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Learn about key nominees in the Trump administration’s second term, and the powers they will have.

Republicans take power with an agenda that will benefit polluters big time at the expense of communities and weakened protections for air and water.

“Nominating Russell Vought as Director of OMB is further proof that the incoming administration is dead set on carrying out Project 2025, even though it is deeply unpopular and will strip away people’s rights.”

“We will use the courts and every tool at our disposal to spur the imperative clean energy transition that is already underway.”

“As it stands, H.R. 8467 slashes funding to climate-smart programs, weakens bedrock environmental protections, and strips laws protecting communities’ public health.”

By picking Burgum, who has little experience managing lands, Trump is signaling that the agency will prioritize expanding oil and gas drilling on federal lands for the next four years.

Over 170 groups send letter to Congressional leadership urging no anti-environmental riders in the Farm Bill.

Mayra Reiter is a senior research and policy analyst based in Washington, D.C.

By prioritizing loyalty above actual qualifications, Trump is signaling disinterest in the mission of the EPA and an intention to weaken the agency.

Letter to the members of Congress urging for the opposition of H.R. 8446 during scheduled floor vote. HR 8446 amends the Energy Act of 2020 to conflate the Department of Energy’s critical materials list with the United States Geological Survey’s critical minerals list.

Letter in opposition to H.R. 7409, the HEATS Act, which will eliminate all review, public input, and transparency under the National Environmental Policy Act for prescribed geothermal development impacting public lands and resources.

The Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (EPRA) includes several provisions that seek to promote electricity transmission, liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, and oil and gas leasing. It is expected to increase deployment of both fossil fuel and clean energy infrastructure, yielding a combination of beneficial and harmful impacts on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, health, environmental justice, and ecosystems. This raises a complex and immensely consequential question with respect to the climate crisis: would this tradeoff take us in the right direction?

How the Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Reform Act will impact existing environmental law

The legislation S. 4753 would enact dangerous new precedents within the judicial system that benefit industry and polluters, as outlined below, while at the same time curtailing access to justice for many stakeholders and impacted communities.

Grizzly 399, an iconic bear matriarch in the Greater Yellowstone region, has died due to a vehicle strike. Earthjustice has worked for decades to safeguard grizzlies from threats to their survival. Today we are mourning Grizzly 399’s loss and reflecting on these observations of her that legendary photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen shared in 2020.

S.4753, the “Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024,” would modify numerous federal laws relating to energy production and transmission regimes. Earthjustice has reviewed the bill in detail.

“True forest management requires engaging communities and utilizing proven best practices, not opening our lands to more reckless logging operations.”

Letter to members of the House of Representatives, opposing the Fix Our Forests Act from House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman.