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document January 5, 2026

Ash Grove Notice of Appeal

The Duwamish River Community Coalition and Front and Centered, represented by Earthjustice, filed an appeal seeking to overturn a regional air agency decision allowing the Ash Grove Cement Company to burn more tires for fuel at its Seattle plant.

Duwamish River Community Coalition Clean Air Program Manager and Climate Policy Analyst, Mia Ayala-Marshall, speaks during a protest in front of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency as they fight a permit modification proposal that would allow the Ash Grove Cement Company to burn more tires at its facility along the Duwamish Waterway in Seattle on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Jason Redmond for Earthjustice)
Press Release January 5, 2026

Groups File Appeal to Limit Tire Burning for Fuel at Seattle Cement Plant

Community groups seek to overturn an illegal air permit that would allow more tire burning resulting in severe health harms to nearby residents

Liquid train cars near cranes at the Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal in Newark, New Jersey. (Aristide Economopoulos For Earthjustice)
Press Release January 5, 2026

Victory: NJ Appellate Court Affirms Legality of Environmental Justice Law

Ruling is a win for the environment and communities across New Jersey

Elk in the Rapid River Roadless area in Idaho’s Nez Perce National Forest. (John McCarthy / The Wilderness Society)
feature January 5, 2026

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and 25-year fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

In the News: The Denver Gazette January 2, 2026

To add a lane or not: I-270 proposal receives support, pushback

Alexandra Schluntz, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “Everyone here agrees that congestion is problem, but decades of science and experience have shown that adding lanes to urban corridors like this one only increases the number of vehicles using the highway, taking us right back to the same congestion without fixing the problem.”

Jonathan Smith, attorney in Earthjustice’s Community Partnerships Program, provides community-led movements with legal and advocacy resources to challenge polluters and ensure access to environmental benefits. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
page January 1, 2026

Legacy Giving: Gifts that Pay You Income

Learn how you can make a meaningful gift to Earthjustice, turn assets into an income stream, and receive tax benefits today

document December 31, 2025

Life Income Giving: Defend the Environment with a QCD-Funded CGA

When you create a charitable gift annuity (CGA) with Earthjustice, you help build a more secure future for the planet, its people, and yourself. Some donors over the age of 70½ may use a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from their IRA to fund a CGA, receiving lifetime payments in return.

Press Release December 30, 2025

Trump Administration’s Sham Coal Plant Order Will Cost Ratepayers, Harm Colorado Communities

Emergency order will force Craig Unit 1 to remain available beyond December retirement date

document December 30, 2025

The Economic Cost of a DOE Mandate for the Craig Unit 1 Coal-Burning Generator to Continue Operating

This report analyzes the cost of a U.S. Department of Energy mandate that Unit 1 at the Craig coal-burning power plant in Colorado remain available and operate beyond its December 31, 2025, retirement date.

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 December 24, 2025

Trump’s Holiday Gift to You: A Lump of Coal and a Higher Energy Bill

Electricity rates are set to skyrocket, fueled by the Trump administration’s war on cheaper clean energy and push for expensive fossil fuels.

Power plants are the biggest sources of water pollution in the country. Power plant water discharges are filled with toxic pollution such as mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium.
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Photo)
Press Release December 24, 2025

Trump Administration’s EPA Dumps Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants

EPA issues rule to allow ongoing release of toxic chemicals into sources of drinking water for more than 30 million Americans

The NIPSCO R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield, Indiana, Sunday, August 12, 2018. (Alex Garcia for Earthjustice)
Press Release December 23, 2025

Trump’s DOE Issues Additional Orders to Illegally Force Indiana Coal Plants to Keep Burning Coal

The Trump administration delivers coal for the holidays and higher electricity bills

document December 22, 2025

Court Filing: Coke Ovens Exemption

Community, health, and environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s exemptions that allow coke ovens to keep spewing harmful pollutants.

Press Release December 22, 2025

Environmental and Community Groups Sue to Stop Trump Exemptions from Air Pollution Rules for Steel Industry Coke Ovens

Exemptions for toxic coke oven facilities leave communities vulnerable to harmful air pollutants

A bald eagle lands in the snow at the edge of the Chilkat River, near Haines, Alaska. In this area is the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, where thousands of bald eagles gather to feast on the last runs of coho and chum salmon — a globally unique phenomenon. (Sergei Uryadnikov / Getty Images)
Press Release December 22, 2025

Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Oppose Trump Administration Effort to Roll Back Protections for Imperiled Species

Trump agencies proposed weakening Endangered Species Act rules

The Ironbound neighborhood of Newark is one of the most polluted ZIP codes in New Jersey, where residents face higher rates of asthma, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. (Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)
Press Release December 22, 2025

Newark, NJ, leaders Introduce Historic Ordinance to Protect Community Health and Climate

New measure would stop fossil fuel expansion and address major sources of air pollution

West Olive, Michigan, The J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan. Consumers Energy had planned to retire the plant on May 31, 2025, but President Trump ordered it to keep operating. (Jim West / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Press Release December 22, 2025

DOE’s Illegal Extension of Coal Plant Challenged in Court for the First Time

Public advocacy groups ask the court to end the Trump administration’s sham emergency orders

document December 19, 2025

Appellate brief on DOE’s unlawful orders for the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant

Public advocacy groups, led by the Sierra Club and Earthjustice, filed an appellate brief with the U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to ask the court to set aside the Department of Energy’s unlawful orders for the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan.