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The Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station, on the shore of Cox Creek next to the Patapsco River in Maryland, with the stacks of the Brandon Shores Generating Station in the background. (Acroterion / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Press Release September 27, 2024

Advocates File Complaint Against PJM for Flaws that Inflated Auction Results, Costing Customers Billions

Mid-Atlantic grid operator PJM’s capacity market auctions make customers pay twice for fossil fuel power

feature August 4, 2021

Organophosphate Pesticides in the United States

Find out what foods have high residues of these pesticide, where they are used, and how we are exposed.

Press Release July 28, 2008

EPA Under Fire for Flawed Pesticide Decisions on Diazinon

Coalition sues EPA for failing to protect farmworkers, children, and wildlife

feature August 4, 2021

Diazinon in the United States: Harmful Health Effects and Widespread Use

Diazinon is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.

The Herbert A. Wagner Generating Station, on the shore of Cox Creek next to the Patapsco River in Maryland, with the stacks of the Brandon Shores Generating Station in the background. (Acroterion / CC BY-SA 4.0)
From the Experts September 27, 2024

Grid Operator PJM Makes Customers Pay Twice for Fossil Fuel Power

We are challenging flaws in PJM’s capacity market auction that favor fossil fuels and could mean skyrocketing rates for Mid-Atlantic customers

The U.S. Supreme Court. (Phil Roeder / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release October 28, 2024

States, Members of Congress, Former Agency & CEQ Officials, Legal Experts, Local Communities File Amicus Briefs in Defense of NEPA in Supreme Court Oil Train Case

Amici from broad and varied interests will help Supreme Court understand the legal and practical consequences of undoing lower court ruling

document September 5, 2024

Complaint: Groups Sue to Protect Arizona’s Pinto Creek and Endangered Species

This case challenges the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to approve the expansion of an open pit mine whose water pumping is drying up Pinto Creek and putting vulnerable species at risk.

feature October 11, 2024

Tools for Communities: Federal Hydrogen Hub Community Guide

How communities can gain information about and influence over Hydrogen Hub projects, including DOE’s Community Benefits Plan requirements

document August 16, 2024

Oceana Complaint: Protecting Seafloor Habitat from Bottom Trawling

Oceana argues that the National Marine Fisheries failed to meet obligations under the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the National Environmental Policy Act to protect corals, sponges and other seafloor habitats from bottom trawling.

In the News: Los Angeles Times July 3, 2024

San Bernardino County has targeted majority Latino community for warehouse development, complaint alleges

Katrina Tomas, Associate Attorney, California Regional Office: “In our analysis, it was clear that there was a systematic targeting of Bloomington for warehouse development in a way that wasn’t occurring in other unincorporated parts of the county that have much fewer people of color, Latinos specifically.”

Youth plaintiffs gather before the start of the Navahine F. v. the Hawai'i Department of Transportation hearing at the First Circuit Environmental Court in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, on January 26, 2023. Pictured left to right: Ka’ōnohi P.-G., 16, Kawahine‘Ilikea N., 13, Taliya N., 15, Navahine F., 15, Mesina D.-R., 15, Kalā W., 19, Rylee K., 15, and Kawena F., 10. (Elyse Butler for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory June 20, 2024

Historic Agreement Reached in Hawaiʻi Youth-Led Constitutional Climate Complaint

Transportation Department commits to bold action to achieve 2045 zero emission goals

Press Release April 1, 2024

Advocates File Complaint to Challenge Southwest Power Pool’s Discriminatory Renewable Energy Accreditation

SPP failed for a second time to accurately accredit its generating resources, continues to discriminate against cleaner resources

document May 21, 2024

Complaint: NEPA Phase 2

Complaint from 21 state attorneys general attempting to block National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2, finalized on May 1, 2024, from taking effect.

The Hillcrest neighborhood, near “Refinery Row” in Corpus Christi, TX. (Eddie Seal for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 12, 2024

Corpus Christi Civil Rights and Fair Housing Complaint Referred to U.S. Department of Justice

An important step towards justice for a historically Black neighborhood

document May 2, 2024

Complaint: Hawaiian Petrel – Grand Wailea Resort

A coalition of conservation groups filed a second lawsuit to protect Hawaiian petrels (ʻuaʻu) from dangerous lights used by the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. Hawaiian petrels are protected as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. Today’s lawsuit was filed by Earthjustice on behalf of Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi and the Center for Biological Diversity.

Press Release October 16, 2023

Legal Complaint: Signal Peak Coal Mine Causing Cave-Ins, Safety Hazards

Signal Peak failing to comply with permit requirements to reclaim lands affected by subsidence

Fishing skiffs tied up on the riverbank along the Kuskokwim River in the village of Akiachak, Alaska. (Design Pics Inc / Alamy)
Article October 1, 2024

Alaska Tribes Win Legal Fight Against Gold Mine

The massive Donlin Gold Mine, if built, would pose grave risks to Kuskokwim River communities.

In the News: KRIS TV February 14, 2024

Corpus Christi Desalination: DOJ to review civil rights complaint

Erin Gaines, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program: “The inner harbor desalination plant, which would be located in the Hillcrest, is just the latest example of this long-standing pattern of discrimination.”