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(Matt Roth para Earthjustice)
Press Release February 18, 2026

Earthjustice y sus Socios Demandan a la EPA por Derogación Ilegal de Protecciones Climáticas

Grupos ambientalistas y de la salud disputan la derogación sin base en la ciencia, dañina e ilegal del dictamen de peligro y la eliminación de los estándares para vehículos limpios por parte de la EPA de Trump

Since 2009, the “endangerment finding” has formed the legal backbone for some of our most important climate protections, including limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. (Pi Lens / Shutterstock)
feature February 18, 2026

Trump is Failing the Climate Test. Will You Pass Our Climate Quiz?

See how well you understand what the Trump administration is up to

(Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 18, 2026

Earthjustice and Partners Sue EPA For Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections

Health, environmental groups challenge the Trump EPA’s harmful, unscientific, and illegal repeal of the endangerment finding and elimination of clean vehicle standards.

document February 18, 2026

Endangerment Finding: Petition for Review

A broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency for repealing the Endangerment Finding and vehicle emissions standards.

Charging up an electric car in St. Petersburg, Fla. (CityofStPete / CC BY-ND 2.0)
Update February 18, 2026

Legal Win Forces Trump Administration to Unfreeze $5 Billion for EV Charging

Developing a network of EV charging stations is key to modernizing U.S. transportation and staying competitive with the rest of the world.

Emissions rise from a coal-fired generation station in Indiana. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images)
Article February 18, 2026

Trump’s EPA Rolled Back the ‘Endangerment Finding.’ We’re Taking Them to Court.

The EPA revoked the finding that greenhouses gases threaten public health and welfare, then weakened vehicle emissions standards.

Caribou in the Western Arctic around the Teshekpuk Lake area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 17, 2026

Lawsuit Challenges Massive Oil and Gas Sale Over Harms to Western Arctic Public Lands and the Climate

Vast natural areas long protected from extraction will now be offered to oil companies for drilling

In the News: NPR February 12, 2026

Trump’s EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “We will see this administration in court, to ensure that our government does its job to protect us.”

In the News: Newsweek February 12, 2026

Trump Doesn’t Value American Lives. His New Pollution Policy Is Proof

An opinion piece by Abigail Dillen (President of Earthjustice), Amanda Leland (Executive Director of Environmental Defense Fund), Manish Bapna (President and CEO of NRDC), and Loren Blackford (Executive Director of the Sierra Club).

La presidenta de Earthjustice, Abigail Dillen, habla durante una conferencia de prensa de la Campaña de Acción Climática en el Capitolio de EE. UU. sobre el plan de la EPA para derogar las regulaciones sobre contaminación atmosférica relacionadas con los gases de efecto invernadero del transporte y las centrales eléctricas de combustibles fósiles. (Alyssa Schukar para Earthjustice)
Press Release February 12, 2026

EPA de Trump Deroga El Dictamen de Peligro y Abandona su Responsabilidad de Proteger a los Estadounidenses de la Contaminación Climática

Al derogar el dictamen de peligro, la EPA rechaza la ley y la ciencia establecidas para beneficiar a los contaminadores

Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen speaks during a Climate Action Campaign press conference at the U.S. Capitol about the EPA’s plan to rescind air pollution regulations around greenhouse gases from transportation and fossil fuel power plants. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice)
Press Release February 12, 2026

Trump EPA Repeals Endangerment Finding, Abandoning Responsibility to Protect Americans from Climate Pollution

By repealing the endangerment finding, EPA is rejecting settled law and science to benefit polluters

document February 5, 2026

60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue: Endangered Species Act Violations Related to the Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

Conservation groups represented by Earthjustice issued a letter to the Bureau of Land Management and to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum providing the required 60-day notice of the groups’ intent to sue federal agencies for violating the Endangered Species Act. The letter alerts agencies that the groups plan to sue to protect threatened polar bears from oil and gas leasing and extraction in the Western Arctic.

Caribou form large herds on the coastal plains north of the Brooks Range.
(Florian Schulz / visionsofthewild.com)
Press Release February 2, 2026

Trump Administration Prepares for New Oil and Gas Auction in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge

Interior’s “Call for Nominations” invites companies to choose public lands areas it wants to bid on in a future lease sale

A petroleum drill site operates in Alaska’s Western Arctic, near Lake Teshekpuk. (Kiliii Yüyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release January 28, 2026

Court Denies Request to Halt Western Arctic Oil Exploration

The ruling allows ConocoPhillips to proceed with its plans for winter exploration program

document January 27, 2026

Court Order Denying Request for Western Arctic Exploration Preliminary Injunction

A federal court ruling allows ConocoPhillips to continue its winter seismic and exploration drilling program in the Western Arctic despite concerns about the harm it would cause to wildlife, sensitive habitats and the subsistence and cultural values of local Alaska Native people and other Arctic residents.

Revillagigedo Island in Alaska.
(Photo courtesy of Anita Gould)
Press Release January 23, 2026

Old-Growth Logging Project in the Tongass National Forest Revived

The U.S. Forest Service releases a final environmental impact statement moving forward with the largest old-growth logging project on the Tongass in years

document January 13, 2026

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Amended and Supplemented Complaint

Updated complaint resumes litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing, adding new claims challenging Interior’s October 2025 decision to again open the Coastal Plain to leasing.

Caribou on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (Florian Schulz / protectthearctic.org)
Press Release January 13, 2026

Groups Challenge Arctic Refuge Leases and Drilling Plan

Updated complaint restarts paused litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing