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Dozens of unpermitted gas turbines, the target of a citizen suit filed by the NAACP, operate in Mississippi to power xAI's nearby Memphis data center. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article June 16, 2026

Why Trump Is Going After Your Right to Take Polluters to Court (and How We’re Fighting Back)

Citizens suits are powerful tools to enforce the law, which is why the Trump administration is attacking them.
In the News: The New York Times June 16, 2026

D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Pollution Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s Data Center

Laura Thoms, Director of Enforcement, Earthjustice: “It’s remarkable for the United States to intervene on behalf of a polluter in a case like this. Ordinarily, they would intervene to enforce the law.”
Thermal drone imagery shows more than a dozen unpermitted gas turbines operating at xAI’s gas plant in Southaven, Miss. (Evan Simon / Floodlight)
Press Release June 16, 2026

Trump Administration Attempts Massive Power Grab in Defense of Musk’s xAI

DOJ wants to give itself veto power over citizen suits, a key legal tool used to protect communities from illegal pollution for over 50 years
Shipping containers on trailers lined up on a West Oakland street. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release June 15, 2026

Groups Support CA Bill Requiring Full Environmental Review Of Large-Scale Coal Terminal

The Community First Coal Review Act would prevent approval for any new major coal terminals based on outdated information
Lau wiliwili (Milletseed butterflyfish) at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. (Greg McFall / NOAA)
Press Release June 11, 2026

Trump Administration Continues Attacks on Pristine Pacific Marine Monuments

New proclamation signed to open marine monuments to commercial fishing
The 19 million acres of tundra, rivers and mountains of the Arctic Refuge shelter migratory birds from all 50 states and six continents each summer. To the Gwich'in people of northeast Alaska, this is sacred ground. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Update June 5, 2026

Big Oil Stays Away from the Arctic Refuge, But the Fight Isn’t Over

The Trump administration tried to sell off the Arctic Wildlife Refuge to Big Oil with a lease sale on June 5.
Polar bears on the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Florian Schulz / protectthearctic.org)
Press Release June 5, 2026

Lease Sale Seeks to Transform Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into a Fossil Fuel Industrial Zone

All major oil companies refused to bid; one small oil company and a state of Alaska-sponsored corporation snapped up five leases in a rush to exploit the Refuge’s Coastal Plain
The Flathead National Forest in Montana. (Your Forests Your Future / U.S. Forest Service)
Press Release June 5, 2026

Lawsuit: Admin Manufactured “Emergency” to Sidestep Endangered Species Requirements for Flathead Timber Project

West Reservoir project could harm ESA-listed grizzly bears and bull trout
document June 5, 2026

West Reservoir Complaint

Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan sued the Trump administration over its attempt to rush through a timber project in Flathead National Forest grizzly bear and bull…
The Port of Oakland. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release June 4, 2026

Trump to Waste $75 Million on Oakland Coal Terminal

The funding could be part of a larger $700 million handout to corporations to support coal infrastructure nationwide, while Californians struggle with high energy bills
The J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Consumers Energy had planned to retire the plant on May 31, 2025, but President Trump ordered it to keep operating. (Jim West / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Press Release June 4, 2026

Earthjustice Denounces Trump Administration’s $700 Million Giveaway to the Coal Industry

Propping up uneconomic coal plants and export infrastructure harms our health and our economy
The shift to state-of-the-art appliances in homes, such as induction stoves, offers major clean air benefits, upgrades in energy efficiency, and climate protections. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release June 2, 2026

Earthjustice Responds to DOE’s Changes to the Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program

The move undermines the transition to clean, electric home appliances
Sandhill cranes congregate in a coal ash pond next to Schahfer Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, while it operates, Feb. 9, 2026, in Wheatfield, Ind. (Chicago Tribune / TCA)
Press Release June 1, 2026

Indiana Coal Plants Broken, Despite “Emergency” Order to Stay Open

Operating the Schahfer coal units beyond 2025 would require spending more than one billion dollars
The Stanton Energy Center coal plant and coal ash storage located near Orlando, Florida. (J Henry Fair for Earthjustice / <a href="https://www.jhenryfair.com/" class="a_color--black">jhenryfair.com</a>)
From the Experts May 27, 2026

EPA’s New Coal Ash Proposal Is a Gift to Polluters

How the Trump EPA is weakening safeguards against toxic coal ash pollution.
Sandhill cranes congregate in a coal ash pond next to Schahfer Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, while it operates, Feb. 9, 2026, in Wheatfield, Ind. (Chicago Tribune / TCA)
Press Release May 27, 2026

EPA Moves to Establish a Federal Permit Program to Allow More Coal Ash Pollution

Today the EPA dusted off a proposal from the first Trump administration
Press Release May 27, 2026

Recently Shuttered USDA Program Grantees Join Suit to Restore $125M+ in Illegally Canceled Grants

LCM grantees join initial plaintiffs in case, who won a preliminary injunction restoring critical support for a fairer food system
document May 26, 2026

Second Amended Complaint: USDA Grant Termination

24 organizations and local governments who had grant agreements under the USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access (LCM) Program have joined a lawsuit aiming to restore their illegally canceled…
document May 26, 2026

Motion for Preliminary Injunction: USDA Grant Termination

The Court should grant the Land Access Program Plaintiffs' motion and preliminary enjoin Defendants' termination of the Land Access Program Plaintiffs' grants and return Land Access Program Plaintiffs to the…