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Tony Lonergan and Wendy Wales, foreground, speak at a rally outside the High Court of Australia in Canaberra during their legal effort to protect their community from the expansion of the Mount Pleasant coal mine. (Zoe Lonergan)
From the Experts May 14, 2026

Australia’s Highest Court Hears Its First Climate Case

A local community’s legal challenge to an open cut coal mine could shape the country’s future approach to the climate harm caused by its fossil fuels.
document May 14, 2026

Ruling: Court Orders EPA to Redo Rule for decaBDE

A federal appeals court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it refused to regulate significant exposures to the toxic flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE).
Infants and children face especially high risks from decaBDE, because they are more likely to inhale or ingest the chemical and are more vulnerable to its effects. (Tanaphong Toochinda / Unsplash)
Press Release: Victory May 14, 2026

Court Orders EPA to Redo Weak Rule for Toxic Flame Retardant Chemical

Ruling says the agency failed to justify its lenient regulation of decaBDE
Vista exterior de un almacén que servirá de sede para un centro de detención proyectado por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE), cerca de Hagerstown, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
Article May 13, 2026

Cómo ICE está Violando las Leyes al Apresurarse a Encarcelar Inmigrantes en Antiguos Mega-Almacenes

Las instalaciones y sus sistemas de fontanería nunca fueron construidos para albergar a tantas personas. Los sistemas hídricos cercanos están en riesgo, y Earthjustice está respondiendo a la ofensiva.
Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) speaks during a press conference renouncing the rollback of the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule on May 13, 2026. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 13, 2026

Community Advocates join Members of Congress in Broad Opposition to Planned Attack on National Forestlands

A diverse array of stakeholders representing Tribes, hunters, conservationists, firefighters, and business owners rebuke the Trump administration’s plan to roll back the Roadless Rule
A warehouse that is the site for a planned ICE detention center near Hagerstown, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
Article May 13, 2026

How ICE Is Breaking Laws as It Rushes to Jail Immigrants in Former Mega-Warehouses

The facilities and their plumbing were never built for so many people. Nearby water systems are at risk – and Earthjustice is fighting back.
Pygmy rabbits depend on large areas of mature sagebrush to protect them from predators and for the majority of their diet. (H. Ulmschneider / BLM and R. Dixon / Idaho Dept. of Fish & Game)
Press Release May 13, 2026

Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration to Protect World’s Smallest Bunnies

Fish and Wildlife Service failed to make required listing determination for pygmy rabbit
document May 13, 2026

Pygmy Rabbit Complaint

Western Watersheds Project and WildEarth Guardians sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help secure Endangered Species Act protections for the pygmy rabbit – the world’s smallest rabbit species.
Press Release May 13, 2026

From Big Rigs to E-Bikes, California Electric Fest Showcases Clean Transportation in the Golden State

Event by Earthjustice and CALSTART will bring electric trucks, vehicles, and advocates to the state capitol
Rev. Robert Tipton Jr., the branch president of the DeSoto County NAACP, is opposed to the methane gas turbines operating in his Southaven, Mississippi community to power a nearby xAI data center in Memphis, Tennessee. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article May 13, 2026

A Community Takes a Data Center Colossus to Court

The NAACP and Earthjustice are suing Elon Musk’s company xAI over air pollution from an unpermitted power plant in Southaven, Mississippi.
The fire at the incinerator in Miami-Dade County in 2023. (Juan Carlos Esquivel)
Press Release May 11, 2026

Zeldin’s EPA Is Letting Trash Incinerators Poison Children. Now It’s Being Sued

Weak federal rules allow incinerators to release cancer-causing pollutants into communities of color, harming children’s development before they are even born
Press Release May 11, 2026

La EPA de Zeldin Permite que los Incineradores de Basura Envenenen a los Niños. Ahora Enfrenta una Demanda

Las débiles normativas federales permiten que los incineradores liberen contaminantes cancerígenos en comunidades de color, perjudicando el desarrollo de los niños incluso antes de que nazcan
document May 11, 2026

Petition for Review: LMWC Rule

This lawsuit, filed by Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project on behalf of Sierra Club, Ironbound Community Corporation, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, South Baltimore Community Land Trust, and…
A large warehouse located near residential neighborhoods in Elizabeth, New Jersey, just south of Newark. (Valentyn Semenov / Alamy)
Article May 7, 2026

Diesel Damage: How Warehouse Sprawl Is Sickening Two States

Next-day delivery has a cost. New Jersey and New York communities near rigs and warehouses are paying it.
document May 7, 2026

E15 Joint Environmental Letter to House of Representatives

The undersigned respectfully urge Representatives to oppose efforts to expand year-round E15 and instead support more effective, sustainable approaches to energy and transportation policy. We should not commit additional land,…
Remote camera image of a wolf pups taken during the summer of 2025. (Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife)
Article May 7, 2026

Colorado’s Wolf Pups are Leading the Species’ Recovery. The Government Wants to Undermine It

A comment period backed by anti-wolf groups hopes to derail the state’s effort to restore wolves to their historic habitat.
The Trump administration illegally ordered this coal-fired power plant in Washington State to stay open past retirement in December 2025. This is part of a broader policy to prop up coal that is driving up electricity costs. (Steven Baltakatei Sandoval / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Article May 7, 2026

3 Ways Trump Is Driving Electricity Bills Up

Electricity rates are set to skyrocket, fueled by the Trump administration’s war on cheaper clean energy and push for expensive fossil fuels.
The xAI data center, Colossus II, in Memphis, Tennessee, just north of Southaven, Mississippi. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release May 6, 2026

NAACP Asks Court for Emergency Action to Stop Illegal Air Pollution from xAI’s Data Center Power Plant

Instead of addressing its Clean Air Act violations, Elon Musk’s company added even more unpermitted gas turbines to its illegal powerplant — saddling nearby communities with harmful toxic emissions