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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 March 13, 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.

Cars and trucks move along the Cross Bronx Expressway, a notorious stretch of highway in New York City that is often choked with traffic and contributes to pollution and poor air quality. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Press Release March 6, 2025

Climate, Transit, Environmental Justice, and Energy Organizations Statement on Effort to Delay New York’s Clean Truck Standards

Lifesaving New York regulation is under attack; Opposition aims to kill clean air state action to succumb to wealthy corporate interests

The United Nations recently adopted an oceans goal for the first time to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”
(Rich Carey/Shutterstock)
From the Experts March 14, 2025

Protecting Our Oceans Protects Human Rights

Earthjustice presents to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the important relationship between the ocean and human rights.

In the News: CalMatters January 14, 2025

California abandons diesel truck ban and 3 other clean-air rules before Trump is sworn in

Paul Cort, Director of Right to Zero, Earthjustice: “To meet basic standards for healthy air, California has to shift to zero-emissions trucks and trains in the coming years. Diesel is one of the most dangerous kinds of air pollution for human health, and California’s diesel problem is big enough to cast its own shadow. We’ll…

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.

A Mack LR Electric garbage truck operated by the New York City Department of Sanitation. (Mack Trucks)
Press Release: Victory January 15, 2025

Long Beach Commits to 100% All-Electric Garbage Trucks

Long Beach becomes second city in California to make a bold commitment to electrify its garbage trucks

In the News: Heated March 4, 2025

Organic farmers expose RFK Jr.’s delusion

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, an agency cannot remove significant public information from their website without reason and notice, and they have provided neither.”

A tug boat pulls a large container ship at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California.
(Nicolo Sertorio / Getty Images)
Press Release January 8, 2025

EPA Approves Partial Waiver for the Commercial Harbor Craft Standard, Clearing the Air for Millions of Californians

New standard will clean up air in portside communities and drive new clean energy technology

Jude Addo-Chidie, a Ph.D. student in agronomy at Purdue University, takes a soil sample from a corn field, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at the Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center in Butlerville, Ind. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been removing important climate-related data from its websites that farmers rely on to adapt to extreme weather. (Joshua A. Bickel / AP)
Update February 24, 2025

We’re Suing to Stop the Trump Administration’s Climate Censorship

The Trump administration is removing climate-related information from government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather.

In the News: WSUF February 27, 2025

Restrictions on ship speeds removed in endangered Rice’s whales’ Gulf habitat

Steve Mashuda, Managing Attorney, Oceans Program: “We’re at a point with Rice’s whales where we need to be doing everything possible within our power to save this species. Slowing vessels down just as they’re transiting this narrow band of Rice’s Whale habitat in the Gulf of Mexico is a thing that can be done immediately.…

A subway train on the 7 line in Queens. New York City's congestion pricing program is raising millions for public transit improvements and significantly reducing traffic. (Marco Bottigelli / Getty Images)
Article March 5, 2025

New York’s Climate Law Is a Beacon in Trump’s Smog

While the administration denies climate science, Earthjustice is using groundbreaking state laws to continue making climate progress.

(Peter Arkle for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory February 11, 2025

Long Beach City Council Votes to Electrify Its Garbage Trucks

Long Beach becomes the second city in California to electrify 100% of its garbage truck fleet

Dry cracked earth is visible on a farm in Kaplan, Louisiana in 2023. Droughts in 2023 impacted farmers across the country. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
case February 24, 2025

Challenging the Trump Administration’s Climate Censorship that Threatens Farmers and Our Food Supply

The lawsuit seeks a court order requiring USDA to restore access to key webpages and preventing USDA from removing additional climate-related information.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP)
From the Experts December 10, 2024

In the Face of a Trump Administration, Governor Hochul Can Advance New York’s Clean Air Goals

As the upcoming federal administration appears hostile to all environmental policies to clean our air, Governor Hochul must harness New York’s resources and market power to support life-saving regulations that tackle transportation pollution.

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

Shipping containers pile high at the Port of Oakland.
(Image courtesy of Port of Oakland)
From the Experts November 25, 2024

Port of Oakland’s All-Electric Future is in Reach

Latest survey finds companies operating at the Port of Oakland are clamoring for all-electric equipment.

EPA staff members stand near a sign warning of hazardous materials on the waste rock dam at the Sulphur Bank mercury mine Superfund site in Clearlake Oaks, California. EPA's Superfund program is responsible for cleaning up some of the nation's most contaminated sites. (Jane Tyska / Digital First Media / East Bay Times via Getty Images)
Article March 7, 2025

He Worked to Clean up Superfund Sites. The Trump Administration Fired Him.

Thousands of firings across the EPA and other federal agencies put our environment and public health at risk.

New York lawmakers, Bronx community members, and clean air advocates call on Governor Hochul to stay on course with the Advanced Clean Trucks rule. (Nydia Gutierrez / Earthjustice)
Press Release November 20, 2024

New York Lawmakers, Bronx Community Members, and Clean Air Advocates Call on Governor Hochul to Defend Clean Trucks

New Yorkers urge the governor to stand up for people, not polluters, and implement life-saving clean truck standards in full and on time to protect public health and the climate