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The Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex, an ethylene cracker plant, on the Ohio River in Potter Township, Pennsylvania. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Press Release March 27, 2025

Trump’s EPA Offers Corporations a Roadmap to Sidestep Clean Air Protections

Move would allow chemical facilities, coal plants, and other large polluters to emit more toxic air pollution with no public transparency

View of Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake. (Nick Pedersen / Getty Images)
Press Release March 27, 2025

Judge Rejects Effort by Utah Officials to Derail Great Salt Lake Lawsuit

Utah sought to dismiss lawsuit over its failure to protect the Great Salt Lake

Logging operations in the Coconino National Forest in Arizona. President Trump issued an executive order that seeks to increase logging in the national forest system and other federal lands. (Randi Shaffer / USDA Forest Service)
Update March 27, 2025

New Executive Order Aims to Put Our Federal Forests Up for Sale

If the Trump administration breaks the law to hold timber sales, we will see them in court.

In the News: The New York Times March 27, 2025

E.P.A. Offers a Way to Avoid Clean-Air Rules: Send an Email

Jim Pew, Director of Federal Clean Air Practice, Earthjustice: “It’s hard to imagine how these exemptions could be lawful.”

New York lawmakers, Bronx community members, and clean air advocates call on Governor Hochul to stay on course with the Advanced Clean Trucks rule. (Nydia Gutierrez / Earthjustice)
From the Experts March 26, 2025

New York Must Prevent Asthma with Advanced Clean Trucks Rule

Advanced Clean Trucks Rule saves lives and reduces tailpipe pollution, Now corporate polluters want to roll it back.

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts March 26, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Latest Effort to Destroy Sound Science

News reports say the EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm. This move will benefit polluters at the expense of every person in this country.

A sea of trucks haul shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles. 
(Getty Images)
Press Release March 25, 2025

New Legislation from Assemblymember Robert Garcia Tackles California’s Growing Pollution Hotspots

Bill affirms the California Air Resources Board’s authority to regulate pollution magnets

From the Experts March 25, 2025

D.C. is well on its way to an all-electric future

Methane gas giants push back, but D.C.’s path to cleaner air, lower bills, and climate action is clearer than ever

(Maciej Toporowicz / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory March 21, 2025

Maryland Public Service Commission Rules Washington Gas Light Misled Customers About Impacts of Gas

Utility falsely promoted gas as “clean energy” and downplayed environmental harms in customer bill inserts

In the News: CalMatters March 20, 2025

‘Herculean effort’: These port communities have waited decades for clean air. Why a new plan may fall short

Fernando Gaytan, Attorney, California Office: “It’s all the more reason why we really need our local air regulators… to take more seriously what we need to do locally to address the public health crisis that port pollution causes.”

Haze shrouds the skyline of Lower Manhattan as seen from the Empire State Building in New York City.  (Gary Hershorn / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory March 20, 2025

Federal Court Allows NYC Building Electrification to Begin

Court dismissed legal challenges to local law to phase out dirty fossil fuels in buildings, clean the air, and help reach NYC’s goals to cut climate pollution

In the News: MLive March 19, 2025

Trump power plant pollution rollbacks threaten Michiganders, advocates warn

Shannon Fisk, Director of State Electric Sector Advocacy, Clean Energy Program: “Just coming in with a sledgehammer and destroying it all makes absolutely no sense and will be terrible for the public.”

Former U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin has been picked to lead the EPA by President-elect Donald Trump. (Matt Rourke / AP)
Update March 13, 2025

New EPA Chief Launches 31-Point Attack on Our Health and Environment

Here’s what the plans mean for air, water, climate, and more.

document March 13, 2025

EPA Letter to Protect Health and Safety

Groups send letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin

Press Release March 12, 2025

Earthjustice Statement: New York State One-House Budgets SFY2025-26

NYS Senate’s and Assembly’s Budget Bills Offer Opportunities for Climate and Environmental Leadership

Press Release March 12, 2025

New York Assembly Must Prioritize Affordability, Put NY HEAT Act in Final Budget As Utilities Raise Rates Every Year

Senate continues to show leadership by putting struggling families first and including NY HEAT Act in one-house – now Assembly must follow and include full bill in final budget; NY HEAT Act would save families who need it most an average of $136 every month and curb future utility rate hikes happening across NYS

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) speaks at a demonstration outside of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington on Feb. 6, 2025. Markey and other lawmakers were blocked from entering the EPA and meeting with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials. (Andrew Thomas / NurPhoto via AP)
Update March 11, 2025

We Will Not Just Watch Our Government Get Dismantled

The Trump administration’s gutting of federal agencies will wreak havoc on laws that protect everyone’s health and the environment.

From the Experts March 10, 2025

New Congress Pushes for Worst Clean Air Rollback in History

Congress introduced a CRA that could permanently remove protections safeguarding communities from some of the most toxic air pollution