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Press Release August 14, 2025

Independent Report Finds that the Trump Administration’s Orders to Keep Fossil-fired Power Plants Running Could Cost Consumers between $3-6 Billion a Year

Utility customers will pay the steep cost of the Department of Energy’s sham “emergency” orders to prevent fossil fuel power plants from retiring as planned

Earthjustice managing attorney Isaac Moriwake stands on his O‘ahu rooftop, which has been retrofitted with solar panels. In 2016, Hawai‘i’s Public Utilities Commission rejected the $4.3 billion sale of the state’s main utility company to out-of-state profiteers.
(Matt Mallams for Earthjustice)
From the Experts August 11, 2025

10 Years Into Green Energy Law, Move Hawaiʻi Forward

Hawaiʻi led the way in committing to a 100% clean energy future — on the 10th anniversary of that milestone, the state needs to lead more than ever.

A photovoltaic array at the Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center in Montezuma County, Colorado. Coupled with a micro-hydro system and solar water heating, the on-site renewable energy systems are capable of providing 95% of the building’s energy requirements. (Dennis Schroeder / NRE)
Press Release August 8, 2025

EPA Abandons Solar for All Program

Solar for All would have brought clean, renewable energy to low-income and disadvantaged communities across the country

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 28, 2025

Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Rainfall and Flooding

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Reflejo del Capitolio sobre una fuente en Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg Creative via Getty)
Press Release July 22, 2025

Declaración de Earthjustice sobre Audiencia de Reforma de Permisos del Comité de Recursos Naturales de la Cámara de Representantes

“Las iniciativas de ‘reforma de permisos’, lideradas por los republicanos, no son más que un caballo de Troya para debilitar leyes ambientales fundamentales como la Ley de Agua Limpia y la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinción”.

The U.S. Capitol is reflected in a fountain in Washington, D.C.  (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg Creative via Getty)
Press Release July 22, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on House Natural Resources Committee Permitting Reform Hearing

“Republican-led ‘permitting reform’ efforts are nothing more than a trojan horse for weakening bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act.”

Coal mines in the Powder River Basin. More than 80% of the federal coal applied for under paused leases is in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana.
(WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Update July 18, 2025

Government Signals Plan to Reopen Powder River Basin to Coal Development

We’ve fought too hard to leave coal in the past, where it belongs, to let Trump drag us backward.

(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

A woman protects her face while walking in white-out conditions in Jersey City, N.J., Feb. 1, 2021. The winter storm dropped more than two feet of snow on the area and may have broken a 122-year-old snowfall record for the state. (Seth Wenig / AP)
Article June 30, 2025

Winter Storms Are Hitting Harder Due to Climate Change

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Houston residents escape flooded homes and businesses, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Causing Sea Level Rise and Flooding

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

A dried out lake stands near the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau on Jun. 6, 2019, in Thoreau, N.M. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Droughts Worse

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

A man wipes his brow as he walks under misters on July 13, 2023 in downtown Phoenix. Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Southern California are getting hit with 100-degree-plus temps and excessive heat warnings. (Matt York / AP)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Extreme Heat Worse

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire in strong winds as many homes burn on January 7, 2025 in Pasadena, California. (David McNew / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Wildfires Burn Longer and Wider

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Damaged houses are seen after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2024. (Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes More Intense

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Press Release June 18, 2025

Ten Groups Push Back Against Trump’s Illegal Campbell Plant Extension

Public interest groups challenge the Department of Energy’s sham order

Press Release June 17, 2025

Major U.S. Grid Operator Quickly Resubmits Discriminatory Energy Plan to FERC

Another deeply-flawed proposal from MISO discriminates against wind and solar

Press Release June 13, 2025

Public Advocates Fight Attempt to Fast-Track Fossil Fuels

Protest filed with FERC against the Southwest Power Pool’s proposal to fast-track gas power plants

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.