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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 June 27, 2025

Our Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration

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

Cars and trucks move along the Cross Bronx Expressway, a notorious stretch of highway in New York City that is often choked with traffic and contributes to pollution and poor air quality. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
From the Experts May 6, 2025

The Race to “Green” New York’s Mega-Warehouses

Over the last decade, the boom in online shopping and e-commerce has made massive warehouses spring up in New York faster than you can make an online purchase.

Smog air pollution by county. <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/soot-smog-air-map-united-states-county">See full map.</a> (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

Mapping Soot and Smog Pollution in the United States

How is the air where you live?

Map of soot air pollution by county in 2024. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

What’s the state of soot pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

Press Release May 30, 2025

Urgent Intervention by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Needed to Stop Eviction of Mapuche Community

Organizations ask the commission to defend the Lof El Sosneado community from forced removal in conflict with mining company on ancestral lands in Mendoza, Argentina

A beaver lodge in the Sunset Roadless Area. The area is home to species including elk, bear, beaver and goshawk.
(Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)
feature June 23, 2025

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

document June 27, 2025

Legal Complaint: Everglades Detention Center

Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity sued in U.S. District Court to protect the Florida Everglades from a reckless plan for a massive detention center to confine people who are rounded up in immigration raids.

An aerial shot of a shipping yard at the Port of Long Beach, California. (halbergman / Getty Images)
From the Experts September 24, 2024

No More Delays: Clean Up SoCal Port Pollution

It’s time for SoCal’s air regulators to build the political will and shape an Indirect Source Rule to shift port operations to zero emissions

The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (Seth Wenig / AP)
Press Release June 3, 2025

Time is Running Out for New York to Pass Health and Climate Legislation as Wildfires Approach

Canada wildfires to cover Northeast skies as New York legislators return to Albany with days left in session, clean air and climate legislation remain on the table

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.

North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. (EcoFlight)
Press Release February 20, 2025

Legal Intervention Defends Powder River Basin Coal Leasing Decision

Motion to intervene filed in a lawsuit from Montana and Wyoming

Press Release June 18, 2025

Ten Groups Push Back Against Trump’s Illegal Campbell Plant Extension

Public interest groups challenge the Department of Energy’s sham order

Charging an electric car at home before a family trip in Washington state. (Thomas Barwick / Getty Images)
Press Release May 22, 2025

Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Illegal Freeze of Billions For Electric Vehicle Charging

Everyone deserves access to EV charging. That’s why a coalition is suing to restore NEVI funds slated to build charging stations every 50 miles on major corridors across all 50 states.

Electric automobile, plugged into charging station. (Greg Pease / Getty Images)
case May 22, 2025

Challenging Trump Administration Over Illegal Freeze of Billions For Electric Vehicle Charging

The Federal Highway Administration and Department of Transportation acted without authority, unreasonably, and in violation of the Constitution when they indefinitely froze the NEVI Formula Program.

Logging in the Tongass National Forest. (Colin Arisman / Wild Confluence Media)
Press Release May 28, 2025

Tribes, Fishing and Forest Advocates Intervene to Defend the Tongass Against Increased Old-Growth Logging

Timber interests try to force more old-growth logging sales in the Tongass National Forest

Charging up an electric car in St. Petersburg, Fla. (CityofStPete / CC BY-ND 2.0)
Update May 22, 2025

Trump Froze Funds for a National EV Network. Now We’re Going to Court.

Developing a network of EV charging stations is key to modernizing U.S. transportation and staying competitive with the rest of the world.

document May 22, 2025

Motion to Intervene in NEVI EV Charging Lawsuit

A coalition of groups filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit from 17 states against the Trump administration for the unlawful freeze of billions for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure

document May 22, 2025

NEVI EV Charging Lawsuit Complaint

A coalition of groups filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit from 17 states against the Trump administration for the unlawful freeze of billions for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure