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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.

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.

Clockwise from top left: Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice) Controlled burn during BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard) Subway train on the 7 line in Queens, New York City. (Marco Bottigelli / Getty Images) An oil-coated feather on a Florida beach in 2010, following the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. (Tech. Sgt. Emily F. Alley / U.S. Air Force)
feature June 27, 2025

Our Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration

We will defend the progress we have made and keep moving forward.

A beaver lodge in the Sunset Roadless Area. The area is home to species including elk, bear, beaver and goshawk.
(Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)
feature June 23, 2025

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

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

page January 1, 2025

Annual Reports

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

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 June 20, 2025

Rising Mega-Warehouse Pollution Requires Urgent Action as Clean Deliveries Act Continues to Evade Assembly’s Focus

New York State legislative session ended without Clean Deliveries Act

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.

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 April 29, 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.

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

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.

Assemblymember Claire Valdez speaks at the New York State Capitol during a rally on Apr. 9, 2024, to call on lawmakers to protect New York’s clean truck standard in the upcoming budget.  (Cindy Schultz for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 9, 2025

Lawmakers, Environmental Justice, and Clean Air Advocates Call on Governor Hochul to Stand Strong for Clean Air Protections

State leaders rally in Albany to urge the Governor to protect the life-saving clean truck standard in final budget and reject industry efforts to gut air protections

The coal-fired Keystone Generating Station near Shelocta, Pennsylvania. (Jim West / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Article May 28, 2025

4 Ways Clean Air Is Under Attack from Trump and Congressional Republicans

New moves by the Trump administration and its congressional allies threaten to increase air pollution and harm public health.

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.

document June 12, 2025

Joint Letter Second Supplemental Recirculated Environmental Impact Report Kern County Zoning Ordinance

74 organizations respectfully submit this letter in reference to Kern County’s proposed “Revisions to Title 19-Kern County Zoning Ordinance (2025-A) Focused on Oil and Gas Local Permitting”

Press Release June 11, 2025

ElectrifyNY Statement: Senate Passes the Clean Deliveries Act

Assembly must pass clean air and public health bill now

From the Experts May 21, 2025

How the Republican Megabill Cripples the Domestic Clean Energy Economy — Just as It’s Getting off the Ground

By effectively repealing the clean energy tax credits and other IRA investments, this bill weakens domestic manufacturing, kills jobs, and jeopardizes our clean energy future.