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Map of smog air pollution by county in 2022. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)

feature November 29, 2023

What’s the state of smog pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.

Map of soot air pollution by county in 2022. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)

feature November 29, 2023

What’s the state of soot pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

Gerald Gentleman causes visible air pollution at iconic places such as Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
(Von Fumetti / CC BY 2.0)

Press Release January 19, 2017

EPA Proposes Long-Overdue Rule To Clean Up the Largest Air Polluter in Nebraska

National parks, wilderness areas, and public health to benefit from lower emissions from Gerald Gentleman coal plant

feature August 4, 2021

Organophosphate Pesticides in the United States

Find out what foods have high residues of these pesticide, where they are used, and how we are exposed.

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)

Press Release June 30, 2023

Earthjustice Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Student Loan Debt Ruling

The program aimed to provide student loan forgiveness to address the financial harms caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Press Release June 30, 2023

Declaración de Earthjustice Sobre el Rechazo del Perdón de Deuda Estudiantil Por Parte de la Corte Suprema

El programa tenía como objetivo proporcionar la condonación de préstamos estudiantiles para enfrentar los daños financieros causados por la pandemia de COVID-19.

feature June 21, 2023

Wetlands Most in Danger After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett v. EPA Ruling

See where wetlands are most at risk and where wetlands have the strongest protections from the law

Pelicans flying home to roost over salt marsh at Hunting Island State Park in South Carolina near Beaufort. (Teresa Kopec / Getty Images)

Update April 18, 2023

New Ruling Weakens Protections for Waterways in Nearly Half of Nation’s States

A North Dakota judge blocked the Biden administration’s “Waters of the United States” rule in 24 states, putting our nation’s clean wetlands, rivers, streams, and drinking water jeopardy.

A manatee swimming in Florida’s Crystal River. In 2021, over a thousand manatees in Florida died and more than half of those deaths were due to lack of their chief food source, sea grass. Sea grasses cannot survive the excessive levels of nitrogen and phosphorus flowing into lagoons from areas such as industrial farms, golf courses, and heavily landscaped developments. (Greg Amptman / Shutterstock)

feature April 14, 2023

Florida & Puerto Rico

What happens in Florida and Puerto Rico informs climate, energy, and environmental policy across the country.

A marsh at sunset in Beaufort, South Carolina. (Teresa Kopec / Getty Images)

Press Release April 12, 2023

ND Judge Blocks Current Clean Water Protections in 24 States

Judge adopts unsupported claim by states intent on dismantling the Clean Water Act

Needles Overlook offers a view of Utah's Bears Ears National Monument. Owen Olpin loved Utah's rocky landscape. (Bob Wick / BLM)

Article February 23, 2023

Remembering Owen Olpin

The former Earthjustice board member helped shape our organization’s culture with a mix of high intellectual standards, respect and humor.

This Arbor Day, we’re celebrating with five fun facts about trees, along with the various ways that Earthjustice is working to save these invaluable organisms.
(Produktownia/Shutterstock)

Article April 29, 2016

Five (True!) Tall Tales About Trees

This Arbor Day, we’re celebrating the holiday with five fun facts about trees, along with a list of the various ways that Earthjustice is working to save these invaluable organisms.