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Each legal matter that Earthjustice takes on is a commitment to our clients and partners — a promise to fight alongside them for however long it takes.

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

The climate-killing cryptominer Greenidge Generation failed its attempt to challenge DEC authority under the CLCPA but will have an opportunity to gather more evidence to support its permit renewal application back in administrative court

The new rule is an important — but imperfect — step toward equitable federal permitting of high-priority transmission lines.

Environmental and public health groups defending the nation’s landmark environmental law

Toxic “forever chemicals” remain laxly regulated.

Swinomish seeks to defend NOAA Fisheries Biological Opinion that protects ESA-listed Chinook Salmon, endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales

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.

Here’s why we remain confident that the courts are a place where we can mount an effective defense of the environment.

Communities in San Juan are battling to stop a rogue gas company’s efforts to push dangerous methane gas on the people of Puerto Rico.

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

Earthjustice will go to court to defend its victory limiting road building in grizzly habitat

Hillary Aidun, Senior Associate Attorney, Northeast Regional Office: “As the Appellate Court made clear, people who drink water from a lake have every right to challenge decisions that could pollute that lake. We look forward to showing that that DEC has to follow it own waste management regulations and ensure that PFAS are properly handled…

This is an appeal of the Final Determination and Order of Approval for Notice of Construction Application 23NOC1606, issued by the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency on May 14, 2024, permitting Pacific Northwest Renewable Energy to construct and operate an industrial-scale, export-focused wood pellet manufacturing facility at 411 Moon Island Road in Hoquiam, Washington.

Earthjustice joins Tribes in applauding the safeguarding of Alaska’s federally-managed lands critical for food security and the protection of intact ecosystems

Groups seek lower PFAS limits and shorter compliance schedules to help protect communities

Raghu Murthy, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “Aggregated demand response is essentially a new clean energy resource, which will speed the transition to clean energy across the state. Earthjustice is fighting these prohibitions in a number of states so that everyone can benefit from demand response programs.”

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, represented by Earthjustice, filed an appeal before Washington State’s Pollution Control Hearings Board requesting West Point, the state’s largest wastewater treatment plant, install controls to limit nitrogen and phosphorus – nutrient pollutants that have long contributed to poor water quality in Puget Sound.