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We’re Suing to Block Trump’s Illegal Ocean Drilling Plan

On Feb. 19, we filed the first major environmental legal challenge against the new Trump administration. There will be more to come.

Oil platform silhouettes in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. (Lukasz Zakrzewski / Shutterstock)

Ceding No Ground

We have made historic progress for the climate and people's health. Whenever the Trump administration tries to roll back progress, Earthjustice will be there to fight back. Related article.

We’ve stopped the Trump administration before. And we’ll do it again.

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, explains how we won 85% of our cases against the first Trump administration — and with your support, we'll do it again. Related article.

How Project 2025 Will Impact the Environment

The policy playbook known as Project 2025 is 900 pages, and 150 of them are about how to destroy the environment. Earthjustice’s Sam Sankar explains how the agenda would strip away our rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet. Related article.

Reasons to Be Hopeful About the Courts

Here’s why we remain confident that the courts are a place where we can mount an effective defense of the environment. Related article.

Recent Explainers

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Where the Trump Administration is Going and Where We Stand

How we are holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.

A man in a blue suit speaks at a lectern with a hand written sign that reads "clean water, clean air, climate action, EPA protects us all". Behind him people hold signs reading "Defend our climate".

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.

Donald Trump holds a signed letter to the United Nations to remove the U.S. from the Paris Agreement

The Trump Administration Abandons Climate Action, But Crisis Remains

President Trump tries to walk away from the climate crisis by exiting the Paris Agreement and undoing federal climate actions.

A man in a suit and a woman in a black dress stand with arms crossed across the street from the Supreme Court Building. No one else is visible in the photo.

As Trump Takes Office Again, Earthjustice Is Ceding No Ground

One election will not deter us or erase the environmental progress we've achieved.

Composite image of photos of Trump administration nominees Lee Zeldin, Russel Vought, Chris Wright, and Doug Burgum.

The Presidential Transition & The Environment

Learn about key nominees in the Trump administration's second term, and the powers they will have.

Donald Trump standing at a microphone with a black background.

Trump Is More Prepared This Time. We Are Too.

We’ll use our legal expertise to take on the Trump administration’s environmental attacks — and we’ll build on our winning record against his last administration.

100% Clean Energy

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

A large group of people, mostly young, march down a street in the rain holding signs against fossil fuels.

Oregon Energy Victory Saves Consumers Millions, Makes Climate Progress

A woman speaks at a lectern outside, surrounded by people holding signs for electric school buses.

There’s Still Hope on Climate

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

Four people sit at a head table in a meeting room under a sign that says "Public Utilities Commission, with an audience in the foreground.

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

Justice-centered Movement

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

The newly restored flows to `Īao Stream (traditionally known as Wailuku River).

Hawaiʻi High Court Sides with Native Community Groups in Water Dispute

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

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.

Flames rise out of low pipes in the ground as two jack pumps work in the background under a blue sky

Trump Unveiled His Fossil Fuel Agenda. We’ll Fight for a Clean Energy Future Instead.

A group of construction workers with heavy equipment work on a pipe in a large hole in the ground.

Communities’ Fight Against Gas Pipeline Projects Heats Up

Roishetta Sibley Ozane (left) founded The Vessel Project of Louisiana and co-directs the Gulf South Fossil Fuel Finance Hub. Robert Thompson is an Inupiat guide who has worked to protect the Arctic Refuge from oil drilling.

Our Energy Future

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

Biodiversity

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

Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park, May 19, 2020.

A New Vision for Grizzly Recovery

A brightly colored orange and black monarch butterfly alights on a plant with small white flowers.

The Monarch Has Been Proposed for the Endangered Species List. It Still Needs Better Protections From Pesticides.

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

First light strikes the summit of Mount Moran, painting the sky orange as a female grizzly wades a shallow bend in the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

“A Lens Into Their Lives”: The Grizzlies of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Safeguard Lands & Waters

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

Canoes and kayaks on the lake next to a larger bridge, holding a sign that says Evict Enbridge.

The Great Lakes Are Under Threat

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

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.

Workers install new copper piping from a larger spool.

Toxic Lead Is Still Contaminating Our Drinking Water, But Change Is Coming

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.