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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.”
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.
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 24, 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.
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…
The village of Tuluksak sits near the confluence of the Tuluksak River (pictured) and the Kuskokwim. (Design Pics Inc / Alamy)
Press Release September 23, 2026

Court-Ordered Study for the Donlin Gold Mine in Alaska Shows Devastation from a Tailings Spill but Agencies Have More to Do

Federal agencies analyzed a spill of 27% of the tailings dam capacity, but more analysis is needed to understand the mine’s risks and how to minimize them
Kim Fraczek, Director of Sane Energy Project, leads a walking tour for Earthjustice attorneys, local politicians, and media at Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY, on Sept. 15, 2026. (Carey Wagner for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 23, 2026

Proposed National Grid “Rate Stabilization Plan” is a Rate Hike In Disguise

The petition increases and delays costs rather than delivering real rate relief, while locking customers into expensive fossil fuel infrastructure
document September 23, 2026

AGREE Comments to NYS Public Service Commission on National Grid Plan

Earthjustice submitted comments to the NYS Public Service Commission on behalf of Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE) to oppose National Grid’s proposed “rate stabilization" plan.
In the News: CalMatters September 22, 2026

California could save millions by paying homeowners to switch to electric appliances

Guest commentary by Matt Vespa, Senior Attorney, Clean Energy Program
In the News: Chicago Tribune September 20, 2026

Experts: Federal energy regulatory actions will impact NWI

Hana Vizcarra, Deputy Managing Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “It’s not just that they’re willing to roll back regulations across the board. They’re rolling back regulations specifically because doing so is favorable to their favorite industry. At the same time, they’re attacking clean energy and other industries that could provide alternatives.”
In the News: Amicus Podcast September 19, 2026

On the U.S. Supreme Court’s Upcoming Term

Sam Sankar takes listeners behind the scenes in two environmental cases that will kick off the U.S. Supreme Court’s next term.
In the News: Heatmap News September 18, 2026

Trump’s move to gut endangered species protections draws a swift legal challenge

Ben Levitan, Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program: “The government’s new legal position is a prescription for extinction.”