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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 24, 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.

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 April 24, 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.

A sea cucumber on top of mineral-rich nodules on the seafloor. These nodules are part of a fragile deep-sea ecosystem, with species living
in, on, and around them. (GEOMAR / CC-BY 4.0)
Press Release April 24, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Trump Administration’s Deep Seabed Mining Executive Order

The order, among other things, directs the Secretaries of Interior and Commerce to move toward issuing permits to deep sea mining corporations in both U.S. and international ocean waters.

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

feature January 28, 2025

The Federal Hydrogen Hub Program

Overview of the federal Hydrogen Hub Program, including descriptions of the seven Hubs selected by the Dept. of Energy to negotiate for funding

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

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.

document April 4, 2025

Hawai‘i County Kealakehe Settlement

This Remedy Phase Settlement Agreement resolves the Remedy Phase of the Hui Mālama Honokōhau complaint against the County of Hawai‘i alleging violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

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

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

feature January 29, 2025

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 February 3, 2025

ND Decision: NEPA Phase II Regulations

A federal judge in North Dakota vacated the Council on Environmental Quality’s regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act. Twenty-one Republican attorneys general, led by Iowa and North Dakota, brought the case to invalidate these key rules, which govern environmental review of federally funded or permitted projects.

Trichloroethylene contamination has been found in the drinking water of hundreds of public water systems across the United States. <a href="https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/tce/map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See EWG's interactive map.</a> (Data: Environmental Working Group’s Tap Water Database / <a href="https://www.ewg.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.ewg.org</a>)
From the Experts March 19, 2025

Congress Wants to Keep a Carcinogen Ravaging our Communities in Use — We Can’t Let That Happen

Lawmakers want to over turn a life-saving ban that phases out the potent carcinogen trichloroethylene (TCE)

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.

A Rice’s whale, one of Earth’s rarest whales. (Lisa Conger / Beth Josephson / Permit #21938 / NOAA Fisheries)
Press Release: Victory March 28, 2025

Federal Court Finds Massive Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Sale Illegal, Ruling in Favor of Gulf and Environmental Groups

Interior failed to properly evaluate the harm from billion-barrel oil lease sale

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