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California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks onstage during the NYT Climate Forward 2025 at The Times Center on Sept. 24, 2025, in New York City.  (Yana Paskova / Getty Images for NYT)
Press Release: Victory October 11, 2025

California Passes Law Lowering Energy Bills and Protecting Californians from Utility Misbehavior

The California Ratepayer Protection Act (AB 1167) prevents utilities from forcing customers to pay for utility lobbying and advertising costs

A worker in a steel mill checking the flow of molten steel before the casting process in Southern California.  (Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory October 7, 2025

California Passes Law To Help Modernize Manufacturing in a Win for Jobs and Clean Air

AB 1280 establishes funding mechanism for companies to replace dirty industrial equipment with zero-emissions technologies

Press Release: Victory October 3, 2025

EPA Reverses Course on Toxic Emissions from Steel Industry Coke Ovens

The agency will now uphold the 2024 air standards, which set caps on emissions from these facilities

The migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Everglades on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)
Press Release: Victory August 21, 2025

Judge Halts Operations at Everglades Detention Center with Preliminary Injunction

Decision means the facility must wind down operations in an orderly fashion within 60 days

En un fallo de 82 páginas, la jueza Kathleen Williams citó amplias pruebas que demuestran el daño a los Everglades causado por la operación de la instalación, construida sin la revisión ambiental exigida por ley.
Press Release: Victory August 21, 2025

Jueza Detiene Operaciones en el Centro de Detención de los Everglades con una Orden Judicial Preliminar

En un fallo de 82 páginas, la jueza Kathleen Williams citó amplias pruebas que demuestran el daño a los Everglades causado por la operación de la instalación, construida sin la revisión ambiental exigida por la ley

Farmers work at Providence Farm Collective in Orchard Park, New York. Providence Farm Collective, a plaintiff in the USDA grant termination lawsuit, helps both new and established farmers grow food for the surrounding community. (Photo courtesy of Providence Farm Collective)
Update: Victory August 15, 2025

Victory: Court Restores Grants That Trump’s Agriculture Department Yanked From Farmers and Community Groups

Earthjustice’s clients will use these grants to work toward a healthier nation and a fairer food system

Press Release: Victory August 14, 2025

Federal Court Orders Terminated USDA Farmer and Community Grants to be Reinstated

Preliminary injunction granted in lawsuit against USDA ordering restoration of wrongfully terminated grants and funding that support tree planting, growing food in underserved communities, training new farmers, and helping farmers adopt climate-friendly practices

Grey reef sharks and colorful schools of anthias in the waters of Jarvis Island, Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. (Kelvin Gorospe / NOAA)
Press Release: Victory August 9, 2025

Hawai‘i Federal Court Nullifies Fisheries Service Letter Allowing Destructive Fishing in Pacific National Monument

Court strikes down free pass to commercial fishers in protected areas granted following Trump proclamation in April

Downtown Seattle skyline. (Candice Cusack / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory August 7, 2025

Washington Board Orders Wastewater Treatment Plant to Implement Stronger Pollution Controls

The Puget Soundkeeper victory is critical first step to address long-standing pollution from municipal wastewater that degrade water quality in Puget Sound

Heat pumps can warm and cool our spaces, heat our water, and dry clothes. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory July 24, 2025

U.S. Court Allows New York State Building Electrification to Begin

Court upholds New York’s all-electric new buildings law, which saves New Yorkers money and cuts climate pollution

Smog covers the city of Los Angeles.
(Photo courtesy of Ben Amstutz)
Press Release: Victory July 21, 2025

Court Upholds Landmark Rule to Advance Zero-Emissions Water Heaters & Boilers

Southern California standard is nation’s first to advance zero-emissions industrial boilers, cutting smog-forming pollution by a staggering 5.6 tons per day

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

Press Release: Victory June 24, 2025

Federal Appeals Court Finds EPA’s Analysis of the Climate Change Impact of Renewable Fuels Arbitrary and Capricious

EPA disregarded the results of its own climate review and made inconsistent statements

The Kuskokwim River provides a critical source of wild food and serves as a bedrock of identity and cultural values for Alaska Native Tribal citizens and community members living downstream from the Donlin mine site.
Press Release: Victory June 11, 2025

Court Orders Agencies to Revise Environmental Study Underlying Key Federal Permits for the Donlin Gold Mine

The U.S. District Court in Alaska orders the mine’s permitting agencies to take a more thorough look at the impacts of a tailings spill by revising the project’s environmental study

The Denka Performance Elastomer manufacturing plant in Reserve, Louisiana, on March 18, 2022. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
From the Experts: Victory May 27, 2025

In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, a Deserved Reprieve for St. John Residents After Years of Environmental Injustice

Denka halts toxic neoprene production after years of community pressure.

Press Release: Victory May 22, 2025

Court Decision Protects NYC’s Law to Clean up Building Pollution

New York City’s Local Law 97, enacted in 2019 as part of the Climate Mobilization Act, requires large buildings across the city to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions

Transmission lines in Indiana. (Michael Kappel)
Press Release: Victory May 17, 2025

FERC Rejects Proposal to Fast Track Connection of New Methane Gas Plants

The proposal illegally discriminated against competitive power generation that would bring clean, affordable energy online

Press Release: Victory May 14, 2025

Albany Supreme Court Determines NYS-DOH Cannot Shirk Responsibility to Protect Drinking Water Supplies from Agricultural Contamination

The lawsuit leading to the ruling comes after municipalities in the Finger Lakes requested Department of Health support amidst drinking water crisis affecting more than 45,000 people