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Philadelphians rally at City Hall in support of a proposed settlement with the city’s gas utility to lower the increase in heating bills and start expanding clean energy in the city. (Jess Benjamin for Earthjustice)
Article November 5, 2025

Why are electricity bills going up?

Electricity rates are set to skyrocket, fueled by the Trump administration’s war on cheaper clean energy and push for expensive fossil fuels.

Representatives from the Kids Clean Air Force pose next to hand delivered comments from Americans nationwide to the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C. opposing the EPA's planned rollback of greenhouse gas regulations from fossil fuel plants and transportation. (Alyssa Schukar for Earthjustice)
feature November 3, 2025

Climate & Energy Program Report

Earthjustice is fighting back to defend climate progress and the clean energy economy from dangerous attempts to drag us backward.

document November 3, 2025

Comments to EPA on Wyoming coal ash waste

Earthjustice and other organizations submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency in opposition to giving Wyoming oversight over coal ash waste.

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feature November 3, 2025

Biodiversity Program Report

Earthjustice fights to protect imperiled species and the habitats that support their lives — and ours. Here are highlights of our work to defend our natural world over the past year, and a glimpse at what’s next.

Press Release October 30, 2025

Cost of the Trump Administration’s Sham Emergency Orders to Force a Michigan Coal Power Plant to Operate Exceed $80 million

Earthjustice and public advocacy groups are challenging the DOE’s unlawful emergency orders in court

A family salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa's passage through Cuba on Oct. 29, 2025. (Yamil Lage / AFP)
Article October 29, 2025

Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes More Intense

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Debris and smoke fills the sky during the demolition of the Board of Light and Power's coal-burning J.B. Sims Generating Station in Grand Haven, Michigan. (Cory Morse / The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
From the Experts October 27, 2025

The Cost of Trump’s Coal Fixation

It is time to end the era of coal once and for all.

Empire State Building and Manhattan skyline, New York City. Buildings are the city’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. (Matteo Colombo / Getty Images)
feature October 22, 2025

Northeast Regional Report Fall 2025

In the Northeast, our work is helping to keep us moving forward in the fight for environmental and climate justice, clean air and water, and the right to a healthy environment for all.

The now-closed Waukegan Generating Station, on the shore of Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Ill. The coal-fired power plant still has sizable coal ash ponds threatening the environment. (Jamie Kelter Davis for Earthjustice)
feature October 20, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Illinois: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at 26 power plant sites in Illinois.

The Mitchell Power Plant, a coal-fired power station, along the Ohio River in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
From the Experts October 10, 2025

Trump Administration Theatens Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants

Coal-fired power plants discharge toxic chemicals into sources of drinking water for more than 30 million Americans.

North Antelope Mine in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. (Ecoflight)
Press Release October 8, 2025

Senate Passes Congressional Review Act Resolution to Reopen Montana’s Powder River Basin to New Coal Leasing

Resolution will upend the public lands management system as we know it

Press Release: Victory October 3, 2025

EPA Reverses Course on Toxic Emissions from Steel Industry Coke Ovens

The agency will now uphold the 2024 air standards, which set caps on emissions from these facilities

The Naughton Power Plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in 2010. (Nancy Nehring / Getty Images)
feature October 1, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in Wyoming: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at six power plant sites in Wyoming.

Kids take a break in a swimming pool in the shadow of the James H. Miller, Jr., coal-fired power plant in Adamsville, Ala. The Trump administration has exempted the plant from pollution limits set in the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
Press Release September 29, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Coal Industry Giveaways

Americans will foot the bill for dirty fossil fuel power

document September 29, 2025

FERC Rehearing Request for Rio Grande LNG

Groups filed a rehearing request to FERC in September 2025 requesting that it rescind its approval of the Rio Grande LNG terminal and pipeline.

Charlene Alden stands outside her home in Lame Deer, Montana on July 2, 2025. Alden is the Environmental Protection Director for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. (Louise Johns for Earthjustice)
Article September 25, 2025

A Tribe Takes on Coal

The Northern Cheyenne have a long history of defending their land. Now, they’re showing how clean energy progress can still be made.

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature September 23, 2025

The Intermountain West: Regional Spotlight

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to defend the web of life, to protect people’s health, and to advance a just transition to clean energy. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

Earthjustice y nuestros socios trabajan para proteger la salud infantil. (Prasit Thongdee / Getty Images)
From the Experts September 16, 2025

Algunos Grupos de la Industria Química Piden Licencia para Contaminar. Pero Así Es Como Protegemos a los Niños.

En todo Estados Unidos, las señales de advertencia de peligro químico nunca parecen detenerse.