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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 17, 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.

Coral reef colonies at Howland Island NWR in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. (J. Maragos / USFWS)
Press Release April 17, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Trump Administration Executive Order to Open Pacific Marine Monument to Commercial Fishing

This order threatens indigenous cultural heritage and critical species’ habitat within and around the monument

Border walls, such as the one in Nacos, Arizona, have already impacted the environment, disrupting the natural migration of animals and causing flooding.
(Getty Images)
Press Release April 8, 2025

Border Wall Waivers Risk Harm for Border Communities and Environment

Earthjustice blasts new Trump administration efforts to ignore dozens of laws to fast-track harmful border wall construction

In the News: Denver Post April 11, 2025

Officials say Trump’s orders promoting coal conflict with Colorado’s emissions goals

Jenny Harbine, Managing Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “Coal has been on the decline for decades, not because of federal policies, but because it’s dirty and it’s increasingly unreliable as our coal fleet ages. And it can’t compete on a level playing field with renewable energy sources.”

A house is seen near the Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images)
Press Release April 8, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Executive Orders to Boost U.S. Coal

President Trump announces executive orders to prop up coal and open public lands to destructive mining

The White House in Washington, D.C. (René DeAnda / Unsplash)
feature March 7, 2025

In Conversation: Not On Our Watch – Taking on the Trump Administration

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.

What open-pit gold mining looks like: Barrick Goldstrike Mines' Betze-Post Pit near Carlin, Nevada, is one of the largest gold mines in the world. The open pit is so large that it is visible from space. (Adella Harding / Elko Daily Free Press via AP)
Press Release March 20, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Minerals Executive Order

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 attorneys argued on behalf of community organizations in the archipelago that FERC had allowed New Fortress Energy, through its Puerto Rico subsidiary NFEnergía, to install and operate the pipeline without the legally required environmental and statutory review. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 1, 2025

Court of Appeals Must Undo Orders that Allowed the Unlawful Expansion of Methane Gas Infrastructure in Puerto Rico, Groups Argue

FERC unlawfully allowed methane gas company NFEnergía to expand its terminal infrastructure in the San Juan Bay without consulting local communities and without the required review

JJ Waters stands in the surf along the shore near her home in Pensacola Beach, Florida. (Gregg Pachkowski for Earthjustice)
Article March 31, 2025

Trump’s Ocean Drilling Order Puts Coastal Communities at Risk. Again.

15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, we’re suing the Trump administration for attempting to reopen protected areas of the Gulf coastline for oil and gas drilling.

More than 100,000 Native American archaeological and cultural sites, some dating to 12,000 B.C., are protected in Bears Ears National Monument. (Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
feature March 26, 2025

What You Should Know About the Antiquities Act and National Monuments

For over a hundred years, the Antiquities Act of 1906 has protected America’s natural and historic wonders from mining, drilling, looting, and industrial development.

An aerial view of regrowth following clear-cuts in the Tongass National Forest. (Shutterstock)
Press Release March 1, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Executive Order Targeting Forests

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

A brown pelican covered in oil sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Jun. 3, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected wildlife throughout the Gulf of Mexico. (Charlie Riedel / AP)
Press Release February 19, 2025

Groups File First Environmental Lawsuit Vs. New Trump Administration, Challenging Illegal Order to Undo Ocean Protections from Offshore Drilling

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

(Ceci Freed / Earthjustice)
video April 2, 2025

Legal Experts Explain the Harms of EPA’s Deregulatory Agenda

A huge array of environmental protections are on the chopping block.

A deep water drill ship anchored in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Update February 19, 2025

We’re Suing to Block Trump’s Illegal Ocean Drilling Plan

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.

Oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. (Lukasz Zakrzewski / Shutterstock)
case February 19, 2025

Challenging the Trump Administration’s Illegal Order to Undo Ocean Protections from Offshore Drilling

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.

The White House in Washington, D.C. (René DeAnda / Unsplash)
feature January 19, 2025

In Conversation: The 2024 Election Outcomes and The Work Ahead

In the aftermath of the 2024 election, Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, discussed the outcomes of the election and how they will affect Earthjustice’s litigation, advocacy, and political work.

A natural gas flare from an offshore oil drilling rig in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
(Paul Souders / Getty Images)
Press Release January 20, 2025

Earthjustice Statement: Day One Agenda from the Trump Administration Prioritizes Extractive Industries Above All Else in Alaska

Earthjustice will continue to work with clients and partners to protect Alaska’s public lands and hasten the clean energy transition to build a vibrant and thriving state

In the News: Hartford Courant February 12, 2025

With emergency order, could Trump force CT to use more fossil fuels?

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.”