Regional Office

Gulf Office

Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice

1-800-584-6460
info@earthjustice.org

Media Inquiries

Dustin Renaud
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
drenaud@earthjustice.org

Legal Assistance Inquiries

Contacto de Prensa

Robert Valencia
Estratega de Comunicaciones y Asuntos Públicos Hispanos/Latinos
rvalencia@earthjustice.org

The Gulf Regional Office works with communities and other partners fighting for a healthy and just future in the Gulf. We work to cut pollution, end fossil fuel expansion, protect our region’s precious places and wildlife, transition to clean energy, and drive climate solutions that work for everyone.

Our Impact

Earthjustice represents Gulf and environmental groups in lawsuits against a proposed massive petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana, and against the expansion of an oil and gas export terminal through a toxic Superfund site in Point Comfort, Texas. We stand alongside our hundreds of public-interest clients across the country, at the frontlines of the fight for justice and a healthy environment for all.

In recent years, Earthjustice and our partners have succeeded in:

Recent News
April 14, 2026 document

Complaint: NAACP Sues xAI for Clean Air Act Violations

SELC and Earthjustice are representing the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP and the national NAACP in a lawsuit against xAI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech, for the tech companies’ unlawful operation of dozens of unpermitted methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data center in South Memphis.

In a large open area surrounded by dense forest, a row of gas-power turbines are flanked by three tall cranes, and construction and other industrial equipment. Dirt roads lead into the area.
April 14, 2026 Press Release

NAACP Sues xAI for Illegal Pollution from Data Center Power Plant

Elon Musk’s company is accused of violating the Clean Air Act to power its Colossus 2 data center

Diane Wilson kneels on the ground, running her hands through thousands of plastic pellets that are interspersed throughout the soil along an embankment near the Dow Seadrift Plastics facility in Seadrift, Texas.
March 19, 2026 Press Release

Waterkeeper Moves to Intervene in Texas’ Lawsuit Over Dow Chemical’s Plastic Pollution

Local group hopes to join the suit to ensure environmental enforcement that would prevent plastic pollution from entering San Antonio Bay

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