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

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

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.

The U.S. Army is formally ending live-fire training in Mākua Valley – a critical step towards restoring peace to a spiritual refuge ravaged by a century of militarization.

After 25 years of community advocacy, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Army declare Mākua safe from future use of mortars, artillery, and other live-fire training

Order seeks to open federal forest system to massive increase in logging

Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm and Hana Vizcarra, attorney at Earthjustice, explain how Americans are stuck with the bill when the federal government reneges on its Inflation Reduction Act commitments.

After decades of advocacy, the Secretary of Defense announced that live-fire training will never happen at the Mākua Military Reservation again.

Two legal actions challenge President Trump’s attempts to open offshore drilling

35 groups oppose funding for the border wall in the reconciliation bill.

Fact sheet on border wall issues.

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Oceans, Wildlife: “Industry cannot stand that their ability to profit is sometimes limited by the need to protect wildlife that has been on earth for millions of years. The harsh reality is that extinction means forever.”

Executive order gives oil and gas companies a green light to drill in public waters that had been protected off almost every U.S. coast.

Amid a flurry of anti-environment executive orders on his first day in office, Trump issued an order to revoke former president Biden’s protection of millions of acres of undeveloped public waters from future oil and gas drilling.

Ian Dooley, Attorney, Alaska Office: “This would be the first land exchange under ANILCA that allows for divesting protected lands out of a conservation system unit for the purpose of putting a road through it. That has never happened before.”

Sam Sankar, Senior VP of Programs, Earthjustice: “The majority is saying EPA can still protect water quality if it just invests more staff time. I guess they haven’t heard that Trump is gutting the agency.”

Christie Hicks, Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “If any emergency exists, I think that it is continued over-reliance on fossil fuels, which is exactly what the purpose of the executive order is. The entire thrust of the emergency order is to promote dirtier, and also what we know to be more expensive, energy sources.”

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “Executive orders direct other agencies to take action, and they certainly set policy and tone. But they cannot and do not replace requirements of congressionally enacted laws.”