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Heat pumps power our everyday lives. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
From the Experts August 28, 2025

How an Air Agency Is Going to Zero for Homes

A new program to help Southern Californians adopt heat pumps has arrived.

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.

Heat pumps power our everyday lives. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
From the Experts August 13, 2025

The Year-Round Comfort Upgrade that Will Keep Cities Leading on Climate

Why the big swap of air conditioners for heat pumps is a great idea.

Although air quality has improved over the years in Los Angeles, Calif., bad air days still blanket the city and surrounding region with smog.
(Cate Frost / Shutterstock)
From the Experts August 7, 2025

Trump Wants to Make America Smoggy Again. California Legislators Are About to Make It Worse

We know where the Trump administration stands on clean air protections, but why are state legislators in California pushing a pro-pollution bill like SB 34 forward?

Press Release August 5, 2025

Bad Air Quality Alert Issued in NY due to Wildfires Caused by Climate Change

New York Senators passed legislation to aid in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the Assembly rejected action

Progress Rail’s EMD Joule Battery Electric Locomotive. (Progress Rail)
Press Release July 29, 2025

Legislation Reintroduced to Transform the United States’ Rail Network

All Aboard Act dedicates $200 billion over five years to build transportation system of the future

The Maryland State House in Annapolis, MD. (Spartana Photography)
Article July 28, 2025

How Maryland is Taking Climate Action into Its Own Hands — While Cutting Energy Bills

The state’s new energy law is the latest win for Earthjustice’s regional zero-emissions work, which is gaining ground despite federal foot dragging.

A sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in July 2025. (Julio Cortez / AP)
Article July 28, 2025

Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Rainfall and Flooding

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

document July 25, 2025

Letter to CARB on Zero-Emissions Policies

A coalition letter to the California Air Resources Board on its listening sessions and recommendations for zero-emissions transportation policies moving forward in California (the Zero-Emission Vehicles Forward Public Dialogue Sessions).

Heat pumps can warm and cool our spaces, heat our water, and dry clothes. (Lily Padula for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory July 24, 2025

U.S. Court Allows New York State Building Electrification to Begin

Court upholds New York’s all-electric new buildings law, which saves New Yorkers money and cuts climate pollution

document July 23, 2025

NYS Court Decision: All Electric Buildings (July 2025)

Court determines New York has the power to require new buildings to use clean electrical appliances instead of allowing dirty fossil fuel combustion in people’s homes and other new buildings.

Smog covers the city of Los Angeles.
(Photo courtesy of Ben Amstutz)
Press Release: Victory July 21, 2025

Court Upholds Landmark Rule to Advance Zero-Emissions Water Heaters & Boilers

Southern California standard is nation’s first to advance zero-emissions industrial boilers, cutting smog-forming pollution by a staggering 5.6 tons per day

document July 18, 2025

Court Decision on Southern California Industrial Boiler Rule 1146.2

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California upheld the nation’s first rule to electrify industrial boilers and water heaters.

(Indigo Skies Photography)
From the Experts July 11, 2025

Bonneville Power Administration’s Energy Market Choice Will Cause Widespread Harm Across the Northwest

Nonprofit groups are suing to force a review of the decision by BPA that would cause energy bills to rise and reduce access to clean energy across a broad region

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media after he toured the North Complex Fire zone in Butte County on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, outside of Oroville, Calif. (Paul Kitagaki Jr. / The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Press Release July 8, 2025

Newsom Exempts Fire Rebuilding in Los Angeles from Cleaner, More Affordable Building Code

Research shows that all-electric homes are $7,500 to $9,000 cheaper to construct and up to 90% cleaner than homes with methane gas appliances, but Governor Newsom is letting LA fall back to older, dirtier building code

North Denver community members, Lissa Leticia de Gonzales, Jose Molina and Lucy Molina, left to right, near the Suncor Refinery, which is heavily polluting their neighborhoods. (Carmel Zucker for Earthjustice)
feature July 3, 2025

Healthy Communities Program Report

The progress we have secured is a testament to the fact that the law and science are on our side. It also reflects the desire of most people across the country for a safer and cleaner world. Our shared wins represent decades of painstaking work, culminating in concrete measures that will save lives across the country. We’re celebrating our victories and the many opportunities ahead.

A woman protects her face while walking in white-out conditions in Jersey City, N.J., Feb. 1, 2021. The winter storm dropped more than two feet of snow on the area and may have broken a 122-year-old snowfall record for the state. (Seth Wenig / AP)
Article June 30, 2025

Winter Storms Are Hitting Harder Due to Climate Change

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Houston residents escape flooded homes and businesses, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Causing Sea Level Rise and Flooding

Here’s what Earthjustice is doing about it.