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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.

Six Michigan Tribes withdrew from Line 5 federal discussions after learning that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will likely fast-track its approval for Enbridge’s massive oil tunnel project, in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order declaring an “energy emergency.”

Over 120 community, environmental, public health, and other organizations from across the United States write to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) trichloroethylene (TCE) final rule, currently on hold, and avoid a protracted delay in implementation that will expose countless Americans to TCE’s serious risks of harm, including multiple cancers and Parkinson’s disease.

Groups send letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin

Here’s what the plans mean for air, water, climate, and more.

Industry letter to EPA Administrator Zeldin on the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention: Risk Management Program Rule.

122 organizations, tribes, companies and elected officials expressed strong opposition to S.544 & H.R. 1366, The Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (MRCA).

50 groups oppose the FLASH Act

35 groups oppose funding for the border wall in the reconciliation bill.

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

Cumulative impacts are an integral part of the risk evaluation process, which is needed to account for the real-world risks and stressors that people in fenceline communities and elsewhere experience daily. The science for evaluating cumulative impacts and risk has evolved, as evidenced by the National Research Council of the National Academies as well as state-based environmental laws and policies. Commenters urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to incorporate the assessment of cumulative impacts and risk into all assessments and evaluation methods where it is scientifically possible. Finally, it is integral for the EPA to take careful consideration of public comments and to incorporate them into the final framework document without delay.

Letter from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with analysis showing that discharges from the proposed Line 5 reroute project will violate the Band’s water quality requirements by harming waters, aquatic resources, and wetlands.

Letter urging immediate steps to protect the people of Pennsylvania from being exposed to the harmful chemicals contained in sewage sludge by instructing the Department of Environmental Protection to begin a comprehensive analysis and assessment of sludge disposal in the state that accounts for its “beneficial use” program allowing for the disposal of over 130,000 dry tons of sludge every year on farmlands around the state, where it is having a detrimental impact on communities and surrounding waterways and airways.

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

Earthjustice sends letter to U.S. Senate opposing Lee Zeldin’s nomination to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Environmental groups send letter to U.S. Senate urging Senators to oppose Doug Burgum’s nomination to serve as Interior Secretary

Over 130 groups send a letter to members of Congress opposing the Fix Our Forests Act

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…