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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.

Three Alaska Native tribes challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a fill permit for a controversial suction dredge gold mining operation proposed about 30 miles east of Nome in Northwest Alaska.

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a rulemaking process after corporate lobbyists pressed the agency to dismantle safeguards against chemical disasters.

New report calls on EPA to conduct comprehensive chemical review

Riders Alliance and Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice, filed a new legal complaint against the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) for attempting to end New York City’s long-awaited Congestion Pricing program, less than two months after the program’s successful launch. The legal complaint charges that the Trump administration made serious legal mistakes in its rush to deprive New Yorkers of the benefits of Congestion Pricing, and that these mistakes suggest that the administration is acting pretextually.

Earthjustice sued the Trump administration on behalf of nonprofits and small farmers for unlawfully withholding grant funds appropriated by Congress through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Thom Cmar, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “The reality is that this technology is available and some power plants are using it and it’s been shown to be cost effective. The technology is out there to achieve greater reductions of pollution that are happening now. And EPA can’t avoid that regardless of which administration is in…

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.

This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s unlawful purge of climate-related policies, guides, datasets, and resources from its websites, without any advance notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, without engaging in reasoned decision-making as required by the Administrative Procedure Act, and in violation of its obligation under the Freedom of Information Act to publish certain information proactively.

The Trump administration is reneging on the federal government’s funding promises, leading to lost compensation to workers, hiring freezes, and halted construction projects.

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

Plaintiff Hui Kānāwai ‘Oia‘i‘o seek a judicial declaration that Defendants Governor Josh Green and the Commission on Water Resource Management unlawfully and invalidly circumvented the process for nominating members of the commission.

The Superior Court for the District of Columbia denied Tyson Food, Inc.’s efforts to avoid liability and allowed the case to move forward.

Crypto mines have raised electricity rates for households while receiving big discounts and subsidies.

Cryptominer Greenidge Generation files emergency request to delay legal proceedings within the DEC; if granted, the Finger Lakes community would be forced to endure harms of cryptomining while Greenidge stalls court proceedings without a valid air permit

Groups join MTA’s lawsuit against DOT’s approval revocation of Congestion Pricing Tolling Program that results in cleaner air, less traffic, and crucial funding for public transportation improvements and subway upgrades

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

Farmers have been stripped of vital digital resources due to the Trump Administration’s climate webpage purge; Motion seeks to restore access and prevent additional webpage removals