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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
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 13, 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.
Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) speaks during a press conference renouncing the rollback of the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule on May 13, 2026. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 13, 2026

Community Advocates join Members of Congress in Broad Opposition to Planned Attack on National Forestlands

A diverse array of stakeholders representing Tribes, hunters, conservationists, firefighters, and business owners rebuke the Trump administration’s plan to roll back the Roadless Rule
A warehouse that is the site for a planned ICE detention center near Hagerstown, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
Article May 13, 2026

How ICE Is Breaking Laws as It Rushes to Jail Immigrants in Former Mega-Warehouses

The facilities and their plumbing were never built for so many people. Nearby water systems are at risk – and Earthjustice is fighting back.
Pygmy rabbits depend on large areas of mature sagebrush to protect them from predators and for the majority of their diet. (H. Ulmschneider / BLM and R. Dixon / Idaho Dept. of Fish & Game)
Press Release May 13, 2026

Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration to Protect World’s Smallest Bunnies

Fish and Wildlife Service failed to make required listing determination for pygmy rabbit
document May 13, 2026

Pygmy Rabbit Complaint

Western Watersheds Project and WildEarth Guardians sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help secure Endangered Species Act protections for the pygmy rabbit – the world’s smallest rabbit species.
The fire at the incinerator in Miami-Dade County in 2023. (Juan Carlos Esquivel)
Press Release May 11, 2026

Zeldin’s EPA Is Letting Trash Incinerators Poison Children. Now It’s Being Sued

Weak federal rules allow incinerators to release cancer-causing pollutants into communities of color, harming children’s development before they are even born
document May 11, 2026

Petition for Review: LMWC Rule

This lawsuit, filed by Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project on behalf of Sierra Club, Ironbound Community Corporation, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, South Baltimore Community Land Trust, and…
The Trump administration illegally ordered this coal-fired power plant in Washington State to stay open past retirement in December 2025. This is part of a broader policy to prop up coal that is driving up electricity costs. (Steven Baltakatei Sandoval / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Article May 7, 2026

3 Ways Trump Is Driving Electricity Bills Up

Electricity rates are set to skyrocket, fueled by the Trump administration’s war on cheaper clean energy and push for expensive fossil fuels.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. (Matt Rourke / AP)
From the Experts May 5, 2026

Zeldin Said He’d Protect Clean Air and Water. The EPA Budget He Brought To Congress Tells a Different Story.

Zeldin promised cleaner air, a stronger economy, and a more efficient EPA. Here's what a year of cuts actually produced.
(Patrick J. Endres / Getty Images)
Article May 5, 2026

Why We’re Fighting Trump on Multiple Fronts to Protect the Arctic

The administration wants to maximize oil and gas drilling in Arctic regions of the U.S. We’re in court to stop them.
document May 2, 2026

Fact Sheet: EPA Prepares to Gut Coal Ash Safeguards and Cleanup Requirements

Under the current Trump administration, the EPA has begun to systematically gut protections that would otherwise force the coal industry to clean up its toxic coal ash.
Press Release May 1, 2026

Groups Sound the Alarm on Massive Tar Sands Oil Pipeline, Demand Additional Opportunity for Public Comment

President Trump on Thursday issued cross-border permit for Bridger pipeline before completing environmental review, consulting Tribes
A gray wolf walking in snow taken in Yellowstone National Park. (Stan Tekiela / Getty Images)
Article April 29, 2026

How Trump and Congress Are Attacking the Endangered Species Act – and What You Can Do

Extractive industries that have long despised the ESA now have powerful allies. We’re fighting back.
The COL4 AI-ready data center, located on a seven-acre campus in Columbus, Ohio. COL4  spans 256,000 square feet with 50 MW of power across three data halls. (Eli Hiller / for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Article April 29, 2026

What You Need to Know About AI Data Centers

Earthjustice attorneys are fighting to control their pollution and climate impacts — and your energy bill.