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Emissions rise from a coal-fired generation station in Indiana. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images)
Article August 7, 2025

Por qué es Importante el ‘Dictamen de Peligro’ de la EPA

La EPA afirmó que los gases de efecto invernadero representan un riesgo para la salud pública. Sin embargo, la EPA de Trump quiere retractarse y derogar muchas de las normas que limitan la contaminación atmosférica.

The EPA's endangerment finding is the basis for important greenhouse gas rules, including regulations on emissions from oil and gas facilities. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)
From the Experts August 1, 2025

A Legal Analysis of the Trump EPA’s Plan to Revoke the Endangerment Finding

The EPA’s proposal rejects mainstream science and misunderstands the law.

Press Release July 30, 2025

Groups Legally Challenge EPA’s Latest Attack on Clean Air Protections

EPA’s recent action leaves communities vulnerable to dangerous, toxic pollutants

Emissions rise from a coal-fired generation station in Indiana. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images)
Article July 29, 2025

Why the EPA’s Endangerment Finding Matters

The EPA said greenhouse gases are a risk to public health. Scientists and the courts have affirmed it. Now, Trump’s EPA wants to pretend that climate change isn’t a problem.

Emissions rise from a coal-fired generation station in Indiana. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images)
Press Release July 29, 2025

Trump EPA Attacks Endangerment Finding Making Climate Denialism Official Policy

EPA ignores settled law and science to advance fossil fuels at expense of public health & environment

A petrochemical facility in Norco, Louisiana. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release July 18, 2025

Trump Halts Clean Air Laws For Most of the Country

Proclamations let chemical companies, coal power plants, and other major polluters dodge clean air standards in at least 30 states and U.S. territories

PUSH Buffalo's executive director, Dawn Wells-Clyburn, stands outside of the organization's training center. (Brandon Watson for Earthjustice)
Article July 11, 2025

Trump’s EPA Cancelled 350 Environmental Justice Grants, Then Congress Cut Funding for Future Projects. Here’s Why That Matters.

The new federal budget rescinds funding meant for communities dealing with environmental hazards – but there’s still hope that some promised investments can be salvaged.

North Denver community members, Lissa Leticia de Gonzales, Jose Molina and Lucy Molina, left to right, near the Suncor Refinery, which is heavily polluting their neighborhoods. (Carmel Zucker for Earthjustice)
feature July 3, 2025

Healthy Communities Program Report

The progress we have secured is a testament to the fact that the law and science are on our side. It also reflects the desire of most people across the country for a safer and cleaner world. Our shared wins represent decades of painstaking work, culminating in concrete measures that will save lives across the country. We’re celebrating our victories and the many opportunities ahead.

Jennifer Hadayia, the Executive Director of Air Alliance Houston, on June 20, 2025, in Houston, Texas. (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice)
Article June 26, 2025

Our First Class Action Lawsuit Takes on Trump Administration to Get Communities the Funding They’re Owed

Earthjustice is suing the administration for unlawfully terminating $3 billion in EPA grant programs designed to fund public health and community resilience initiatives

Smog air pollution by county. <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/soot-smog-air-map-united-states-county">See full map.</a> (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

Mapping Soot and Smog Pollution in the United States

How is the air where you live?

Map of soot air pollution by county in 2024. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

What’s the state of soot pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

Smog air pollution by county. <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/soot-smog-air-map-united-states-county">See full map.</a> (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature June 26, 2025

What’s the state of smog pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.

Jennifer Hadayia, the Executive Director of Air Alliance Houston, on June 20, 2025, in Houston, Texas. (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice)
Press Release June 25, 2025

Nonprofits, Tribes and Local Governments Sue Trump Administration for Terminating EPA Grant Programs

Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters

Duke’s investment in new coal-fired electric generation is imprudent and that Duke should be required to mitigate the four million tons of carbon pollution that the new plant will emit.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
video June 23, 2025

New Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Email-to-Pollute Exemption

President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin say they care about clean air, water, and food — but their actions tell a different story.

The Cheswick Generating Station operated next door to homes in Springdale, Penn., for more than 50 years until it finally closed in 2022. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
video June 5, 2025

Two Attacks on Clean Air by the Trump Administration

Attacks on clean air don’t just threaten the environment — they harm our health.

The coal-fired Keystone Generating Station near Shelocta, Pennsylvania. (Jim West / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Article May 28, 2025

4 Ways Clean Air Is Under Attack from Trump and Congressional Republicans

New moves by the Trump administration and its congressional allies threaten to increase air pollution and harm public health.

The Denka Performance Elastomer manufacturing plant in Reserve, Louisiana, on March 18, 2022. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
From the Experts: Victory May 27, 2025

In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, a Deserved Reprieve for St. John Residents After Years of Environmental Injustice

Denka halts toxic neoprene production after years of community pressure.

(Hannah Rothstein for Earthjustice)
Press Release May 23, 2025

As Senate Rolls Back Life-Saving Clean Air Policy, New York is Left in the Lurch with Dirty Diesel Pollution

New York must now pursue new state laws to clean up diesel trucks like the Clean Deliveries Act