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Sunset in Lower Manhattan. (Max Lackas / Getty Images)
feature November 10, 2026

Northeast Regional Report Fall 2026

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…
Press Release November 9, 2026

Trump Administration Continues Systematic Dismantling of Public Lands

Proposed rule would shut the public out and allow the administration to make sweeping decisions about 250 million acres of Western public lands behind closed doors
Vast acreages of public lands used for drilling in Vernal, Utah. (WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts November 6, 2026

How the Senate’s Permitting Bill Could Lock in Fossil Fuel Extraction and Give Handouts to Oil and Gas Companies

This bill goes far beyond certainty and risks creating permanence, even for deeply flawed decisions.
Since 2009, the “endangerment finding” has formed the legal backbone for some of our most important climate protections, including limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. (Pi Lens / Shutterstock)
feature November 5, 2026

Guide to Public Hearing on Methane Regulations Rollback

This is our last chance to speak directly to EPA and urge them to drop this proposal, which would give the oil and gas industry a pass to pollute.
The Meta El Paso Data Center is seen on August 13, 2026 in El Paso, Texas, occupying approximately 1,000 acres. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Article November 5, 2026

Voters Have Spoken: No Dirty Data Centers

Politicians will be ignoring this key midterm message if they vote for the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.
A canoe on calm waters in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northeastern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
From the Experts November 4, 2026

Some of the Great Wild and Special Places the Senate Permitting Bill Puts on the Chopping Block

Americans have been able to enjoy the sights and histories of Chaco Canyon, the Boundary Waters, Bears Ears, and the Arctic Refuge for years. Now, the Senate permitting bill could…
Oil wells in Kern County, located in California's southern Central Valley.
(David McNew / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory November 3, 2026

Court Rules California’s First Major Carbon Capture Project Violates Law

Carbon TerraVault I must cease operations until it fixes its flawed environmental review
Gas-powered turbines, with more being built, operate in Southaven, Mississippi, to power a large xAI data center just to the north in Memphis, Tennessee. The huge gas turbines occupy a sprawling 114 acres — the equivalent of nearly 87 football fields. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release October 30, 2026

Court Denies xAI’s Motion to Dismiss Air Pollution Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s company

There are no exceptions that would allow this major source of air pollution to evade the law, and citizens have the right to defend themselves in Court against illegal pollution
Caribou on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Florian Schulz / protectthearctic.org)
Press Release October 30, 2026

Court Hears Arguments in Legal Challenge to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Leasing Program

Meanwhile, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, an Alaska-sponsored corporation, quietly submitted an exploration application to federal agencies
Flaring at a gas drilling site. (Western Organization of Resource Councils)
Press Release October 28, 2026

Trump EPA Gives Oil and Gas Production a Pass on Methane Pollution

Methane is a climate pollutant 80x more powerful than carbon dioxide
Press Release October 21, 2026

Community Advocates Plan to Sue Data Center Company Over Illegal Air Pollution in New Jersey

Notice of intent to sue outlines Clean Air Act violations at DataOne facility
document October 21, 2026

Sustain SJ Notice of Intent to Sue DataOne for Clean Air Act Violations

Sustain SJ, represented by Earthjustice, sent DataOne Vineland LLC, DataOne USA LLC, Nebius Inc., and Northeast Precast LLC, along with state, regional and federal agencies, a notice of its intent…
From the Experts October 21, 2026

The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Attempt to Secure a Constitutional Right to Pollute in Colorado

Industry wants to limit the government’s ability to regulate corporate polluters and protect communities
Press Release October 21, 2026

Colorado’s Amendment 82 Would Hand the Fossil Fuel Industry a Constitutional Right to Pollute

Ballot initiative threatens to undo years of hard-fought progress on pollution, raise utility rates
Dozens of unpermitted gas turbines, the target of a citizen suit filed by the NAACP, operate in Mississippi to power xAI's nearby Memphis data center. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory October 20, 2026

Judge throws out U.S. DOJ attempt to deny communities’ day in court against Musk’s company, xAI

Such citizen suits serve as an essential backstop — and often a last resort — for communities when government regulators fail to hold polluters accountable.
feature October 20, 2026

Guide to the Impacts of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026

A look at how the provisions in the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 would affect electric transmission, clean energy and fossil fuel development, data centers, and environmental…
Bay Mills Indian Community  President Whitney Gravelle, right, greets supporters at the Pipe Out Paddle Up Flotilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City, Michigan in 2022. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Article October 19, 2026

Our Court Win Strikes a Blow Against the Pipeline Threatening the Great Lakes

But the fight to protect one of the world’s greatest freshwater resources from a dangerous Line 5 pipeline is far from over.
document October 19, 2026

Denial of DOJ’s attempt to dismiss NAACP’s Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi denied the U.S. Department of Justice’s attempt to dismiss NAACP’s Clean Air Act lawsuit, which challenges xAI's continued operation of…