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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)
Press Release September 4, 2025

Unprecedented House Vote Could Roll Back Plan That Ended New Coal Leasing in Powder River Basin

House passes Congressional Review Act resolution that could upend public lands management system

document September 2, 2025

Opposition Letter to HJ Res 104 – Powder River Basin CRA

Organizations write on behalf of millions of members and supporters to oppose H.J. Res. 104/S.J. Res.61, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval to rescind the Bureau of Land Management Miles City Field Office’s 2024 Resource Management Plan Amendment that ended new coal leasing in Montana’s Powder River Basin.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are greeted by California Governor Gavin Newsom upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on January 24, 2025, to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)
From the Experts August 19, 2025

California Can’t Afford to Blink in the Showdown over Zero-Emissions

While Trump wreaks havoc, California can resist the big chill on zero-emissions.

document July 21, 2025

Alaska Opposition Letter to CRA for RMPs

Letter to Speaker Johnson and Minority Leader Jeffries in opposition to H.J. Res. 106, the Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s 2024 Central Yukon Resource Management Plan.

(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

A man charges an electric car at home before a family trip in Washington State. (Thomas Barwick / Getty images)
Press Release May 22, 2025

Earthjustice Responds: Senate Overturns Waiver for States’ Car and Truck Standards in Unlawful Maneuver that Breaks Senate Rules

The Senate abused the Congressional Review Act and overrode its own nonpartisan parliamentarian today in vast overreach on states’ rights to clean their air

Press Release May 22, 2025

Congress Lets Thousands of the Worst Polluters Turn Off Clean Air Protections

House joins Senate in CRA dismantling key Clean Air Act safeguard, harming millions

Press Release May 1, 2025

Senate Allows Thousands of the Worst Polluters Shut Off Clean Air Controls

Majority vote to gut core Clean Air Act protections, flooding communities with cancer-causing air pollution

Smog covers the city of Los Angeles.
(Photo courtesy of Ben Amstutz)
Press Release April 30, 2025

House of Representatives Votes to Repeal States’ Clean Air Standards, Bucking the Law and Congressional Watchdog

Abuse of Congressional Review Act veers far outside norms of the law

The downtown Los Angeles skyline bathed in smog. (Daniel Stein / Getty Images)
Press Release April 4, 2025

Earthjustice Reacts to Senate Parliamentarian Reaffirming States’ Rights to Clean their Air

State waivers for stronger tailpipe standards are not subject to the Congressional Review Act

In the News: The Guardian April 4, 2025

New House Republican proposal seeks to exempt many toxic PFAS from review

Michael Youhana, Attorney, Northeast Office: “Even small releases or small bits of exposure to PFAS can cause devastating effects to the environment and human beings, and that’s why this doesn’t make sense.”

Trichloroethylene contamination has been found in the drinking water of hundreds of public water systems across the United States. <a href="https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/tce/map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See EWG's interactive map.</a> (Data: Environmental Working Group’s Tap Water Database / <a href="https://www.ewg.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.ewg.org</a>)
From the Experts March 19, 2025

Congress Wants to Keep a Carcinogen Ravaging our Communities in Use — We Can’t Let That Happen

Lawmakers want to over turn a life-saving ban that phases out the potent carcinogen trichloroethylene (TCE)

From the Experts March 10, 2025

New Congress Pushes for Worst Clean Air Rollback in History

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

The White House in Washington, D.C. (René DeAnda / Unsplash)
feature March 7, 2025

In Conversation: Not On Our Watch – Taking on the Trump Administration

Earthjustice’s plans during the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, and the actions we’re already taking to protect the health of frontline communities, wildlife, and our shared climate future.

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.

Smokestacks loom up from a hazy sky, tinged with orange, at sunset.
(Shutterstock)
Press Release September 18, 2024

Earthjustice Blasts Efforts to Undermine Life-Saving Protections on Soot, Power Plants, and Heavy-Duty Vehicles

“We urge Congress to stand firm in rejecting these attacks on standards that are saving lives and helping us meet our climate goals.”

document June 26, 2024

Earthjustice Opposes HR 115 and HR 358

Earthjustice opposes damaging pieces of legislation: H.R.115, the “Midnight Rules Relief Act,” and H.R. 358, “Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act” (SBRFIA)

The U.S. Capitol building. (Architect of the Capitol)
From the Experts June 21, 2024

The Congressional Review Act: Congress’s Favorite Tool to Undermine Public Health, Labor Rights, and Environmental Protections

It’s time to repeal this damaging and undemocratic piece of legislation.