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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.

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.

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.

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.

State leaders rally in Albany to urge the Governor to protect the life-saving clean truck standard in final budget and reject industry efforts to gut air protections

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).

We’re creating a zero-emissions reality from coast to coast.

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.

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.

Over 250 groups sign comment letter in strong opposition to the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) Interim Final Rule (IFR) revoking all versions of CEQ’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations.

The Trump administration’s agenda to repeal Roadless Rule protections on the Tongass doesn’t square with a popular vision of sustainable local economies dependent on intact forest ecosystems

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.

Senate continues to show leadership by putting struggling families first and including NY HEAT Act in one-house – now Assembly must follow and include full bill in final budget; NY HEAT Act would save families who need it most an average of $136 every month and curb future utility rate hikes happening across NYS

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

U.S. Court of International Trade Complaint: By authorizing imports of seafood from harmful fisheries in New Zealand, the federal government is not only neglecting their duty to protect the world’s marine mammal species from decline, but facilitating the extinction of the most endangered marine dolphin in the world: the Māui dolphin.

Earthjustice, representing and co-counseling with Communities for a Better Environment, sued the City of Long Beach for approving a controversial crude oil storage project at the Port of Long Beach. The project — proposed by World Oil Terminals — includes the construction of two 25,000-barrel tanks, exacerbating environmental and health harms for environmental justice communities already overburdened by industrial pollution from the second busiest port in the United States.

Plaintiffs Conservation Council for Hawai‘i and American Bird Conservancy hereby complain of the actions of Defendants Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Maui Electric Company, Ltd and County of Maui to defend three critically imperiled seabirds from streetlights that are native to Hawai‘i and protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Filed Nov. 19, 2024.