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An oil refinery looms over Port Arthur, TX. People of color are nearly twice as likely as white Americans to live within a fenceline zone of an industrial facility.
(Eric Kayne for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 7, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Closure of EPA Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Office

“Notwithstanding the overt cruelty of this decision, no one wants an unhealthier and more polluted America, coopted by industry.”

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

People walk through the hallways at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia, on May 9, 2024. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
From the Experts February 4, 2025

New Report Examines Electricity Contracts for Data Centers and other Mega-load or Large-load Facilities

How electricity tariffs can protect households and small businesses from data centers and crypto mines’ enormous energy demands

Lee Zeldin (Matt Rourke / AP). Russell Vought. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc., via Getty Images) Chris Wright (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0). Doug Burgum (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images).
feature February 6, 2025

The Presidential Transition & The Environment

Learn about key nominees in the Trump administration’s second term, and the powers they will have.

Navajo community leader Daniel Tso speaks out against fracking at a meeting that was required under the National Environmental Policy Act. The law gives communities a chance to speak out against projects that will impact them.
(Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 4, 2025

North Dakota Federal Judge Upends Key Environmental Regulations

Court sends strong reminder that Presidential Executive Orders must follow the law

The White House in Washington, D.C. (René DeAnda / Unsplash)
feature January 19, 2025

In Conversation: The 2024 Election Outcomes and The Work Ahead

In the aftermath of the 2024 election, Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, discussed the outcomes of the election and how they will affect Earthjustice’s litigation, advocacy, and political work.

page January 1, 2025

Annual Reports

Read Earthjustice’s most recent annual report, in addition to annual reports from previous years.

Children play at Arvin's “Garden in the Sun” playground. There are several oil wells near the park. (Tara Pixley for Earthjustice)
From the Experts December 19, 2024

California’s Roadmap to Protect Communities and Public Health from Oil and Gas Drilling

A public health expert panel report gives Californians a critical new tool in the years-long fight for setbacks from oil and gas drilling.

President Donald Trump holds a letter to the U.N. stating the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)
Press Release January 20, 2025

Earthjustice Blasts Trump Immigration Executive Orders

“We stand with our partners in the immigrants’ rights movement and the communities we represent to push back against an administration emboldened to launch even more repressive and extremist attacks.”

An onshore wind power facility near Tarfaya, Morocco. Earthjustice is expanding collaboration across Africa to accelerate the transition to renewable energy.
(siemens.com/press)
feature November 17, 2024

Earthjustice Around the World

Earthjustice partners with organizations and communities around the world to establish, strengthen, and enforce legal protections for the environment and public health.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during an event at the Yellowstone River. (Jacob W. Frank / NPS)
Article October 11, 2024

The Biden Administration’s Record on Tribal Rights

To adapt to and withstand the challenges of climate change, we must respect Indigenous knowledge and protect Tribal rights. Here’s where this administration stood.

Press Release September 4, 2024

As GOP AGs Target Title VI, 40+ Groups Rally to Defend Civil Rights

Coalition presses EPA to stand firm on civil rights protections amid new legal challenges

Press Release January 13, 2025

A Robust Cap-and-Invest Program Can Help New Yorkers Save Money on Utility Bills, Raise Billions to Invest in Local Communities

Report finds capping emissions can fund billions in investments for local communities, help 46% of New York households upgrade to clean heat pumps by 2035, delivering up to $524 million in annual energy savings across the state

document January 16, 2025

2024 Annual Report

Every case Earthjustice litigates is on behalf of our clients, from nationwide organizations to grassroots groups — and every one of our clients gets top-tier legal representation, free of charge. With your support, Earthjustice has built capacity to navigate the rapidly shifting legal landscape. Wherever our energy future is being decided, Earthjustice is there. With community leaders across the country, we made measurable change. And, we have scaled up to protect more threatened ecosystems than ever before.

Earthjustice secured new protections for endangered grizzly bears and wolves in Idaho. (Beth Hibschman / Getty Images)
feature December 1, 2024

Earthjustice Program Report: Fall 2024

Each legal matter that Earthjustice takes on is a commitment to our clients and partners — a promise to fight alongside them for however long it takes.

Aerial view of the inside passage between Alaska and British Columbia (Sonia Luokkala / Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission)
Press Release August 1, 2024

Southeast Alaska Tribes request international protection as Canada threatens world’s last wild salmon rivers

Canada’s decision effectively silences Tribes as slew of gold and copper mines upriver in British Columbia threaten ecological hotspot

In the News: Orlando Sentinel February 9, 2024

Florida could remove majority of climate change references from state law

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “It does send a statement that even though we are seeing the impacts of climate change increasing every year in the state — more people being impacted by stronger hurricanes, we’re seeing sea level rise, we’re seeing hotter summers — that we don’t think that is something we should be…

Louie Wagner Jr. casts for ooligan on the Unuk River, as his family has for generations. (Sonia Luokkala / SEITC)
Article September 18, 2024

Rampant Gold Mining in British Columbia Threatens Salmon and Indigenous Rights

Toxic gold mining along rivers crossing the British Columbia-Alaska border threatens critical ecosystems and the sovereign rights of Alaska Native communities.