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Hundreds of millions of dollars intended to cut energy costs have been funneled to costly manure digesters, benefitting industrial-scale livestock operations

State recommendations to EPA under the 2024 NAAQS, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Sierra Club.

State recommendations to EPA under the 2024 NAAQS, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Sierra Club.

State recommendations to EPA under the 2024 NAAQS, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Sierra Club.

State recommendations to EPA under the 2024 NAAQS, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Sierra Club.

State recommendations to EPA under the 2024 NAAQS, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from Sierra Club.

A February 2026 deadline calls for EPA to address air pollution from soot, but it appears the agency has taken few steps, if any, to do so.

Debido a que se están utilizando fondos de FEMA para el centro de detención de Everglades, la ley exige que se realice una evaluación ambiental federal para proteger la fauna silvestre en peligro de extinción

Utility customers will pay the steep cost of the Department of Energy’s sham “emergency” orders to prevent fossil fuel power plants from retiring as planned

Animal Legal Defense Fund accuses the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Agricultural Marketing Service of unlawfully withholding records related to federally funded beef advertisements that allegedly mislead the public about beef’s climate and environmental impact. The Freedom of Information Act complaint seeks to compel disclosure of documents showing how the government approved ads promoting beef as climate-friendly — despite evidence that industrial beef production significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, and water overuse.

Blaine Miller-McFeeley, Senior Legislative Representative, Earthjustice: “These heavily redacted FOIA records confirm what we already know: that the Trump administration is selling off and selling out our public lands to benefit a wealthy few, and they’re doing it all behind closed doors. These action plans should be communicated to the public — we all have…

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

The Trump administration’s gutting of federal agencies will wreak havoc on laws that protect everyone’s health and the environment.

Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against Trump’s USDA, asking a court to restore access to climate-related information on government websites and prohibit further purging.

The lawsuit seeks a court order requiring USDA to restore access to key webpages and preventing USDA from removing additional climate-related information.

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

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “You can purge a website of the words ‘climate change,’ but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away.”

This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s unlawful purge of climate-related policies, guides, datasets, and resources from its websites, without any advance notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, without engaging in reasoned decision-making as required by the Administrative Procedure Act, and in violation of its obligation under the Freedom of Information Act to publish certain information proactively.