

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)
Press Release March 17, 2026

Earthjustice and Sierra Club Blast Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington’s Last Coal Plant Open

Washington residents deserve cleaner air and more affordable, reliable, clean energy

Electrical lines in Washington state with Mount Rainier in the background. (Mint Images / Getty Images)
Press Release March 17, 2026

BPA’s Energy Market Choice Will Spike Customer Rates, Harm Reliability, and Roll Back Clean Energy Progress

The market choice will increase energy costs for customers while Bonneville Power Administration attempts to scapegoat salmon for rising energy costs

Press Release March 16, 2026

Trump Administration Approves BP’s First New Gulf Oilfield Since Deepwater Horizon

Ultra-deepwater drilling project in greater depths than BP’s 2010 disaster, the worst oil spill in U.S. history

Vectren’s proposed 850 MW gas plant was planned to be built on the site of its existing AB Brown coal-fired power plant located in Posey County near Evansville, Indiana. (Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0)
Press Release March 16, 2026

Groups Challenge Illegal Order Halting the Retirement of Indiana Power Plants

Forcing the polluting coal power plants to remain open is unnecessary and threatens to increase electricity bills and pollution

The vibrant colors of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. (Getty Images)
Press Release March 4, 2026

Senator Lee, Representative Maloy Introduce Joint Resolution to Undo Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Management Plan

Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public lands protection as we know it