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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.

The shift to state-of-the-art appliances in homes, such as induction stoves, offers major clean air benefits, upgrades in energy efficiency, and climate protections. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory March 26, 2026

Court Upholds Montgomery County’s All-Electric Building Code

Federal ruling affirms state authority to cut pollution, lower energy costs, and advance healthier buildings

Press Release: Victory March 11, 2026

Illinois EPA Denies NRG’s Inadequate “Preliminary” Closure Proposal and Monitoring Plan for Toxic Coal Ash at Lincoln Stone Quarry

Citizens Against Ruining the Environment (CARE), Earthjustice, Prairie River Network, and Sierra Club celebrate the decision to ensure better monitoring and clean-up of coal ash at the highly-polluted quarry

An inside wall unit to a heat pump system in Juneau, Alaska. (Michael Penn for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory March 4, 2026

Michigan State Regulators Approve Win for Michigan Families: New Agreements Between Utilities and Advocates Will Lower Energy Bills and Invest in Home Improvements

Consumers Energy and DTE Energy agree to expand energy efficiency initiatives for low-income households

A driver charges his electric vehicle at a charging station in Redondo Beach, California. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory January 23, 2026

Judge Protects Billions for Reliable EV Charging, Cleaner Air, and Lower Driving Costs Across the Country

States and nonprofit groups win lawsuit protecting $5 billion federal EV charging program

Regina Fred touches one of her window-mounted heat pumps in her apartment in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo)
Press Release: Victory November 20, 2025

California To Launch Window Heat Pump and 120 Volt Induction Programs

California Market Transformation Administrator to launch two programs helping more homes electrify appliances

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

Press Release: Victory October 27, 2025

NY Supreme Court Rules the State Must Issue Climate Regulations

New York is violating the state’s climate law and must issue regulations to reduce climate pollution by February 2026

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks onstage during the NYT Climate Forward 2025 at The Times Center on Sept. 24, 2025, in New York City.  (Yana Paskova / Getty Images for NYT)
Press Release: Victory October 11, 2025

California Passes Law Lowering Energy Bills and Protecting Californians from Utility Misbehavior

The California Ratepayer Protection Act (AB 1167) prevents utilities from forcing customers to pay for utility lobbying and advertising costs

A worker in a steel mill checking the flow of molten steel before the casting process in Southern California.  (Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory October 7, 2025

California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air

AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies

Heat pumps can warm and cool our spaces, heat our water, and dry clothes. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory July 24, 2025

U.S. Court Allows New York State Building Electrification to Begin

Court upholds New York’s all-electric new buildings law, which saves New Yorkers money and cuts climate pollution

Smog covers the city of Los Angeles.
(Photo courtesy of Ben Amstutz)
Press Release: Victory July 21, 2025

Court Upholds Landmark Rule to Advance Zero-Emissions Water Heaters & Boilers

Southern California standard is nation’s first to advance zero-emissions industrial boilers, cutting smog-forming pollution by a staggering 5.6 tons per day

Transmission lines in Indiana. (Michael Kappel)
Press Release: Victory May 17, 2025

FERC Rejects Proposal to Fast Track Connection of New Methane Gas Plants

The proposal illegally discriminated against competitive power generation that would bring clean, affordable energy online

The Maryland State House in Annapolis, MD. (Spartana Photography)
Press Release: Victory April 10, 2025

Maryland Lowers Energy Bills and Builds its Clean Energy Future with New Laws

Maryland General Assembly passes new laws that will lower energy costs, rein in data centers, and help Maryland achieve its clean energy goals

Haze shrouds the skyline of Lower Manhattan as seen from the Empire State Building in New York City.  (Gary Hershorn / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory March 20, 2025

Federal Court Allows NYC Building Electrification to Begin

Court dismissed legal challenges to local law to phase out dirty fossil fuels in buildings, clean the air, and help reach NYC’s goals to cut climate pollution

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection took this photo of the waste coal ash pile at the Scrubgrass Power Plant, in Kennerdell, Venango County.
Press Release: Victory March 7, 2025

Scrubgrass Cryptomining Facility to Expedite Removal of Toxic Coal Ash ‘Mountain’

Unpermitted massive coal ash pile growing for years near the Allegheny River will now be removed by next year, preventing contamination

(Peter Arkle for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory February 11, 2025

Long Beach City Council Votes to Electrify Its Garbage Trucks

Long Beach becomes the second city in California to electrify 100% of its garbage truck fleet

Heat pumps line the rooftop of an apartment building. Heat pumps provide both heating and cooling while using significantly less energy compared with other technologies. (alacatr / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory January 22, 2025

Colorado PUC Approves Black Hills Clean Heat Plan, Mandates Statewide Beneficial Electrification

Landmark decision approves portfolio of resources focused on energy efficiency and beneficial electrification