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High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia. (Ted Shaffrey / AP)
From the Experts January 23, 2026

Powering the AI Race: Ready, Set, Coal?

Modern technologies provide faster and cheaper ways to power the AI industry.

An octopus on the seafloor at Physalia Seamount in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-sea mining would threaten the rich ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean. (NOAA Okeanos Explorer)
Article January 23, 2026

Deep Sea Mining, Explained

The industry doesn’t exist yet beyond a few small projects. Here’s why it should never take off.

Press Release January 23, 2026

Organizaciones Puertorriqueñas Exigen que se Deniegue Aumento a la Tarifa Básica de Energía Eléctrica

El colectivo de organizaciones plantea que las privatizadoras no han mejorado el servicio ni abaratado los costos además de mostrar alta incapacidad en el uso de fondos federales disponibles para mejorar la red eléctrica

Press Release January 23, 2026

New York State Budget Lacks Bold Action on Energy and Climate

Governor misses opportunity to lead on cutting energy costs and protecting climate and public health

At Earthjustice, partnership is at the heart of our mission. (Clockwise from top: Sylvia Jarrus for Earthjustice; Matt Roth for Earthjustice; Hannah Benet for Earthjustice; Jessica Chou for Earthjustice; Corte IDH; Alejandro Dávila Fragoso / Earthjustice)
page January 23, 2026

Partnerships at Earthjustice

At Earthjustice, partnership is at the core of who we are and how we do our work.

Industrial warehouses located next to suburban homes in Jurupa Valley, California. (MattGush / Getty Images)
From the Experts January 22, 2026

Four Years in, Southern California’s First-in-the-Nation Approach to Clean up Warehouse Pollution is a Beacon

If the WAIRE program were a state, it would rank 21st in electric trucks.

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Press Release January 22, 2026

Environmental, Consumer Groups Challenge Trump’s Unlawful Coal Plant Extensions

Extending the lives of unreliable, dirty, and expensive coal plants hurts consumers

document January 22, 2026

Rehearing Request for Indiana Coal Plants

Environmental and consumer advocacy groups filed rehearing requests after Donald Trump’s Department of Energy unlawfully invoked Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act and forced two coal power plants in Indiana to stay online after their planned retirements.

Phipps Arch in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. (© Tim Peterson)
Press Release January 22, 2026

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Under Attack from Utah Members of Congress

Threatens to bring chaos to a crown jewel of the nation’s public lands system and upend public land protection as we know it

An electric vehicle charges at an EVgo fast charging station in Detroit. (Paul Sancya / AP)
Press Release January 22, 2026

New Mexico Takes Action to Reduce Vehicle Pollution

New program will help New Mexico shift to cleaner and more affordable transportation fuels

Press Release January 22, 2026

Corte Ordena a División de Gestión de Emergencias de Florida Cumplir Con Solicitudes de Registros Públicos Sobre Centro de Detención de ICE

Las agencias estatales y federales han estado ocultando información para evitar cumplir con la ley ambiental federal

President Donald Trump participates in a walking tour of the Everglades immigration detention center on Jul. 1, 2025. (Daniel Torok / White House)
Press Release January 22, 2026

Court Orders Florida Division of Emergency Management to Comply with Friends of the Everglades Public Records Requests on ICE Detention Center

Florida and federal agencies have been withholding information to avoid complying with federal environmental law

The Mexican gray wolf is the most genetically distinct lineage of wolves in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most endangered mammals in North America.
(Photo courtesy of Troy B. Thompson)
Press Release January 21, 2026

Earthjustice Strongly Opposed to Rep. Gosar Legislation to Delist Mexican Gray Wolf

Markup scheduled for Thursday on legislation to prematurely strip Endangered Species Act protections

document January 21, 2026

Mexican Gray Wolf: Sign-on Letter

The House Natural Resources Committee scheduled a markup on legislation to prematurely remove Endangered Species Act protections for the Mexican gray wolf – one of the most endangered mammals in the United States. Over 70 organizations sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging members to vote against the bill.

document January 21, 2026

Synapse Report on Indiana Coal Plants

Three coal units in Indiana — Culley 2, Schahfer 17, and Schahfer 18 — were scheduled to retire at the end of 2025 but the U.S. Department of Energy issued two orders requiring the units to continue operating beyond their planned retirement dates. This report details concerns based on both cost and environmental impact.

In the News: The Rapid City Post January 21, 2026

Trump’s coal agenda could cut worker productivity, lifetime earnings

Thom Cmar, Deputing Managing Attorney, Midwest Regional Office: “The health benefits of fewer incidences of cancer, cardiovascular disease, less exposure to children of harmful levels of lead — those benefits far exceed the costs to the industry.”

Māui dolphins photographed in New Zealand during a 2010 survey. (New Zealand Department of Conservation)
Press Release January 21, 2026

Groups File New Lawsuit to Prevent Extinction of Earth’s Rarest Marine Dolphins

Suit seeks U.S. ban on New Zealand seafood as fishing fleets harm rare Māui and Hector’s dolphins

In the News: Kiowa County Press January 20, 2026

Keeping Colorado’s coal plants projected to be costly for ratepayers

Michael Hiatt, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “Propping up uneconomic coal plants, propping up the coal industry — while simultaneously taking efforts to stymie wind development, solar development — that’s going to impair grid reliability.”