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A controlled burn of oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico on June 9, 2010. (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / US Coast Guard)
Update July 11, 2025

The Oil Company Behind the Deepwater Horizon Spill Wants to Do a Massive, Risky Drilling Project in the Gulf

What’s happening: BP, the company behind the worst oil spill in U.S. history, is asking the Trump administration to allow it to drill a new, ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. Why it matters: BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 killed 11 people and released over 5 million barrels of oil that blanketed the…

PUSH Buffalo's executive director, Dawn Wells-Clyburn, stands outside of the organization's training center. (Brandon Watson for Earthjustice)
Article July 11, 2025

Trump’s EPA Cancelled 350 Environmental Justice Grants, Then Congress Cut Funding for Future Projects. Here’s Why That Matters.

The new federal budget rescinds funding meant for communities dealing with environmental hazards – but there’s still hope that some promised investments can be salvaged.

(Indigo Skies Photography)
From the Experts July 11, 2025

Bonneville Power Administration’s Energy Market Choice Will Cause Widespread Harm Across the Northwest

Nonprofit groups are suing to force a review of the decision by BPA that would cause energy bills to rise and reduce access to clean energy across a broad region

Hikers at No Name Lake in the Three Sisters Wilderness, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. (Holly Mandarich / Unsplash)
feature July 11, 2025

Earthjustice Fights for Our Public Lands

Clearcutting. Drilling. Overfishing. The Trump administration is selling out our public lands to profiteers.

(Guzman Barquin / Unsplash)
feature July 11, 2025

Your Favorite Beach is Under Threat

The Trump administration is opening millions of acres of ocean to oil companies. New offshore drilling risks huge oil spills.

(Gyn9037 / Shutterstock)
Press Release July 10, 2025

Energy and Conservation Groups File Legal Challenge to Bonneville Power Administration’s Energy Market Decision

BPA plans to join the Markets+ energy market over a larger Western one; the choice would cause a spike in energy bills and reduce access to clean energy for Northwest power customers

document July 10, 2025

BPA Day-Ahead Energy Market Decision – Petition

NW Energy Coalition, Idaho Conservation League, Montana Environmental Information Center, Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board, and Sierra Club petition for review of the Bonneville Power Administration’s final Day-Ahead Market Policy and the “Day-Ahead Market Policy Record of Decision.” The Policy and Record of Decision do not comply with the requirements of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, or the Administrative Procedure Act.

Press Release: Victory July 10, 2025

Court Orders New York State to Act on Drinking Water Crisis in Cayuga County

State ignored science and local solutions — now it’s been ordered to protect Owasco Lake

From the Experts July 10, 2025

Sludge-lords: Reports from Coal Plants Reveal Vast Quantities of Toxic Coal Ash in Newly-Documented Hazardous Ponds

Residents should demand that the sludge-lords comply with federal law and clean up their mess

document July 9, 2025

Air Products Fact Sheet – Comprehensive

A comprehensive fact sheet on Air Products Blue Energy LLC’s pursuit of an Army Corps Clean Water Act permit and Louisiana Coastal Use Permit.

Moneen Nasmith, Director of National Climate, Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Press Release July 9, 2025

Moneen Nasmith To Serve as Earthjustice’s New Director of National Climate, Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

As Director, Nasmith will bring her expertise to challenge harmful fossil fuel infrastructure

A sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in July 2025. (Julio Cortez / AP)
Article July 9, 2025

Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Rainfall and Flooding

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media after he toured the North Complex Fire zone in Butte County on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, outside of Oroville, Calif. (Paul Kitagaki Jr. / The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Press Release July 8, 2025

Newsom Exempts Fire Rebuilding in Los Angeles from Cleaner, More Affordable Building Code

Research shows that all-electric homes are $7,500 to $9,000 cheaper to construct and up to 90% cleaner than homes with methane gas appliances, but Governor Newsom is letting LA fall back to older, dirtier building code

document July 8, 2025

Earthjustice Public Hearing Testimony on EPA’s Proposed RFS

Earthjustice Public Hearing Testimony on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), July 2025

Coal Creek Station, a coal-fired power plant located near Underwood, North Dakota. (Dan Koeck for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Press Release July 7, 2025

DOE Takes Step to Extend Lives of Polluting Power Plants Under False Energy Emergency

Forcing polluting fossil fuel plants to keep running will harm our health, climate, and wallets

The Coal Creek coal-fired power plant near Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, in 2012. (John Elk / Getty Images)
feature July 7, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in North Dakota: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at eight power plant sites in North Dakota.

Press Release July 7, 2025

Trump Administration Begins Process to Reopen Powder River Basin to New Coal Leasing

Resource management plan amendment process follows massive coal giveaways in Republican budget bill

A beaver lodge in the Sunset Roadless Area. The area is home to species including elk, bear, beaver and goshawk.
(Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)
video July 7, 2025

The most important land protection measure of our lifetimes — the Roadless Rule — is under attack.

The Roadless Rule has protected 58 million acres of our wildest national forest lands from clearcutting for more than a generation.