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Thirteen youth from across the Hawaiian Islands brought the case <em>Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation</em>, the first youth-led constitutional climate case addressing climate pollution from the transportation sector. (Elyse Butler for Earthjustice)
Press Release June 30, 2025

State Plan to Reduce Transportation Emissions Released for Public Comment

This is a major early step in the recent settlement of Hawai‘i’s youth climate lawsuit, Navahine v. HDOT

Damaged houses are seen after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2024. (Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes More Intense

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire in strong winds as many homes burn on January 7, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (David McNew / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Wildfires Burn Longer and Wider

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

A man wipes his brow as he walks under misters on July 13, 2023 in downtown Phoenix. Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Southern California are getting hit with 100-degree-plus temps and excessive heat warnings. (Matt York / AP)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Extreme Heat Worse

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

A dried out lake stands near the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau on Jun. 6, 2019, in Thoreau, N.M. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Droughts Worse

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Montpelier resident Ben Cheney and a companion survey rising floodwaters at the intersection of State and Main streets in downtown Montpelier, Vermont, on July 10, 2023. (Jeb Wallace-Brodeur / The Times Argus via AP)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Rainfall

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Houston residents escape flooded homes and businesses, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Causing Sea Level Rise and Flooding

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

A woman protects her face while walking in white-out conditions in Jersey City, N.J., Feb. 1, 2021. The winter storm dropped more than two feet of snow on the area and may have broken a 122-year-old snowfall record for the state. (Seth Wenig / AP)
Article June 30, 2025

Winter Storms Are Hitting Harder Due to Climate Change

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

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.

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

ElectrifyNY Statement: 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

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.

A sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) at Little Redfish Lake Creek trap, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho. (Neil Ever Osborne / Save Our Wild Salmon / iLCP)
Press Release June 12, 2025

Plaintiffs Represented by Earthjustice Condemn Trump Administration’s Unilateral Withdrawal from Historic Columbia Basin Agreement

The administration’s decision reneges on promised investments in fisheries and clean energy, and ignores federal, state, tribal science on the need for urgent action to prevent extinction and rebuild healthy and abundant salmon

Charging an electric car at home before a family trip in Washington state. (Thomas Barwick / Getty Images)
Press Release May 22, 2025

Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Illegal Freeze of Billions For Electric Vehicle Charging

Everyone deserves access to EV charging. That’s why a coalition is suing to restore NEVI funds slated to build charging stations every 50 miles on major corridors across all 50 states.

Adrian Martinez, Director of the Right To Zero Campaign. (Hannah Benet for Earthjustice)
Press Release June 17, 2025

Earthjustice Taps Adrian Martinez as Director of the Right To Zero Campaign

With Paul Cort retiring, Martinez will lead campaign in a time of urgent need for affirmative progress in states to electrify everything

document June 9, 2025

Solicitud de aplicación de la legislación sobre materiales peligrosos en los yacimientos de petróleo y gas de EE. UU.

Letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) on behalf of Truckers Movement for Justice, Ohio Vallie Allies, and other organizations to request that DOT enforce federal hazardous materials law for transportation of hazardous materials, particularly the transportation of oil and gas waste, and the FMSCA conduct a formal safety audit for all carriers operating in oilfields across the United States.

document June 4, 2025

Request for Enforcement of Hazardous Materials Laws in U.S. Oil and Gas Fields

Letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration, and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) on behalf of Truckers Movement for Justice, Ohio Valley Allies, and other organizations to request that DOT enforce federal hazardous materials law for transportation of hazardous materials, particularly the transportation of oil and gas waste, and the FMSCA conduct a formal safety audit for all carriers operating in oilfields across the United States.

Trucks drive along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif. (Justin Sullivan)
Press Release June 9, 2025

Truckers Petition Feds to Enforce HAZMAT Rules on Oil and Gas Waste

Truckers join environmentalists to demand safer conditions, proper training and fair pay for truckers hauling hazardous materials from oilfields

The outdoor unit of a heat pump system. (Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
From the Experts June 5, 2025

Washington Regulators Must Hold Utilities Accountable in the Clean Energy Transition

Decisions made by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission can help meet the state’s climate goals and keep energy reliable and affordable for customers.