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The coal-fired Keystone Generating Station near Shelocta, Pennsylvania. (Jim West / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Article May 14, 2025

The Trump Administration Has Clean Air Protections in Its Crosshairs

The EPA said greenhouse gases are a risk to public health. Trump’s EPA wants to take it back — and undo many of the rules that limit air pollution.

Jude Addo-Chidie, a Ph.D. student in agronomy at Purdue University, takes a soil sample from a corn field, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at the Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center in Butlerville, Ind. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been removing important climate-related data from its websites that farmers rely on to adapt to extreme weather. (Joshua A. Bickel / AP)
Update May 14, 2025

We Just Won Our First Victory Against This Trump Administration

The Trump administration agreed to restore climate-related information to government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather.

Press Release: Victory May 13, 2025

USDA Reverses Course, Commits to Restore Purged Climate Webpages in Response to Farmers’ Lawsuit

The Trump administration will restore access to vital resources for climate-smart agriculture, forest conservation, climate change adaptation, and rural clean energy projects

document May 12, 2025

51 NGOs Oppose Delay of MERP

Over 50 organizations sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee expressing opposition to language in the bill that will delay the Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP), a program established by the Inflation Reduction Act that imposed a fee on companies for each ton of wasted methane that exceeds specified thresholds.

document May 6, 2025

Opposition Letter to proposed NOAA IRA Cuts in Reconciliation

Letter to U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources from groups opposing cuts to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act funding in reconciliation bill.

The sun flares over the top of the sign marking the headquarters building for the US Department of Agriculture on April 18, 2024, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake / Getty Images)
Press Release February 24, 2025

Departamento de Agricultura de Trump Demandado por Eliminar Páginas Web Vitales Para Agricultores

La pérdida de recursos informativos del departamento perjudicará a los agricultores y afectará la seguridad alimentaria

The sun flares over the top of the sign marking the headquarters building for the US Department of Agriculture on April 18, 2024, in Washington, DC. (J. David Ake / Getty Images)
Press Release February 24, 2025

Trump USDA Sued for Erasing Webpages Vital to Farmers

Loss of critical USDA resources will hurt farmers and food security

(Angela N. / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release February 14, 2025

Mass Firings of Federal Workers Could Halt Critical Energy and Environmental Protections

Recent culls of federal offices, including EPA and DOE, could substantially impact laws protecting people and the environment

Strong winds blow embers around firefighters battling to save homes in Pasadena, Calif., from the Eaton Fire on Jan. 7, 2025. (David McNew / Getty Images)
Article January 9, 2025

Tú Puedes Ayudar a los Damnificados Por Incendios Forestales en el Sur de California

Miles de personas han sido evacuadas o enfrentan pérdidas tras los incendios forestales en el área de Los Ángeles. Estos son los grupos comunitarios y ambientales a los que puede apoyar.

Strong winds blow embers around firefighters battling to save homes in Pasadena, Calif., from the Eaton Fire on Jan. 7, 2025. (David McNew / Getty Images)
Article January 8, 2025

How You Can Help Southern California Amidst Wildfires

With thousands evacuated or facing losses due to wildfires in the Los Angeles area, here are community and environmental groups you can support.

Caribou can be found roaming through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Andre Coetzer / Shutterstock)
Press Release December 9, 2024

Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Still at Risk from Oil Drilling

Interior on track to hold lease sale before end of Biden’s term; greater threats expected under incoming administration

document October 16, 2023

Fact Sheet: Protect Climate-Smart Agriculture Funds in IRA

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding is specifically allocated for projects that help fight climate change. The USDA’s conservation programs are in high demand because farmers know these programs will help keep their farms running long-term. Congress must preserve IRA conservation funding for programs that reduce emissions and help farmers withstand extreme weather events.

Volunteers with King's Cathedral Maui unload donations of blankets and supplies on August 10, 2023 in Kahului, Hawaiʻi. Dozens of people were killed and thousands displaced after a wind-driven wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina on Tuesday. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Article August 14, 2023

Ways to Support Maui After the Wildfires

Earthjustice stands with our clients, partners, friends, and family in Hawaiʻi as emergency workers continue to search for survivors and assess the damage from this disaster.

Hazy air covers an active drilling field in California. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release July 20, 2023

Environmental Groups React to New BLM Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands

Bureau of Land Management revisits oil and gas leasing system for first time in decades

The proposed site of the Bridge Industrial mega-warehouse complex in South Tacoma, Washington. (350 Tacoma)
Update May 10, 2023

South Tacoma Residents Fight Mega-Warehouse

The plan would pave over a large undeveloped space, increase traffic, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, disturb a former Superfund site, and jeopardize the city’s aquifer.

A natural gas flare from an offshore oil drilling rig in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
(Paul Souders / Getty Images)
Press Release March 30, 2023

Republican Polluter Priorities Bill Worsens Climate Change and Environmental Injustices

Earthjustice urges House of Representatives to reject H.R. 1

Press Release July 29, 2022

Wildfire Package Passes House with Key Environmental Justice Provisions

New funds and grant programs will help frontline communities hold polluters and government agencies accountable for pollution exposure.

An adult delta smelt.
(Dale Kolke / California Department of Water Resources)
Article: Victory February 13, 2019

Trump Official Working to Steer California’s Water to a Greedy Few

The Supreme Court upheld protections for a tiny fish, preserving an important tenet of the Endangered Species Act. Now the Trump administration wants to undo that victory.