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A male greater sage-grouse performs a spring courtship ritual in Carbon County, Wyoming. (Noppadol Paothong)
Press Release March 26, 2026

Lawsuit Filed Over Trump Administration Abandonment of Sage-Grouse Protections

Suit claims Bureau of Land Management walked away from 2015 commitments to sage-grouse to benefit oil and gas industry

document March 26, 2026

Sage Grouse Complaint

Montana Wildlife Federation, Defenders of Wildlife, and The Wilderness Society sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over its abandonment of critical protections for the declining greater sage-grouse.

Border walls, such as the one in Nacos, Arizona, have already impacted the environment, disrupting the natural migration of animals and causing flooding.
(Getty Images)
Press Release March 26, 2026

Trump Administration’s Border Plan Is A “Ticking Time Bomb” According to New Analysis

Border wall and water buoys pose an inevitable and irreversible threat to human life, property, and the environment

The Flathead National Forest in Montana. (Your Forests Your Future / U.S. Forest Service)
Press Release March 24, 2026

Groups Intend to Sue Trump Administration Over Flathead National Forest Timber Project

60-day notice states recently-approved West Reservoir Project could harm grizzly bears and bull trout

document March 24, 2026

Flathead 60 Day Notice

Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan notified the Trump administration of their intent to sue over the recently-approved West Reservoir timber project in Flathead National Forest, which would allow for new roadbuilding that could harm federally-protected grizzly bears and bull trout.

Stormy Hamar, a Haida artist and carver and a member of the Organized Village of Kasaan Tribal Council, is working to protect the remaining old-growth trees on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest. (David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice)
Article March 23, 2026

What the Tongass Needs is Time to Heal, Not More Logging

The Organized Village of Kasaan is fighting alongside other Southeast Alaska tribes and forest advocates to defend the Tongass National Forest.

A photographer makes pictures of old-growth trees in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
feature March 22, 2026

The Repeal of the Roadless Rule Threatens Our Wildest Public Lands

These are lands that belong to all Americans, not the timber industry.

Caribou in the Western Arctic, near the Lake Teshekpuk area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Press Release March 18, 2026

Western Arctic Lease Sale Auctions Off More than a Million Acres of Ecologically Sensitive Lands for Oil and Gas Drilling

Vast natural areas, long protected from extraction, were included in 187 tracts that oil and gas companies bid on for oil development

Steam billows from the coal-fired Craig Station power plant Nov. 18, 2021, in Craig, Colorado. (Rick Bowmer / AP)
Press Release March 18, 2026

Groups Take Trump Administration to Court Over Illegal Craig Coal Plant Extension

Public interest groups and state of Colorado challenge DOE’s emergency order

document March 18, 2026

Craig Coal Plant Challenge

Public interest organizations filed a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Colorado’s Craig Unit 1, a coal-burning power plant.

The coal-fired Centralia Power Plant, owned by TransAlta Corporation and located in Washington State, began operating in 1971. The plant’s air emissions harm human health and create haze pollution in what should be our most pristine areas, including Mt. Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades National Parks. (Steven Baltakatei Sandoval / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Press Release March 17, 2026

Earthjustice and Sierra Club Blast Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington’s Last Coal Plant Open

Washington residents deserve cleaner air and more affordable, reliable, clean energy

Clean Air Laredo Coalition and Rio Grande International Study Center rally in front of Midwest Sterilizer facility in Laredo, TX. The facility ranks among the most polluting facilities in the nation of ethylene oxide emissions. (RGISC)
Press Release March 16, 2026

EPA Yields to Industry in Air Pollution Rule for Chemical Manufacturing Plants

The final rule leaves communities around these facilities vulnerable to dangerous, cancer-causing air pollutants

Vectren’s proposed 850 MW gas plant was planned to be built on the site of its existing AB Brown coal-fired power plant located in Posey County near Evansville, Indiana. (Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0)
Press Release March 16, 2026

Groups Challenge Illegal Order Halting the Retirement of Indiana Power Plants

Forcing the polluting coal power plants to remain open is unnecessary and threatens to increase electricity bills and pollution

document March 16, 2026

F.B. Culley: Petition for Review

Groups filed a challenge in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn illegal “emergency” orders issued by the U.S. Department of Energy forcing the F.B. Culley coal-fired power plant in Indiana to continue operating past its scheduled retirement date.

document March 16, 2026

Schahfer: Petition for Review

Groups filed a challenge in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn illegal “emergency” orders issued by the U.S. Department of Energy forcing the R.M. Schahfer coal-fired power plant in Indiana to continue operating past its scheduled retirement date.

War with Iran has spiked gas prices across the U.S., including at this Los Angeles  Chevron station on March 9. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)
Article March 16, 2026

Oil Prices Are Spiking With Trump’s Iran War. The Way Out of This Cycle Is Clean Energy.

Earthjustice is pushing forward the energy transition this moment demands.

"We have been told by the Trump administration that clean air is a priority for all Americans," said Jennifer Hadayia, Executive Director of Air Alliance Houston, an ECJP grant recipient. "The illegal cancellation of these clean air grants will do the exact opposite." (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice)
Press Release March 16, 2026

Nonprofits, Tribes, and Local Governments Appeal to Restore EPA Grant Program

Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters