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Press Release September 28, 2026

Farm and Solar Groups Sue USDA Over New Rules Blocking Solar Funding for Rural America

Lawsuit says USDA broke the law by cutting off farmers who already applied or were approved for federal solar funding
document September 28, 2026

REAP Complaint USDA (Solar)

Lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) challenging USDA's efforts to write solar energy out of the Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP).
Press Release September 28, 2026

Earthjustice Condemns Trump Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards

At a time when households nationwide are being squeezed by rising prices, the final rule will make people pay more at the pump
Press Release September 28, 2026

Advocates Appeal Louisiana PSC’s “Arbitrary and Capricious” Decision to Let Meta Off the Hook for its Data Center Project

After the Louisiana PSC ruled that Meta can continue withholding critical information as it fast-tracks approval of seven additional gas plants to power its AI data center, advocates call on…
Since 2009, the “endangerment finding” has formed the legal backbone for some of our most important climate protections, including limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. (Pi Lens / Shutterstock)
feature September 28, 2026

Guide to Public Hearing for Power Plant Climate Pollution Regulations

This is our last chance to speak directly to EPA and urge them to drop their repeal and acknowledge that climate pollution from power plants endangers our health and welfare.
In the News: Maui Now September 26, 2026

Hawaiian Electric still plans to retire Maui’s fossil fuel plants despite EPA easing greenhouse gas restrictions

Isaac Moriwake, Managing Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “There’s nothing reliable about relying on last century’s technology as we’re burning up the planet.”
feature September 25, 2026

2026 Elections: A Voting Guide

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Up for your votes are all 435 House seats, 33 Senate seats, governors of 36 states, 64 state supreme court seats across 32 states,…
In the News: The Seattle Times September 25, 2026

BPA seeks electricity rate hike

Michael Mayer, Attorney, Northwest Office: “It’s premature to say right now that salmon are going to be this sole cause and effect. We think it’s early, and it’s potentially wrong.”
In the News: The Guardian September 25, 2026

Trump’s executive order on recreational fishing is a ‘giveaway of fish and ocean ecosystem’, advocates warn

Andrea Treece, Attorney, Oceans Program: “We should be looking at … ways we can actually conserve and foster more abundant fish populations for everybody instead of just killing off the competing predators in the ocean, which is just going to destabilize the system in the end.”
Press Release September 25, 2026

DTE Plans Two New Large Fossil Fuel Plants to Power AI Data Centers

DTE’s new 20-year plan could have ratepayers footing the bill for AI data centers’ dirty energy
Jill Tauber, Earthjustice’s VP of Litigation for Climate & Energy, speaks outside the U.S. EPA, condemning the Trump administration’s repeal of the endangerment finding. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
feature September 25, 2026

Three Ways Earthjustice is Winning Against the Trump Administration

With every court case, Earthjustice is fighting lawlessness and driving progress — and we’re winning.
In the News: Public News Service September 24, 2026

WI leaders resolute in demands for state action after Line 5 spill

Stefanie Tsosie, Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program: “For these environmental laws to work, for the system that we have to work, we need people to actually enforce it when companies run roughshod over communities.”
Residents observe the fire consuming the TPC Group plant on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, in Port Neches, Texas. Two massive explosions 13 hours apart tore through the chemical plant and one left several workers injured. (Marie D. De Jesús / Houston Chronicle via AP)
feature September 24, 2026

Five Things to Know About Chemical Disaster Prevention

Over 175 million Americans live under the threat of chemical disasters, including one in three schoolchildren.
Inside a data center in Ashburn, Virginia. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
From the Experts September 24, 2026

New Report Examines How AI Data Centers Are Increasing Electricity Costs

Utility commissions and other regulators must adopt new guardrails to protect other customers.
document September 24, 2026

Large Load Cost Allocation: Framework for States to Reduce Cross-Subsidization and Risk to Existing Customers

Earthjustice retained Energy Futures Group to examine the ways that state utility regulators can prevent AI data centers from raising electricity costs for other customers. The report includes potential solutions…
Electric buses at their charging stations during LA Metro’s tour and presentation about their bus electrification process given to the LA County Electric Truck and Bus Coalition at the El Monte Station in El Monte, California, on August 21, 2026. (Hannah Benet for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 24, 2026

LA Metro Approves Purchase of 220 Non-Polluting Electric Buses

Landmark investment is second largest electric transit bus purchase in the nation
Members of the LA County Electric Truck and Bus Coalition during LA Metro’s tour and presentation about their bus electrification progress at the El Monte Station in El Monte, California, on August 21, 2026 (Hannah Benet for Earthjustice)
From the Experts September 24, 2026

LA Hid Its Smog the Last Time It Hosted the Olympics. We Have a Better Game Plan This Time

LA can become a heavyweight in modern transit as it makes more electric bus progress.
Greenpoint has been subjected to pollution extending back to the 19th century. Kim Fraczek, Director of <a href="https://www.saneenergy.org/" class="a_color--black">Sane Energy Project</a>, leads a walking tour of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, for Earthjustice attorneys, local politicians, and media. (Carey Wagner for Earthjustice)
From the Experts September 23, 2026

New Yorkers’ Energy Bills Are Too High. National Grid Wants to Unlawfully Raise Them Even Higher.

Granting National Grid’s petition would violate New York’s Public Service Law and Climate Law, and allow National Grid to skirt the scrutiny, transparency, and public participation opportunities that the law…