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Smog covers the city of Los Angeles. Three million people in the greater Los Angeles area are living with asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other smog-related diseases. (Jordan / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release June 6, 2025

Southern California Air Regulators Reject Healthy Air Standards, Caving to Industry Misinformation Campaign

Standards for residential furnaces and water heaters would have saved thousands of lives, billions in health costs

An expansive view of the Bull Mountains in Montana. (Northern Plains Resource Council)
Press Release June 6, 2025

Interior Approves Expansion for Lawless Montana Coal Mine Without Public Review

Administration cites fake “energy emergency” in failing to produce draft EIS

From the Experts June 6, 2025

The Trump Administration Forces Power Plants to Continue Burning Fossil Fuels

Department of Energy’s abuse of power charges consumers for an emergency that doesn’t exist.

The Cheswick Generating Station operated next door to homes in Springdale, Penn., for more than 50 years until it finally closed in 2022. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
video June 5, 2025

Two Attacks on Clean Air by the Trump Administration

Attacks on clean air don’t just threaten the environment — they harm our health.

Press Release June 5, 2025

USDA Grantees Sue Trump Administration to Stop Illegal Grant Terminations

Wide range of nonprofits take action against U.S. Department of Agriculture for illegal withholding of important funding, seek order to reverse grant terminations

document June 5, 2025

Lawsuit Filing v. USDA re: Grant Termination

This action seeks to stop the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s policy, pattern, and practice of unlawfully terminating hundreds of grants issued to nonprofit organizations, farmers, ranchers, universities, cities, and states. Defendants’ policy, pattern, and practice has undercut efforts to strengthen rural and agricultural communities, address food security in low-income communities, support beginning farmers, empower urban communities to address climate and heat risks, and support the production and marketing of climate-smart commodities.

The outdoor unit of a heat pump system. (Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
From the Experts June 5, 2025

Washington Regulators Must Hold Utilities Accountable in the Clean Energy Transition

Decisions made by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission can help meet the state’s climate goals and keep energy reliable and affordable for customers.

A beaver lodge in the Sunset Roadless Area. The area is home to species including elk, bear, beaver and goshawk.
(Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)
feature June 5, 2025

Timeline of the Roadless Rule

A timeline of the creation of and fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.

From left: Walter Jim, Chair of the Orutsararmiut Native Council (ONC), Ray Watson, an ONC Council Member, and William Igkurak, Council President of the Native Village of Kwigillingok, presented at the 2025 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, Oregon, on the threat of the Donlin Gold mine to their Kuskokwim River communities.  (Rebecca Bowe / Earthjustice)
feature June 4, 2025

Mining Makes No Sense to the Southwest Alaska Tribes Challenging the Donlin Gold Mine

Alaska Native tribal leaders explain how a massive gold mine proposed in their region poses grave risks to villages, food security and continued tribal traditions

The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (Seth Wenig / AP)
Press Release June 3, 2025

Time is Running Out for New York to Pass Health and Climate Legislation as Wildfires Approach

Canada wildfires to cover Northeast skies as New York legislators return to Albany with days left in session, clean air and climate legislation remain on the table

Coral at Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge.
(James Maragos / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
Press Release June 3, 2025

Third ‘Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice’ Symposium Spotlights Continued Fight for Ocean Justice

Advocates representative of historically-excluded and marginalized communities gathered to center ocean justice ahead of World Ocean Day

Espirales de Montipora aequituberculata, un coral central, atraen a los peces en el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre de la Isla Jarvis, en el Monumento Nacional Marino del Patrimonio de las Islas del Pacífico. (Jim E. Maragos / USFWS)
Press Release June 3, 2025

Tercer Simposio de ‘Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice’ Destaca la Lucha por la Justicia Oceánica

Defensores representantes de comunidades históricamente excluidas y marginadas se reunieron para promover la justicia oceánica, como antesala del Día Mundial de los Océanos.

Reception at Earthjustice's Washington, D.C., Office.
page June 3, 2025

Sustainability at Earthjustice

Sustainability is an evolving journey that touches every part of our work.

North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. (EcoFlight)
From the Experts June 3, 2025

The Republican Megabill’s Big Coal Handouts

Leasing more of our public lands to coal companies and padding their bottom lines will do nothing to promote energy security or reduce costs for everyday Americans.

document June 2, 2025

Falling Through the Cracks: Lead Poisoning is Completely Preventable

Two-page summary fact sheet: first independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuse’s preventative lead ordinance.

Press Release June 2, 2025

Falling through the Cracks: Lead Poisoning Prevention Must be a Priority for Syracuse

First independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuse’s preventative lead ordinance

document June 2, 2025

Falling Through the Cracks: How Enforcement Gaps Leave Syracuse Kids Still Exposed to Lead Paint Hazards Despite Implementation of the City Lead Ordinance

First independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuse’s preventative lead ordinance.

Press Release June 2, 2025

Solicitan Intervención Urgente de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Para Evitar Desalojo Forzoso de Comunidad Mapuche

Organizaciones buscan pronunciamiento del órgano de derechos humanos a favor de la Comunidad Lof El Sosneado, la cual se encuentra en conflicto con una empresa minera en la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina