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Flaring of methane gas associated with Mancos shale oil development in New Mexico.
(Photo courtesy of Mike Eisenfeld / WildEarth Guardians)
Press Release July 29, 2025

Earthjustice Blasts EPA for Methane Emissions Rollback

Giving the oil and gas industry a pass on compliance is bad for our health, environment, and wallets

(Kaikea Nakachi)
Press Release July 29, 2025

U.S. Senate committee to vote Wednesday on bill to try to stop sharks from eating fish

Lawmakers claim sharks are “stealing” anglers’ catch

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

The Maryland State House in Annapolis, MD. (Spartana Photography)
Article July 28, 2025

How Maryland is Taking Climate Action into Its Own Hands — While Cutting Energy Bills

The state’s new energy law is the latest win for Earthjustice’s regional zero-emissions work, which is gaining ground despite federal foot dragging.

Boat docks at the Browns Ravine Cove sit on dry earth at Folsom Lake on May 10, 2021, in El Dorado Hills, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in 41 of the state's 58 counties, about 30% of the state's population. Folsom Lake is at 38% of normal capacity.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
feature July 28, 2025

How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather

Carbon pollution is contributing to climate disasters that will only get worse unless we take action.

A sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in July 2025. (Julio Cortez / AP)
Article July 28, 2025

Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Rainfall and Flooding

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Heat pumps can warm and cool our spaces, heat our water, and dry clothes. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory July 24, 2025

U.S. Court Allows New York State Building Electrification to Begin

Court upholds New York’s all-electric new buildings law, which saves New Yorkers money and cuts climate pollution

Press Release July 24, 2025

Public Advocacy Groups Take Trump Administration to Court for Illegal Coal Plant Extension

The Department of Energy’s unlawful and unreasonable extension of the J.H. Campbell coal plant is an abuse of emergency powers

From the Experts July 24, 2025

Pathways To Climate-Friendly Food & Agriculture; A Preliminary Analysis

A dive into food and agriculture greenhouse gas emissions and net greenhouse gas reduction pathways

(Salya T / Unsplash)
Press Release July 23, 2025

Earthjustice Response to International Court of Justice Opinion on Climate Change

UN Court affirms the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment

document July 23, 2025

NYS Court Decision: All Electric Buildings (July 2025)

Court determines New York has the power to require new buildings to use clean electrical appliances instead of allowing dirty fossil fuel combustion in people’s homes and other new buildings.

Youth plaintiffs gather before the start of the Navahine F. v. the Hawai'i Department of Transportation hearing at the First Circuit Environmental Court in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, on January 26, 2023. Pictured left to right: Ka’ōnohi P.-G., 16, Kawahine‘Ilikea N., 13, Taliya N., 15, Navahine F., 15, Mesina D.-R., 15, Kalā W., 19, Rylee K., 15, and Kawena F., 10. (Elyse Butler for Earthjustice)
feature July 22, 2025

How Hawai‘i’s Youth Advocates are Fighting for Hawai‘i’s Future

As the climate crisis threatens their land, food, and traditions, 14 youth advocates took the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation to court to spur climate action.

Reflejo del Capitolio sobre una fuente en Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg Creative via Getty)
Press Release July 22, 2025

Declaración de Earthjustice sobre Audiencia de Reforma de Permisos del Comité de Recursos Naturales de la Cámara de Representantes

“Las iniciativas de ‘reforma de permisos’, lideradas por los republicanos, no son más que un caballo de Troya para debilitar leyes ambientales fundamentales como la Ley de Agua Limpia y la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinción”.

The U.S. Capitol is reflected in a fountain in Washington, D.C.  (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg Creative via Getty)
Press Release July 22, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on House Natural Resources Committee Permitting Reform Hearing

“Republican-led ‘permitting reform’ efforts are nothing more than a trojan horse for weakening bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act.”

Coal mines in the Powder River Basin. More than 80% of the federal coal applied for under paused leases is in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana.
(WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Update July 18, 2025

Government Signals Plan to Reopen Powder River Basin to Coal Development

We’ve fought too hard to leave coal in the past, where it belongs, to let Trump drag us backward.

The Arctic Refuge. (Getty Images)
From the Experts July 18, 2025

Confronting the Trump administration’s attack on the Arctic

Earthjustice is defending against multi-pronged attacks, all aimed at maximum drilling.

(Architect of the Capitol)
Press Release July 14, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on FY26 Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill

“Instead of furthering Trump’s deregulatory agenda, we urge Congress to focus on strong investments in these agencies that safeguard our environment and public health.”