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From the Experts July 10, 2025

Sludge-lords: Reports from Coal Plants Reveal Vast Quantities of Toxic Coal Ash in Newly-Documented Hazardous Ponds

Residents should demand that the sludge-lords comply with federal law and clean up their mess

The Coal Creek coal-fired power plant near Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, in 2012. (John Elk / Getty Images)
feature July 7, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in North Dakota: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at eight power plant sites in North Dakota.

Sunlight breaks through the lush understory of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. (Carlos Rojas / Getty Images)
Press Release June 23, 2025

Tongass Defenders Blast the Trump Administration’s Rollback of Roadless Rule Protections on America’s Largest Forest

Allowing logging and roadbuilding on now protected lands in the Tongass National Forest is a deeply unpopular action that poses grave harm to the forest

North Denver community members, Lissa Leticia de Gonzales, Jose Molina and Lucy Molina, left to right, near the Suncor Refinery, which is heavily polluting their neighborhoods. (Carmel Zucker for Earthjustice)
feature July 3, 2025

Healthy Communities Program Report

The progress we have secured is a testament to the fact that the law and science are on our side. It also reflects the desire of most people across the country for a safer and cleaner world. Our shared wins represent decades of painstaking work, culminating in concrete measures that will save lives across the country. We’re celebrating our victories and the many opportunities ahead.

Press Release May 22, 2025

Ampliación del Puerto de Veracruz Representa Grave Riesgo Para Ecosistemas Marinos, Señalan Grupos

Organizaciones nacionales e internacionales denuncian que la nueva autorización va en contra de las medidas ordenadas por la Corte Suprema de Justicia de México en 2022 y solicitan una evaluación de impacto ambiental integral.

Press Release June 5, 2025

USDA Grantees Sue Trump Administration to Stop Illegal Grant Terminations

Wide range of nonprofits take action against U.S. Department of Agriculture for illegal withholding of important funding, seek order to reverse grant terminations

Press Release June 2, 2025

Falling through the Cracks: Lead Poisoning Prevention Must be a Priority for Syracuse

First independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuse’s preventative lead ordinance

A reef and island off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico.
 (Cesar Morales / Getty Images)
From the Experts May 22, 2025

Defending the Gulf of Mexico: The Mexican Legal Battle to Protect the Gulf’s Largest Coral Ecosystem

Making the Port of Veracruz larger would damage a major reef system.

Esta imagen ilustra un arrecife e isla frente a la costa de Veracruz, México. (Cesar Morales / Getty Images)
From the Experts May 22, 2025

Defendiendo al Golfo de México: La Batalla Legal Mexicana Para Proteger el Sistema Arrecifal Coralino Más Grande del Golfo

Ampliar el puerto de Veracruz afectaría un importante sistema arrecifal.

page January 1, 2025

Annual Reports

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

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.

Francia Márquez told Earthjustice that "people must be more conscious about the kind of officials they elect, because it’s not just the lives of social leaders that are at stake, but the very existence of humanity today."
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Article June 22, 2022

Francia Márquez, Renowned Afro-Colombian Activist: What Environmental Racism Means To Me

In an exclusive interview, Francia sat down with Earthjustice to talk about the state of the environmental movement across the globe, the U.S. role in her community’s plight, and how she deals with constant death threats.

The coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station in Newburg, Maryland, in 2014. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
feature May 9, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Maryland: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at ten power plant sites in Maryland. All but one of these sites include older ash dumps that industry is only now beginning to quantify and monitor.

New York’s warehouses are concentrated around urban areas, transit corridors and port regions but are also located in suburban and rural areas. (2025 Warehouse Boom / Environmental Defense Fund)
Press Release April 28, 2025

New Report Finds Disadvantaged Communities Bear the Brunt of Massive Warehouse Expansion Through New York State

Communities exposed to warehouse-associated diesel truck pollution face higher levels of air-pollution-linked health problems like asthma and cardiovascular disease

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 December 2, 2024

Earthjustice Alrededor del Mundo

Earthjustice colabora con organizaciones y comunidades alrededor del mundo para establecer, fortalecer y hacer cumplir protecciones legales para el medio ambiente y la salud pública.

A South Texas rancher looks out over his family’s land that has been contaminated by pollutants from the San Miguel Electric Plant, in the background. (Ari Phillips / EIP)
feature May 9, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Texas: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at 19 coal-burning power plant sites in Texas.

Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Mass., in 2012. (Denis Tangney Jr. / Getty Images)
feature May 9, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Massachusetts: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Significant quantities of coal ash are stored at three power plant sites in Massachusetts. All of these sites include older coal ash dumps that industry is only now beginning to quantify and monitor.

Logging in the Tongass National Forest. (Colin Arisman / Wild Confluence Media)
Press Release May 28, 2025

Tribes, Fishing and Forest Advocates Intervene to Defend the Tongass Against Increased Old-Growth Logging

Timber interests try to force more old-growth logging sales in the Tongass National Forest