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JJ Waters stands in the surf along the shore near her home in Pensacola Beach, Florida. (Gregg Pachkowski for Earthjustice)
Article April 23, 2026

Trump’s Ocean Drilling Agenda Risks Another Disaster for Gulf Communities — We’re Suing

16 years after the worst marine oil spill in U.S. history, we are going to court to stop another risky BP project.

Press Release February 25, 2026

Consumer Groups Alarmed as Louisiana PSC Declines to Take Up Probe Into Meta Risky Financing Deal

Meta’s complex financing deal for its largest data center could leave everyday Louisianans paying for three huge new methane gas plants

Press Release January 14, 2026

Louisiana Regulators Asked to Investigate Shady Meta Financing Deal That Could Leave Households Paying for Tech Giant’s Electricity

Meta’s new financing deal for its massive $27 billion data center in Richland Parish, LA, could leave everyday Louisianans paying for three huge new gas plants to power the data center.

<strong>Drill leases are moving to deeper, riskier waters in the Gulf of Mexico.</strong> Data sources: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, <a href="https://www.data.boem.gov/Leasing/OffshoreStatsbyWD/Default.aspx" class="a_color--black">Offshore Statistics by Water Depth</a>, 2/27/2026. <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030142151201141X" class="a_color--black">Impact of water depth on safety</a>, Muehlenbachs et. al., Energy Policy, Vol. 55, 2013. (Casey Chin / Earthjustice)
feature April 20, 2026

Why BP’s Kaskida Project Is a Recipe for (Yet Another) Disaster

The offshore oil drilling project would push into riskier, deeper waters than the infamous Deepwater Horizon rig.

A satellite view of southern Louisiana. The proposed 112 MW Bayou Power Station would have included six methane gas units loaded on a barge, moored in a highly vulnerable area already suffering significant wetland losses. (MODIS Land Rapid Response Team / NASA GSFC)
Press Release: Victory November 13, 2025

Proposal for Floating Methane Gas Power Plant Defeated in Louisiana

Residents concerned about hurricanes and the methane gas barge celebrate Entergy’s retreat

The R.S. Nelson coal fired-power plant in 2004, in Westlake, La. (Jamie Gates / AP Photo / American Press)
feature September 4, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Louisiana: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at four coal-fired power plant sites in Louisiana.

A controlled burn of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico on June 9, 2010. (PO1 John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard)
Update April 20, 2026

We’re Suing Over BP’s New Gulf Drilling Project, 16 Years After the Company’s Deepwater Horizon Disaster

The government greenlit BP’s proposal for a new ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf, despite significant red flags.

Smog air pollution by county. <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/soot-smog-air-map-united-states-county">See full map.</a> (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

What’s the state of smog pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.

Map of soot air pollution by county in 2024. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

What’s the state of soot pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

document January 15, 2026

Motion for Investigation of the New Financial Arrangement of Meta Platforms, LLC, Associated with the Hyperion Data Center Project in Richland Parish, and Motion to Institute Prudence Review of Entergy Louisiana, LLC

Earthjustice, representing the Alliance for Affordable Energy in Louisiana and the Union of Concerned Scientists, filed a request to the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) to investigate Meta’s recently revealed financing scheme, which establishes an additional parent company for its data center developer and leaves Meta with only 20% stake in that holding company. Meta did not reveal its intentions through the LPSC regulatory proceedings to create a new parent company for Entergy’s gas plants and incorporated the new company on the same day the LPSC approved Entergy’s application.

In the News: Reuters January 14, 2026

Environmental law group seeks probe of Meta’s $27 billion Louisiana data center financing

Susan Stevens Miller, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “If Meta ends the lease after four years almost none of the costs of the generating station or the associated transmission will have been paid up by Meta at that point.”

The Denka Performance Elastomer manufacturing plant in Reserve, Louisiana, on March 18, 2022. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
From the Experts: Victory May 27, 2025

In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, a Deserved Reprieve for St. John Residents After Years of Environmental Injustice

Denka halts toxic neoprene production after years of community pressure.

The COL4 AI-ready data center, located on a seven-acre campus in Columbus, Ohio. COL4  spans 256,000 square feet with 50 MW of power across three data halls. (Eli Hiller / for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Article March 31, 2026

What You Need to Know About AI Data Centers

Earthjustice attorneys are fighting to control their pollution and climate impacts — and your energy bill.

The welcome sign to St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, and a pipeline marker, are covered in red dust from the nearby Atlantic Alumina facility. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release August 23, 2024

Louisiana Federal Court Permanently Stops Title VI Protections Statewide

Ruling blocks federal safeguards against environmental injustice in Louisiana

Shell Convent refinery in St. James Parish, Louisiana. (Alejandro Dávila Fragoso / Earthjustice)
Press Release June 26, 2020

Statements: Intimidation Tactics in Louisiana Won’t Silence Opposition to Formosa Plastics

40+ advocacy groups express outrage over arrests of Louisiana Bucket Brigade leaders, vow to stop Formosa’s plans to poison the Black community in St. James

Welcome Park, next to the site of a proposed South Louisiana Methanol facility in St. James Parish.
(Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory September 9, 2022

Louisiana Residents Celebrate Stopping South Louisiana Methanol’s Petrochemical Complex

Community declares victory against what would have been the largest methanol production facility in North America

Press Release July 28, 2023

EPA Declines to Investigate Civil Rights Environmental Discrimination Claims in Louisiana

Communities polluted by industry are seeking justice and relief from ongoing state permitting decisions that allow increased pollution in areas where air quality already fails to meet legal and public health-based standards

A chemical fire burns at a facility near Lake Charles, LA, in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in 2020. (David J. Phillip)
Press Release May 30, 2023

Gulf Groups File Petition To Correct Louisiana and Texas’ Violation Of Air Pollution Permitting Standards

States are unlawfully allowing more air pollution in already overburdened communities, violating federal public health standards and creating “sacrifice zones”