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Press Release April 3, 2025

Tribes, Greens Take Line 5 Tunnel to Michigan’s Supreme Court

Tribes and environmental orgs are asking the Court to overturn a state agency’s permit

document April 2, 2025

Line 5 Tunnel Application for Leave to Appeal Before MI Supreme Court

Four Michigan Tribes and environmental groups ask the state Supreme Court to consider overturning a lower court decision that upheld the Michigan Public Service Commission’s permit for the Line 5 tunnel project.

The Colstrip coal-fired power plant in Montana in 2004. (Larry Mayer / Getty Images)
Press Release April 2, 2025

One of America’s Dirtiest Coal Plants Seeks Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card from Trump

Montana’s Colstrip plant asks Trump administration for clean air standard exemption

(Ceci Freed / Earthjustice)
video April 2, 2025

Legal Experts Explain the Harms of EPA’s Deregulatory Agenda

A huge array of environmental protections are on the chopping block.

(Ceci Freed / Earthjustice)
video April 2, 2025

From Our Clients: The Lawsuit Over Trump Administration’s IRA Funding Freeze

“This funding freeze is more than an administrative delay. It is actively harming the people.”

document April 1, 2025

Two-Pager: New York Should Keep on Trucking with its Advanced Clean Trucks Rule

New York should not delay its Advanced Clean Trucks rule to protect New Yorkers’ health and clean the air.

staff April 1, 2025

Nicholas Morales

Nicholas Morales is a Senior Attorney with the Washington, D.C. Regional Office.

En nombre de organizaciones comunitarias del archipiélago, los abogados de Earthjustice argumentaron que FERC había permitido a New Fortress Energy, a través de su subsidiaria NFEnergía con sede en Puerto Rico, la instalación y operación de un gasoducto sin la revisión ambiental y estatutaria requerida por la ley. (Matt Roth para Earthjustice)
Press Release April 1, 2025

Órdenes que Permitieron la Expansión Irreconocida de la Infraestructura de Gas Metano en Puerto Rico Deben Deshacerse, Señalan Grupos

Comisión Federal Reguladora de Energía permitió, contrario a la ley, la expansión del terminal de gas metano en la Bahía de San Juan en manos de NFEnergía, sin consultar a las comunidades locales y sin la revisión requerida.

Earthjustice attorneys argued on behalf of community organizations in the archipelago that FERC had allowed New Fortress Energy, through its Puerto Rico subsidiary NFEnergía, to install and operate the pipeline without the legally required environmental and statutory review. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 1, 2025

Court of Appeals Must Undo Orders that Allowed the Unlawful Expansion of Methane Gas Infrastructure in Puerto Rico, Groups Argue

FERC unlawfully allowed methane gas company NFEnergía to expand its terminal infrastructure in the San Juan Bay without consulting local communities and without the required review

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 1, 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.

staff March 31, 2025

Anna Iacobucci

Based in Washington, D.C., Anna is a Litigation Assistant & Legal Practice Administrator for Strategic Legal Advocacy.

Press Release March 31, 2025

First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Filed Urging New York to Release Overdue Climate Law Regulations

Regulations to reduce pollution from oil and gas and protect communities are stalled amid record-breaking heat and wildfires

document March 31, 2025

Lawsuit Filed Urging New York to Release Overdue Climate Law Regulations

Today, Citizen Action of New York, PUSH Buffalo, Sierra Club, and WE ACT for Environmental Justice, represented by Earthjustice, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic filed a lawsuit urging the Albany County Supreme Court to order the release of overdue regulations required under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).

JJ Waters stands in the surf along the shore near her home in Pensacola Beach, Florida. (Gregg Pachkowski for Earthjustice)
Article March 31, 2025

Trump’s Ocean Drilling Order Puts Coastal Communities at Risk. Again.

15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, we’re suing the Trump administration for attempting to reopen protected areas of the Gulf coastline for oil and gas drilling.

(James Olstein for Earthjustice)
feature March 28, 2025

Right To Zero: Building a Zero-emissions Future

We’re creating a zero-emissions reality from coast to coast.

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 March 28, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on End of NEPA IFR Comment Period

“NEPA not only protects communities from polluting projects; it’s foundational to sound and consistent decision-making.”

In the News: Washington Post March 28, 2025

The U.S. coal industry is dying. Trump threw it a lifeline.

Shannon Fisk, Director of State Electric Sector Advocacy, Earthjustice: “What they could achieve is at most a temporary lifeline for coal, not a revival of the industry. In an economically competitive market, coal is going to lose.”

A Rice’s whale, one of Earth’s rarest whales. (Lisa Conger / Beth Josephson / Permit #21938 / NOAA Fisheries)
Press Release: Victory March 28, 2025

Federal Court Finds Massive Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Sale Illegal, Ruling in Favor of Gulf and Environmental Groups

Interior failed to properly evaluate the harm from billion-barrel oil lease sale