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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 July 3, 2025

Earthjustice Applauds Significant International Human Rights Ruling on Climate Change

The Inter-American Court lays out important measures that governments must take to protect human rights in the face of the growing climate emergency.

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Press Release July 3, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on House Passage of the Budget Reconciliation Bill

This isn’t just a dereliction of duty; it’s an unconscionable betrayal of the American people.

document July 2, 2025

NYISO Letter to Gov Agencies July 2 2023

Letter to New York State Public Service Commission, Department of Environmental Conservation, governor, and Research and Development Authority. New York Independent System Operator’s (NYISO) failure to prepare New York’s grid for a clean energy future inhibits climate progress, fails to prioritize affordability, and harms New Yorkers’ health and pocketbooks. This letter urges the critically evaluation of NYISO’s statements and history of inaction in the wake of the misleading NYISO Power Trends summary report and press release and to consider next steps to reduce these obstacles.

The St. James Boat Club launch, along Blind River, part of the Lake Maurepas watershed, in Gramercy, La. Environmental advocates are wary of anything that might make air quality worse or threaten wildlife, fearing a plant designed to capture climate-changing carbon and make clean-burning hydrogen fuel will actually do more harm to the Lake Maurepas basin. (Gerald Herbert / AP)
document July 1, 2025

Fact Sheet: Air Products’ Proposed Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Facility on Lake Maurepas

Air Products is in pursuit of an Army Corps’ Clean Water Act 404 permit and a Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources’ Coastal Use Permit (CUP) that would allow for the construction of a carbon sequestration facility.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Navajo community leader Daniel Tso speaks out against fracking at a meeting that was required under the National Environmental Policy Act. The law gives communities a chance to speak out against projects that will impact them.
(Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
Press Release June 30, 2025

Trump Administration Unleashes Across-the-Board Regulatory Weakening of Key Environmental Law

Multiple federal agencies revoked longstanding regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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.

Press Release June 30, 2025

Groups File Suit Over Approval of “Boondoggle” Yazoo Pumps Project

EPA and Army Corps illegally approved costly project without considering practicable alternatives

document June 30, 2025

Yazoo Pumps Complaint

Friends of the Earth, Healthy Gulf, and Sierra Club filed suit over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ illegal approval of a massive pumping station that would have devastating impacts on some of the country’s richest wetlands and hundreds of species of wildlife in a sparsely developed area of Mississippi.

A fossil fuel drilling site on Alaska's North Slope. (Marc Morrison / Cavan Images / Getty Images)
From the Experts June 30, 2025

5 Special Places That Trump’s Megabill Would Sell Out — to Pay for Billionaire Tax Breaks

The bill includes proposals to sell out our public lands and waters to corporate interests

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

document June 30, 2025

Comments on Line 5 Tunnel Project Draft EIS by Bay Mills Indian Community

The Bay Mills Indian Community submitted comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Line 5 Tunnel Project.