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document March 13, 2025

EPA Letter to Protect Health and Safety

Groups send letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) speaks at a demonstration outside of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington on Feb. 6, 2025. Markey and other lawmakers were blocked from entering the EPA and meeting with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) officials. (Andrew Thomas / NurPhoto via AP)
Update March 11, 2025

We Will Not Just Watch Our Government Get Dismantled

The Trump administration’s gutting of federal agencies will wreak havoc on laws that protect everyone’s health and the environment.

From the Experts March 10, 2025

New Congress Pushes for Worst Clean Air Rollback in History

Congress has introduced a CRA that could permanently remove protections safeguarding communities from some of the most toxic air pollution

document March 3, 2025

Defend Clean Air: Vote “No” on H.J.Res 61 and S.J.Res 24

The Clean Air Act is a bedrock law that protects America’s health and the environment. No one should get sick from breathing air. The Congressional resolutions attacking clean air are attacks on children’s health.

In the News: E&E News February 25, 2025

Legal snags could foil Trump’s climate and air pollution rollbacks

Seth Johnson, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “If your goal is to move fast and break things, it’s not all that surprising that you’d ignore the law. These people still want to move fast and break things.”

A lithium bromide absorption heat pump, used to recover waste heat to produce hot water or steam for heating and industrial processes. (imantsu / Getty Images)
Press Release February 12, 2025

Environmental & Community Groups Defend Landmark Rule to Advance Zero-Emissions Water Heaters & Boilers

Gas industry lawsuit seeks to intimidate Southern California’s air regulator from pursuing vital rules to replace gas-powered equipment with zero-emissions technology

Oil and gas fields in California's Central Valley.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release February 5, 2025

Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approvals for New Oil, Gas Drilling on California Public Lands

Coalition condemns Bureau of Land Management’s decision to continue granting new oil and gas wells in the heavily-polluted San Joaquin Valley

document January 16, 2025

DTE and EES Coke: Community Information

An explainer for residents and community members in Detroit about the health impacts of DTE’s EES Coke facility, sulfur dioxide emissions, and our intervention in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act lawsuit against the facilities on behalf of Sierra Club.

(Thomas Barwick / Getty Images)
Press Release December 18, 2024

EPA Approves Waiver for California’s Zero-Emissions Cars and Cleaner Trucks Standards

New rules can now be enforced, to the benefit of people breathing air and workers in the clean energy economy

Press Release December 16, 2024

Lawsuit Challenges Port of Long Beach Oil Storage Expansion

Groups take action to halt oil tanks near schools and overburdened communities

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts November 26, 2024

Just More of the Same in Trump’s Tired Anti-Environmental Agenda

Republicans take power with an agenda that will benefit polluters big time at the expense of communities and weakened protections for air and water.

Nicole Berner, now a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on December 13, 2023. (Graeme Sloan / Sipa via AP Images)
Article November 20, 2024

3 Reasons to Be Hopeful About the Courts

Here’s why we remain confident that the courts are a place where we can mount an effective defense of the environment.

Former U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin has been picked to lead the EPA by President-elect Donald Trump. (Matt Rourke / AP)
Update November 13, 2024

Trump Prioritizes Allegiance over Qualifications with EPA Pick

By prioritizing loyalty above actual qualifications, Trump is signaling disinterest in the mission of the EPA and an intention to weaken the agency.

Grizzly bear near Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park. (A. Falgoust / NPS)
Article November 12, 2024

Project 2025 Means Gutting Key Environmental Laws. We’ll Fight Back.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

Emissions from a stack at the Mitchell Power Plant, a coal powered plant, in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Article November 12, 2024

What Project 2025 Would Do to the Environment – and How We Will Respond

The policy playbook from the Heritage Foundation would strip away our rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet.

Earthjustice attorney Isaac Moriwake speaks at the Navahine + Hawai’i Department of Transportation youth climate settlement celebration at ‘Iolani Palace on June 24th, 2024. (Elyse Butler for Earthjustice)
Article October 30, 2024

5 Questions: Attorney Isaac Moriwake Reflects on Landmark Hawai‘i Cases

Isaac Moriwake, longtime environmental attorney at Earthjustice, reflects on recent cases that now have potential to improve on the status quo.

document September 30, 2024

Federal District Court ruling in lawsuit targeting California’s zero-emissions rail standard

Today, a federal district judge ruled in favor of the State of California, as well as community and environmental groups, by pausing an industry challenge to California’s In-Use Locomotive Regulation until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decides whether to approve the rule under the federal Clean Air Act.

Trains pass through the heart of downtown Barstow, California. (Matt Gush / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory September 30, 2024

California and Environmental Groups Successfully Defend Zero-Emissions Rail Rule in Latest Court Ruling

Environmental justice groups joined California Attorney General to defeat legal challenge from rail industry