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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
Lazzlo Jenkins, a collective member of Agroecology Commons, cuts flowers at the organization's demonstration farm in El Sobrante, California. The organization is primarily grant funded and was severely impacted when the Trump Administration rescinded USDA grant funding. Earthjustice represented Agroecology Commons and other groups in a lawsuit against the administration's actions. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
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…
Press Release May 22, 2026

Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Phoenix Ozone Pollution Waiver

EPA blamed city’s air violations on Asia, Mexico in granting free pass to pollute
document May 22, 2026

Phoenix 179B Petition for Review

Conservation groups challenged the Trump administration's waiver of stronger air pollution controls for Phoenix, one of the nation's smoggiest cities.
Vista exterior de un almacén que servirá de sede para un centro de detención proyectado por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE), cerca de Hagerstown, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
Article May 21, 2026

Cómo ICE está Violando las Leyes al Apresurarse a Encarcelar Inmigrantes en Antiguos Mega-Almacenes

Las instalaciones y sus sistemas de fontanería nunca fueron construidos para albergar a tantas personas. Los sistemas hídricos cercanos están en riesgo, y Earthjustice está respondiendo a la ofensiva.
Organizers deliver more than 250,000 petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing the rollback of federal greenhouse gas regulations. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice)
feature May 21, 2026

Counter/Act Progress Report: Spring 2026

Case by case, Earthjustice is working toward a sea change that can outlive any administration.
Almost everyone in the U.S. has traces of PFAS in their body because the chemicals have contaminated the air, soil, and water — including the drinking water for approximately 200 million people nationwide. (Cavan Images)
From the Experts May 18, 2026

The EPA Says It’s Tough on Forever Chemicals, So Why Is Zeldin Weakening PFAS Rules?

PFAS rollbacks raise serious questions about whose side the agency is on.
Drinking water is one of the most common routes of exposure to PFAS. PFAS have polluted the tap water of at least 16 million people in 33 states and Puerto Rico, as well as groundwater in at least 38 states. (Yipeng Ge / Getty Images)
Press Release May 18, 2026

Trump EPA Proposes to Eliminate and Delay Protections from Toxic Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water

The plan would weaken protections for up to 105 million people nationwide
Press Release May 18, 2026

Trump Administration’s EPA Rejects HawaiÊ»i’s Clean Air Plan

The agency decision disregards Hawaiian Electric's own promises to retire aging oil-burning plants
document May 15, 2026

Comments on EPA’s Proposal to Repeal Public Health Regulations for Ethylene Oxide

In March, EPA announced a proposed rule to roll back public health regulations adopted in 2024 for commercial sterilizer facilities that use ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment and spices.…
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 May 15, 2026

Sierra Club and Earthjustice Argue Against Illegal Coal Plant Extensions in Court

The court hears the first challenge to DOE's unlawful orders for the J.H. Campbell power plant in Michigan
The 405 freeway on a smoggy California day. Heavy-duty trucks are the largest source of smog-forming NOx in California. (Andi Pantz / Getty Images)
Press Release May 14, 2026

EPA Delays Criteria Pollutant Standards for Certain Vehicles

The EPA is once again running afoul of its mission to protect human health and the environment
Power plants are one of 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)
Press Release May 14, 2026

Trump’s EPA Moves to Ax Requirement that Coal Plants Treat Toxic Wastewater Seeping into Lakes and Rivers

EPA proposes to rollback requirements on the amount of arsenic and mercury that coal power plants are allowed to discharge
document May 14, 2026

Ruling: Court Orders EPA to Redo Rule for decaBDE

A federal appeals court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it refused to regulate significant exposures to the toxic flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE).
Infants and children face especially high risks from decaBDE, because they are more likely to inhale or ingest the chemical and are more vulnerable to its effects. (Tanaphong Toochinda / Unsplash)
Press Release: Victory May 14, 2026

Court Orders EPA to Redo Weak Rule for Toxic Flame Retardant Chemical

Ruling says the agency failed to justify its lenient regulation of decaBDE