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document January 27, 2026

Resumen Ejecutivo: Reporte Glades

Un centro de detención para migrantes y un aire irrespirable en pleno corazón de la industria azucarera de la Florida

Sunset in Lower Manhattan. (Max Lackas / Getty Images)
Article January 26, 2026

Five Big Wins for the Big Apple from Congestion Pricing

Business is up, pollution is down, but Trump still wants to stop congestion pricing. Earthjustice is heading to court to keep it.

document January 26, 2026

Montana Regional Haze Petition

The National Parks Conservation Association, Montana Environmental Information Center and Sierra Club filed a challenge to EPA’s approval of Montana’s “regional haze” plan.

High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia. (Ted Shaffrey / AP)
From the Experts January 23, 2026

Powering the AI Race: Ready, Set, Coal?

Modern technologies provide faster and cheaper ways to power rising energy demand.

A driver charges his electric vehicle at a charging station in Redondo Beach, California. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory January 23, 2026

Judge Protects Billions for Reliable EV Charging, Cleaner Air, and Lower Driving Costs Across the Country

States and nonprofit groups win lawsuit protecting $5 billion federal EV charging program

document January 22, 2026

Rehearing Request for Indiana Coal Plants

Environmental and consumer advocacy groups filed rehearing requests after Donald Trump’s Department of Energy unlawfully invoked Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act and forced two coal power plants in Indiana to stay online after their planned retirements.

President Donald Trump participates in a walking tour of the Everglades immigration detention center on Jul. 1, 2025. (Daniel Torok / White House)
Press Release January 22, 2026

Court Orders Florida Division of Emergency Management to Comply with Friends of the Everglades Public Records Requests on ICE Detention Center

Florida and federal agencies have been withholding information to avoid complying with federal environmental law

document January 21, 2026

Synapse Report on Indiana Coal Plants

Three coal units in Indiana — Culley 2, Schahfer 17, and Schahfer 18 — were scheduled to retire at the end of 2025 but the U.S. Department of Energy issued two orders requiring the units to continue operating beyond their planned retirement dates. This report details concerns based on both cost and environmental impact.

In the News: The Rapid City Post January 21, 2026

Trump’s coal agenda could cut worker productivity, lifetime earnings

Thom Cmar, Deputing Managing Attorney, Midwest Regional Office: “The health benefits of fewer incidences of cancer, cardiovascular disease, less exposure to children of harmful levels of lead — those benefits far exceed the costs to the industry.”

Māui dolphins photographed in New Zealand during a 2010 survey. (New Zealand Department of Conservation)
Press Release January 21, 2026

Groups File New Lawsuit to Prevent Extinction of Earth’s Rarest Marine Dolphins

Suit seeks U.S. ban on New Zealand seafood as fishing fleets harm rare Māui and Hector’s dolphins

In the News: Kiowa County Press January 20, 2026

Keeping Colorado’s coal plants projected to be costly for ratepayers

Michael Hiatt, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “Propping up uneconomic coal plants, propping up the coal industry — while simultaneously taking efforts to stymie wind development, solar development — that’s going to impair grid reliability.”

Wind turbines off the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island. The Maryland wind farm project is projected to create 9,700 jobs and generate more than $1.8 billion of in-state spending. (Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Press Release January 20, 2026

Groups Urge Court to End Federal Ban on Clean Energy Projects

Banning clean energy projects undermines fair markets, ratepayer affordability, and state and local efforts to meet state climate and energy mandates

(Wesley Tingey / Unsplash)
feature January 16, 2026

The Trump Administration’s MAHA Lies

On PFAS, pesticides, food additives, and more — what the MAHA commission said in their report, what the MAHA commission recommends and what the Trump administration is actually doing

In the News: Inside Climate News January 16, 2026

Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?

Michelle Ghafar, Attorney, California Regional Office: “They didn’t look at any of that new information or change of circumstances and analyze how any of that could change the impact that they identified.”

A Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale — one of the world’s rarest whales — observed in the western Gulf of Mexico in 2024. The species is the only large whale species that lives year-round in North American waters. (Paul Nagelkirk / NOAA Fisheries - NMFS ESA/MMPA Permit #21938)
From the Experts January 16, 2026

As a kid, he came face to face with one of the rarest whales in the world — he just didn’t know it yet

A photo of the whale caught a researcher’s eye, sparking a scientific odyssey spanning 56 years. Today, amid a push to expand fossil fuel drilling in the Gulf, Rice’s whales face extinction.

Isocycloseram, a “forever chemical” insecticide that falls into the class of highly persistent PFAS, was approved for use on a host of food crops, including tomatoes, oranges, and more. (Colby Winfield / Unsplash)
Press Release January 15, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Latest Approval of ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide

Isocycloseram was approved for use on golf courses, lawns, and a host of food crops

In the News: Slate January 14, 2026

It’s Responsible for One of the Worst Oil Disasters Ever. It’s Counting On Trump to Let It Do It Again.

Sam Sankar, SVP of Programs, Earthjustice: “The first Trump administration saw oil companies as its “partners.” The second Trump administration treats them as its “customers.””

document January 14, 2026

Challenge to DOE’s order to force Washington’s last coal plant to keep operating

On behalf of public interest groups, Earthjustice challenged the Department of Energy’s (DOE) illegal order forcing Washington’s last coal plant to operate past its planned retirement date. The groups’ request for rehearing was filed with DOE in response to the 90-day order issued Dec. 16, just two weeks before TransAlta’s last coal-burning unit was legally required to shut down on Dec. 31.