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Our Energy Future

Meet people from across the nation who have an in-depth understanding of the harms caused by the fossil fuel industry and are leading the way in the transition for a transition to cleaner, safer energy sources.

Community members fill a West Virginia Public Service Commission hearing in 2017 to oppose the sale of the Pleasants Power Plant.

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Want to Lower Your Power Bills and Help Your State Fight Climate Change? Here’s Who to Talk to

In public utility commissions, Earthjustice is helping communities push for clean, affordable electricity for all.

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The Fight for Solar

Much of our nation’s energy policy is crafted at the state level by public utility commissions. In these venues, good lawyers — and customers like you — can make an outsized impact.

Drinking water is one of the most common routes of exposure to PFAS.

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Breaking Down Toxic PFAS

What PFAS are, why they’re harmful, and what we can do to protect ourselves from them.

100% Clean Energy

Earthjustice is using the power of the law to accelerate the shift from dirty to clean energy. More stories.

A long line of wind turbines on a tree covered mountain ridge. In this aerial view, turbines stand in a row along the top of Backbone Mountain on August 22, 2022 in Oakland, Maryland. The 70-megawatt wind farm runs along eight miles of the mountain ridge and consists of 28 Clipper 2.5 MW Liberty Turbines, each one 415-feet tall.

Two Years Ago, We Passed the Biggest Climate Spending Bill Ever. Here’s What It Has Achieved.

A man speaks into a microphone among a crowd of people holding signs for climate justice.

How This Faith Group Took on a Fight for Climate Justice and Stopped Energy Bills From Skyrocketing

An offshore wind farm like this one in Rhode Island will soon help power New York City, replacing the need for new fossil fuel projects.

How We Helped an NYC Community Say No to a Dirty Gas Plant and Get Wind Power Instead

Adrian Martinez, photographed in Los Angeles, California.

Meet the Environmental Attorney Who Wants to Electrify Everything on Wheels

Justice-centered Movement

Earthjustice partners with communities around the country to fight for a safe, just, and healthy environment. More stories.

John Beard, Jr., is a petrochemical worker turned environmental advocate living on the frontlines of fossil fuel pollution in Port Arthur, TX.

In the Belly of the Beast

A landscape photo of a river with two canoes full of people.

Klamath River Dam Removal Is a Victory for Tribes

Three people in white traditional clothes stand in a green valley.

A Landmark Victory for Peace in Hawai’i’s Sacred Mākua Valley

Monaeka Flores, photographed on Inapsan Beach on Guam, where her family had ranched the land for generations.

Indigenous Islanders in Guam Take on the Military

End Fossil Fuels

Earthjustice works alongside communities impacted by coal, oil, and gas and uses the power of the law to loosen the fossil fuel industry’s destructive grip on our world. More stories.

How Hawai‘i’s Youth Advocates are Fighting for Hawai‘i’s Future

Lilian Bello spoke against a proposed natural gas plant in Oxnard, California, that, if allowed, would join three existing gas plants on the city’s beach.

A Fossil Fuel Company Tried to Put a Dirty Gas Plant on a Beautiful Coastline. It Failed.

A line of people hold a long banner with the large words, "Make Power Plants Clean Up All Their Coal Ash" in front of a skyscraper in Chicago. Many more people are holding signs behind the banner with the words " Protect Lake Michigan" and EPA: Make Power Plants Clean Up All Their Coal Ash." A woman holding up the center of the banner stands with a raised fist.

‘Do Your Job, EPA’: Stories From the Frontlines of Coal Ash

Kendall Edmo, with her two year old daughter, in the Badger-Two Medicine.

Too Sacred To Drill

Biodiversity

Earthjustice protects imperiled species and the ecosystems that support their lives — and ours. More stories.

A large bear looking at the camera surrounded by trees and vegetation.

How We’re Helping Grizzlies Come Back from the Brink

A bird with a black back and a white breast sits on a tan rock.

One Small Seabird Egg Offers Hope for Hawai‘i’s Biodiversity

Wolverines Gain Legal Protections to Ward off Extinction

A sockeye salmon in Little Redfish Lake Creek. Oncorhynchus nerka. Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho.

Removing Four Dams Could Save These Wild Salmon from Extinction

Safeguard Lands & Waters

Earthjustice believes that humans have a moral and practical duty to defend wilderness from exploitation and destruction. More stories.

A wide landscape photo of a large brown beach where the lake used to be

Why We’re in Court to Protect the Great Salt Lake

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

Mainers Send a Message to Mining Industry: “Don’t Come for Katahdin”

A large group of people hold signs for clean water in front of the Supreme Court Building.

When the Supreme Court Gutted Clean Water Protections, Local Champions Stepped Up

Parrotfish protect the coral reef ecosystem by grazing on algae that otherwise would smother the reef.

Coral Reefs Are in Trouble. Here’s Why I’m Still Hopeful.

Clean Air & Water

Earthjustice is strengthening protections for the air we breathe and the water we drink, and holding polluters accountable when they violate those protections. More stories.

Cars, including taxis, fill up a large street surrounded by people on the sidewalk and very tall buildings in New York City.

We’re Suing New York State for Blocking its Traffic Relief Law

New Victory Will Bring Clearer Views and Cleaner Air to National Parks

An older woman looking directly at the camera in a library.

Michigan’s Residents Win Relief in One of State’s Most Polluted Regions

Andrea Vidaurre of the People Collective for Environmental Justice speaks at a rally before a California Air Resources Board public hearing to consider proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation on October 27, 2022 in Sacramento California.

Fighting to Breathe: Andrea Vidaurre is Taking on the Freight Industry’s Pollution from California to Washington, D.C.

Remove Toxic Products

Earthjustice works to ensure that all people have safe workplaces and neighborhoods, have access to safe drinking water and food, and live in homes that are free of hazardous chemicals. More stories.