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The Cheswick Generating Station in 2010. Prior to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, oil-burning and coal-burning power plants largely avoided restrictions on emissions of hazardous air pollution. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release March 30, 2026

Coalition Sues Trump EPA Over Illegal Repeal of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

Lawsuit challenges rollback that allows more mercury, lead, and other toxic pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants

document March 30, 2026

Mercury and Air Toxics Lawsuit Filing

A coalition of public health, environmental, and community advocates filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of standards that limit brain-damaging mercury, lead, and other hazardous air pollution from coal-fired power plants.

Power plants are the biggest sources of water pollution in the country. Power plant water discharges are filled with toxic pollution such as mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium.
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Photo)
Update March 30, 2026

We’re Suing Trump for Weakening Rules That Protect Us From Power Plant Pollution

The EPA finalized a repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, lifesaving regulations that drastically reduce toxic chemical emissions from the nation’s dirtiest power plants. We’re fighting back.

Traffic backs up on northbound Interstate 405 during a morning commute in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Carter / Getty Images)
Article March 26, 2026

As Doctors See the Costs of Climate Change, Trump Plays a Deadly Game of Denial

The administration’s repeal of a key scientific finding on climate will harm millions.

Press Release March 24, 2026

EPA Hands Phoenix an Ozone Pollution Waiver

Residents in the Phoenix area will continue to be exposed to dangerous ozone air pollution with this free pass

Steam billows from the coal-fired Craig Station power plant Nov. 18, 2021, in Craig, Colorado. (Rick Bowmer / AP)
Press Release March 18, 2026

Groups Take Trump Administration to Court Over Illegal Craig Coal Plant Extension

Public interest groups and state of Colorado challenge DOE’s emergency order

document March 18, 2026

Craig Coal Plant Challenge

Public interest organizations filed a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Colorado’s Craig Unit 1, a coal-burning power plant.

Clean Air Laredo Coalition and Rio Grande International Study Center rally in front of Midwest Sterilizer facility in Laredo, TX. The facility ranks among the most polluting facilities in the nation of ethylene oxide emissions. (RGISC)
Press Release March 16, 2026

EPA Yields to Industry in Air Pollution Rule for Chemical Manufacturing Plants

The final rule leaves communities around these facilities vulnerable to dangerous, cancer-causing air pollutants

Press Release March 13, 2026

EPA Bows to Corporate Polluters, Abandons Duty to Protect Public from Sterilizers’ Ethylene Oxide Emissions

More than 14 million people in the US live near sterilizer facilities that emit one of the most toxic air pollutants regulated by the agency

Press Release March 11, 2026

Groups Challenge Montana PSC Order That Shields Data Center Plans from Public View

Public has right to know NorthWestern’s data center plans under state constitution

Tanques de almacenamiento de petróleo en el puerto de Long Beach. (John Gannon para Earthjustice)
Press Release March 11, 2026

Corte Ordena a la Ciudad de Long Beach Suspender el Proyecto de Expansión de un Tanque de Almacenamiento de Petróleo

El análisis de impacto ambiental de la ciudad se consideró inadecuado, rechazó alternativas viables y ahora debe rehacerse

Oil storage tanks at the Port of Long Beach. (John Gannon for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory March 11, 2026

Court Orders City of Long Beach Pause Oil Storage Tank Expansion Project

City’s environmental impact analysis ruled inadequate, rejected feasible alternatives, and now must be redone

 A fisherman holds his hand dsiplaying a clump of oil from the ruptured BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig on June 9 2010 in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico off of Grand Terre Island, Louisiana. (Benjamin Lowy / Getty Images)
From the Experts March 11, 2026

A New Era of Offshore Drilling Quietly Threatens the Health of Gulf Communities

BP’s “Kaskida” project, which the Trump administration just approved, could become a sequel to Deepwater Horizon.

New York’s warehouses are concentrated around urban areas, transit corridors and port regions but are also located in suburban and rural areas. (2025 Warehouse Boom / Environmental Defense Fund)
From the Experts March 10, 2026

Mega-Warehouses Can be Better Neighbors

In New York, mega-warehouses have clustered in communities already dealing with heavy air pollution. Smart policies can improve air quality.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP)
Press Release March 4, 2026

ElectrifyNY Statement: NY Gov Hochul Stay on Course

Statewide coalition of electric transportation advocates demands Governor Hochul stay the course on climate mandates

The Gerald Gentleman power station causes visible air pollution at iconic places such as Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. (Von Fumetti / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release March 4, 2026

Environmental Groups Sue EPA for Illegally Rejecting Colorado’s Emission-Reduction Plan

Groups challenge disapproval of state’s widely-supported regional haze plan

Oil storage tanks at the Port of Long Beach. (John Gannon for Earthjustice)
From the Experts March 3, 2026

The City of Long Beach Approved Yet Another Oil Storage Tank Project.

Neighbors say enough is enough.

Sunset in Lower Manhattan. (Max Lackas / Getty Images)
Article March 3, 2026

We Beat Trump on Congestion Pricing. Here’s Why It’s a Win for New York.

Business is up, pollution is down, and Earthjustice beat Trump’s attempt to end the program.