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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.

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.

Canoers paddle in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article April 16, 2026

The Little-Known Law Congress is Abusing to Sell Out Our Public Lands

How lawmakers are clearing the way for mining and fossil fuel development across the western U.S. and Alaska.

<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.

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

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

Gas-powered turbines, with more being built, operate in Southaven, Mississippi, to power a large xAI data center just to the north in Memphis, Tennessee. The huge gas turbines occupy a sprawling 114 acres — the equivalent of nearly 87 football fields. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release April 14, 2026

NAACP Sues xAI for Illegal Pollution from Data Center Power Plant

Elon Musk’s company is accused of violating the Clean Air Act to power its Colossus 2 data center

Press Release: Victory November 17, 2025

Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making ‘Net-zero’ and ‘Climate-smart Beef’ Claims

Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”

Diane Wilson, executive director of San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, surveys the water and land in Seadrift, Texas, for areas where plastic pellets, also known as "nurdles," might be found. (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice)
Article March 19, 2026

The Bay She Loves Is Choked with Microplastics. She’s Taking the Polluter to Court.

Earthjustice is representing Diane Wilson as she joins a legal challenge to a massive plastics facility owned by Dow and Union Carbide.

A data center under construction in Ashburn, Virginia in 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
Article: Victory April 10, 2026

How We Rallied a Big Coalition to Stop a Shady Data Center Bill

The ‘Protect American AI Act’ in Congress would have exempted data centers from complying with key environmental laws.

Traffic backs up on northbound Interstate 405 during a morning commute in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Carter / Getty Images)
Article March 26, 2026

As Doctors See the Costs of Climate Change, Trump Plays a Deadly Game of Denial

The administration’s repeal of a key scientific finding on climate will harm millions.

Stormy Hamar, a Haida artist and carver and a member of the Organized Village of Kasaan Tribal Council, is working to protect the remaining old-growth trees on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Article March 23, 2026

What the Tongass Needs is Time to Heal, Not More Logging

The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest.

A heron takes flight over wetlands in the Everglades in Florida. (Brian Lasenby / Shutterstock)
Update April 7, 2026

We’re Fighting to Protect the Everglades from Florida’s Illegal Detention Center

Florida and the Trump administration have been ramming through the construction of an immigration detention facility within the Florida Everglades, the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are greeted by California Governor Gavin Newsom upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on January 24, 2025, to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)
From the Experts April 6, 2026

California Can Thread the Needle on Oil Prices, Heatwaves, and Trump Attacks this Year

Key legislative fixes can help buffer California from spiking diesel prices and upgrade to better options in their homes.

In the News: Orlando Sentinel February 9, 2024

Florida could remove majority of climate change references from state law

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “It does send a statement that even though we are seeing the impacts of climate change increasing every year in the state — more people being impacted by stronger hurricanes, we’re seeing sea level rise, we’re seeing hotter summers — that we don’t think that is something we should be…

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)
From the Experts May 12, 2025

For Real, What Do Trump’s Executive Orders Do?

An EO is just a statement about the president’s policy preferences — but we’re watching for real actions.

Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are more similar to massive industrial factories than they are to actual farms. (Shutterstock)
From the Experts: Victory November 20, 2025

The End of a Marketing Mirage: In Settlement of Greenwashing Lawsuit, Tyson Agrees to Stop Making Climate Claims

Given the enormous emissions associated with industrial meat production, beef produced in this manner can never be a “climate-smart choice.” Climate-smart beef is plainly an oxymoron.

page October 22, 2025

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