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Press Release April 14, 2026

Coalition Sues Trump EPA for Failure to Implement Life-Saving National Soot Standard

EPA fails to implement its own strengthened air quality standard and missed deadline for identifying areas with soot pollution levels higher than the new acceptable limit

document April 14, 2026

Motion for Summary Judgment: NAAQS Soot Standard

Seventeen health, community and environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to implement the strengthened 2024 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for soot. The coalition also filed a motion for summary judgment asking the court to put the agency on a court-ordered deadline to carry out its overdue responsibility.

document April 14, 2026

Lawsuit filing for EPA Failing to Implement NAAQS Soot Standard

Seventeen health, community and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to implement the strengthened 2024 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate matter air pollution, commonly known as soot.

Small mouth grunts swim past elkhorn coral. (Ethan Daniels / Shutterstock)
From the Experts April 13, 2026

America’s Fisheries Law Turns 50: Let’s Skip the Mid-Life Crisis

Fish depend on healthy habitats, abundant food sources, and a well-functioning food web to thrive.

A data center under construction in Ashburn, Virginia in 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
Article: Victory April 10, 2026

How We Rallied a Big Coalition to Stop a Shady Data Center Bill

The ‘Protect American AI Act’ in Congress would have exempted data centers from complying with key environmental laws.

The now-closed Waukegan Generating Station, on the shore of Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Illinois. The coal fired power plant still has sizable coal ash ponds threatening the environment. (Jamie Kelter Davis for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 9, 2026

EPA Proposes to Gut Federal Coal Ash Cleanup Requirements and Health Protections

Earthjustice will sue to stop the EPA from rewriting the rules for coal power companies’ toxic sludge

Lake Koocanusa by Libby Dam in northwest Montana. (Lisa Kyle Young / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory April 9, 2026

Court Upholds Selenium Water Quality Standard for Lake Koocanusa

Montana and Idaho waters endure harmful pollution from upstream Canadian coal mines

document April 9, 2026

Selenium MSJ Order

A Montana District Court upheld Montana’s selenium water quality standard for Lake Koocanusa (Koocanusa Reservoir), affirming the science-based limits necessary to protect fish and other aquatic life.

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 April 8, 2026

Environmental Groups Sue EPA For Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections

Environmental groups and Alaskan tribes challenge the Trump EPA’s unlawful repeal of the endangerment finding and elimination of vehicle emissions standards

document April 8, 2026

Endangerment Finding Petition: Second Filing

Environmental groups and Alaskan tribes sue the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency for unlawfully repealing the endangerment finding and motor vehicle emissions standards.

Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are more similar to massive industrial factories than they are to actual farms. (Shutterstock)
Press Release April 7, 2026

Environmental, Agriculture, and Community Groups Applaud Extended Pause of Manure Digester Federal Funding

REAP was created to help farmers and rural small businesses cut energy costs and strengthen local economies; yet hundreds of millions of tax dollars have been funneled into expensive, polluting manure digesters

A heron takes flight over wetlands in the Everglades in Florida. (Brian Lasenby / Shutterstock)
Update April 7, 2026

We’re Fighting to Protect the Everglades from Florida’s Illegal Detention Center

Florida and the Trump administration have been ramming through the construction of an immigration detention facility within the Florida Everglades, the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are greeted by California Governor Gavin Newsom upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on January 24, 2025, to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)
From the Experts April 6, 2026

California Can Thread the Needle on Oil Prices, Heatwaves, and Trump Attacks this Year

Key legislative fixes can help buffer California from spiking diesel prices and upgrade to better options in their homes.

Press Release April 2, 2026

EPA Sets Long-Needed Updated Air Toxics Standards for Chemical Manufacturers, but Punts on Ethylene Oxide Emissions Limits

EPA’s rulemaking allows 33 highly toxic sources to continue emitting carcinogenic ethylene oxide without limits

Press Release April 2, 2026

EPA Busca Atribuirse el Mérito por Lista de Vigilancia de Contaminantes Mientras Desmantela Protecciones Existentes

Mientras afirma promover la salud, la EPA está eliminando las protecciones contra sustancias químicas tóxicas presentes en el aire, los alimentos y el agua

Almost everyone in the U.S. has traces of PFAS in their body because the chemicals have contaminated the air, soil, and water — including the drinking water for approximately 200 million people nationwide. (Cavan Images)
Press Release April 2, 2026

Zeldin’s EPA Seeks Credit for Contaminant Watchlist While Rolling Back Existing Protections

While claiming to promote health, the EPA is removing protections from toxic chemicals in air, food, and water

A wolf at Yellowstone National Park. (Jacob W. Frank / National Park Service)
Update April 2, 2026

We Won Back Endangered Species Act Protections the First Trump Admin Attacked

The ruling derails the current administration’s efforts to further undermine the landmark conservation law.