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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
feature April 29, 2025

Where the Trump Administration is Going and Where We Stand

Tracking how Earthjustice is holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.

A 300-foot crane slowly lifts a wind turbine rotor onto a tower north of Abilene, Texas. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)
Press Release May 15, 2025

Groups File Brief in Support of Lawsuit Against Ban on Wind Power

Wind power benefits public health, communities, economic development, and the climate

Gravel road along the Border wall between New Mexico, USA and the northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico at night.
(Getty Images)
Press Release April 29, 2025

Congress Moves Forward with Billions in Funding for Border Wall Construction

Community and advocacy organizations condemn funding included in the budget reconciliation proposal

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.

A 300-foot crane slowly lifts a wind turbine rotor onto a tower north of Abilene, Texas. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)
Update May 15, 2025

We’re Joining the Legal Fight to Defend Clean and Critical Wind Energy From Trump

Wind power is a clean and affordable energy source for the nation — but the Trump administration has halted most wind development.

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature May 7, 2025

Biodiversity and Ecosystems Program Report

Earthjustice fights to protect imperiled species and the habitats that support their lives — and ours. Here are highlights of our work to defend our natural world over the past year, and a glimpse at what’s next.

Clockwise from top left: Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice) Controlled burn during BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard) Subway train on the 7 line in Queens, New York City. (Marco Bottigelli / Getty Images) An oil-coated feather on a Florida beach in 2010, following the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. (Tech. Sgt. Emily F. Alley / U.S. Air Force)
feature May 12, 2025

Our Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration

We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

Almost everyone in the U.S. has traces of PFAS in their body because the chemicals have contaminated the air, soil, and water — including the drinking water for approximately 200 million people nationwide. (Cavan Images)
Press Release May 14, 2025

EPA Announces Illegal Plan to Eliminate Restrictions for Toxic PFAS in Drinking Water

Community leaders defending drinking water protections in court denounce Trump administration’s capitulation to utility lobbyists and chemical companies at the expense of public health

Border walls, such as the one in Nacos, Arizona, have already impacted the environment, disrupting the natural migration of animals and causing flooding.
(Getty Images)
Press Release April 8, 2025

Border Wall Waivers Risk Harm for Border Communities and Environment

Earthjustice blasts new Trump administration efforts to ignore dozens of laws to fast-track harmful border wall construction

A sea cucumber on top of mineral-rich nodules on the seafloor. These nodules are part of a fragile deep-sea ecosystem, with species living
in, on, and around them. (GEOMAR / CC-BY 4.0)
Press Release April 24, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Trump Administration’s Deep Seabed Mining Executive Order

The order, among other things, directs the Secretaries of Interior and Commerce to move toward issuing permits to deep sea mining corporations in both U.S. and international ocean waters.

More than 100,000 Native American archaeological and cultural sites, some dating to 12,000 B.C., are protected in Bears Ears National Monument. (Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
feature April 24, 2025

What You Should Know About the Antiquities Act and National Monuments

For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.

The White House in Washington, D.C. (René DeAnda / Unsplash)
feature March 7, 2025

In Conversation: Not On Our Watch – Taking on the Trump Administration

Earthjustice’s plans during the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, and the actions we’re already taking to protect the health of frontline communities, wildlife, and our shared climate future.

In the News: The Guardian April 27, 2025

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn

David Henkin, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office, Earthjustice: “When he is saying that fisher folks from Hawaii or American Samoa need to travel for days to go fish. Well, you need to travel for days to get to these remote Pacific islands. They’re some of the most remote places on Earth … and they’re certainly not right…

In the News: Inside Climate News April 29, 2025

Citing Trump Emergency Order, Army Corps Expedites Review for Line 5 Oil Pipeline in Great Lakes’ Wetlands

Julie Goodwin, Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: “We know that there is no national energy emergency.”

Coral reef colonies at Howland Island NWR in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. (J. Maragos / USFWS)
Press Release April 17, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Trump Administration Executive Order to Open Pacific Marine Monument to Commercial Fishing

This order threatens indigenous cultural heritage and critical species’ habitat within and around the monument

document April 28, 2025

Border Wall Letter: Budget Reconciliation

Fifty-five community and advocacy groups are condemning additional funding will be part of the Republican budget reconciliation package.

What open-pit gold mining looks like: Barrick Goldstrike Mines' Betze-Post Pit near Carlin, Nevada, is one of the largest gold mines in the world. The open pit is so large that it is visible from space. (Adella Harding / Elko Daily Free Press via AP)
Press Release March 20, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Minerals Executive Order

The executive order aims to provide funding and loans for projects as well as accelerate permitting processes under the guise of the Defense Production Act

A house is seen near the Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images)
Press Release April 8, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Executive Orders to Boost U.S. Coal

President Trump announces executive orders to prop up coal and open public lands to destructive mining