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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.

(Hannah Rothstein for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 23, 2025

As Senate Rolls Back Life-Saving Clean Air Policy, New York is Left in the Lurch with Dirty Diesel Pollution

New York must now pursue new state laws to clean up diesel trucks like the Clean Deliveries Act

From the Experts May 21, 2025

How the Republican Megabill Cripples the Domestic Clean Energy Economy — Just as It’s Getting off the Ground

By effectively repealing the clean energy tax credits and other IRA investments, this bill weakens domestic manufacturing, kills jobs, and jeopardizes our clean energy future.

Cars and trucks move along the Cross Bronx Expressway, a notorious stretch of highway in New York City that is often choked with traffic and contributes to pollution and poor air quality. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
From the Experts May 6, 2025

The Race to “Green” New York’s Mega-Warehouses

Over the last decade, the boom in online shopping and e-commerce has made massive warehouses spring up in New York faster than you can make an online purchase.

Strong laws and government agencies have measurably improved public health. In this 1972 photo, children play while a smelter in Tacoma, Washington, spews arsenic and lead residue. (Gene Daniels / EPA / National Archives)
Article April 28, 2025

What Our Trump Lawsuits Are All About

The environmental movement has made huge gains since the 1970s, and we won’t let the lawless actions of the current administration reverse our hard-won progress.

Earthjustice clients impacted by the Trump administration's freezing of federal funds appropriated from the Inflation Reduction Act. Brien Darby (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice). Elisa Lane (Photo courtesy of Ann-Marie VanTassell). Mark Magaña (Photo courtesy of GreenLatinos). Laura Beth Resnick (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice). Brian Sauder (Eric Davis for Earthjustice)
feature April 9, 2025

Earthjustice’s Fight Against Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze

The government reneged on its promise to provide federal grant money to fund climate projects. We’re suing on behalf of grant recipients who have been harmed.

En nombre de organizaciones comunitarias del archipiélago, los abogados de Earthjustice argumentaron que FERC había permitido a New Fortress Energy, a través de su subsidiaria NFEnergía con sede en Puerto Rico, la instalación y operación de un gasoducto sin la revisión ambiental y estatutaria requerida por la ley. (Matt Roth para Earthjustice)
Press Release April 1, 2025

Órdenes que Permitieron la Expansión Irreconocida de la Infraestructura de Gas Metano en Puerto Rico Deben Deshacerse, Señalan Grupos

Comisión Federal Reguladora de Energía permitió, contrario a la ley, la expansión del terminal de gas metano en la Bahía de San Juan en manos de NFEnergía, sin consultar a las comunidades locales y sin la revisión requerida.

Earthjustice attorneys argued on behalf of community organizations in the archipelago that FERC had allowed New Fortress Energy, through its Puerto Rico subsidiary NFEnergía, to install and operate the pipeline without the legally required environmental and statutory review. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 1, 2025

Court of Appeals Must Undo Orders that Allowed the Unlawful Expansion of Methane Gas Infrastructure in Puerto Rico, Groups Argue

FERC unlawfully allowed methane gas company NFEnergía to expand its terminal infrastructure in the San Juan Bay without consulting local communities and without the required review

Laura Beth Resnick owns and runs Butterbee Farm in White Hall, Maryland. Resnick was approved for a grant through the Inflation Reduction Act that would have reimbursed half the cost of her solar panels, which was later withdrawn. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice)
Press Release March 26, 2025

USDA Requires Unlawful New Conditions for Release of IRA Grant Funds to Farmers

Requiring significant changes after the fact to awarded projects is just as unlawful as simply withholding the funding

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

video March 20, 2025

Trump Administration Sued Over Illegal IRA Funding Freeze

Laura Beth Resnick of Butterbee Farm and Hana Vizcarra, attorney at Earthjustice, explain how Americans are stuck with the bill when the federal government reneges on its Inflation Reduction Act commitments.

Laura Beth Resnick owns and runs Butterbee Farm in White Hall, Maryland. Resnick was approved for a grant through the Inflation Reduction Act that would have reimbursed half the cost of her solar panels, which was later withdrawn. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice)
Article March 13, 2025

We’re Suing Trump for Abandoning Federal Funding Promises

The Trump administration is reneging on the federal government’s funding promises, leading to lost compensation to workers, hiring freezes, and halted construction projects.

Press Release March 13, 2025

Agricultores y Organizaciones Sin Fines de Lucro Demandan a Administración Trump Por Congelar los Fondos de Subvenciones del IRA

Retener fondos prometidos desperdicia dinero ya gastado en proyectos sin completar y perjudica a los trabajadores alrededor del país.

Cultivate KC Executive Director Brien Darby at the nonprofit’s Juniper Gardens Training Farm in Kansas City, Kansas. Cultivate KC was awarded grants to expand their ability to connect farmers with available farmland in the Kansas City area. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release March 13, 2025

Farmers, Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration for Freezing IRA Grant Funds

Withholding promised funds wastes money already spent on projects left unfinished and hurts working people across the country

In the News: Heatmap News February 20, 2025

What Trump’s NEPA Wrecking Ball Means for Renewables

Kirsten Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “When you get rid of the definition, you’re going to still have a fight. You now no longer have that common basis of understanding of what is a definition.”