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Earthjustice sued the Trump administration on behalf of nonprofits and small farmers for unlawfully withholding grant funds appropriated by Congress through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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

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

Riders Alliance and Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice, filed a new legal complaint against the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) for attempting to end New York City’s long-awaited Congestion Pricing program, less than two months after the program’s successful launch. The legal complaint charges that the Trump administration made serious legal mistakes in its rush to deprive New Yorkers of the benefits of Congestion Pricing, and that these mistakes suggest that the administration is acting pretextually.

This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s unlawful purge of climate-related policies, guides, datasets, and resources from its websites, without any advance notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, without engaging in reasoned decision-making as required by the Administrative Procedure Act, and in violation of its obligation under the Freedom of Information Act to publish certain information proactively.

Coal is an expensive, dirty, and dangerous energy source. We’re not going back to it.

The use of toxic coal ash as a substitute for clean soil in construction and landscaping remains largely unregulated despite the risks.

Loss of critical USDA resources will hurt farmers and food security

La pérdida de recursos informativos del departamento perjudicará a los agricultores y afectará la seguridad alimentaria

The EPA’s Legacy CCR Surface Impoundment Rule extends safeguards to hundreds of coal ash dump sites that had been left unregulated

Motion to intervene filed in a lawsuit from Montana and Wyoming

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.

Agency withheld public records, photographs, and videos related to bycatch in trawl fisheries off California and Alaska.

By law, before government regulations are adopted or changed, agencies must ask the public — you — to weigh in.

Coal ash is what is left behind when power plants burn coal for energy, It is a toxic mix of carcinogens, neurotoxins, and other hazardous pollutants.

The Trump administration is removing climate-related information from government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather.

This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s unlawful purge of climate-related policies, guides, datasets, and resources from its websites, without any advance notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, without engaging in reasoned decision-making as required by the Administrative Procedure Act, and in violation of its obligation under the Freedom of Information Act to publish certain information proactively.

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “You can purge a website of the words ‘climate change,’ but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away.”