Trump Administration

The Latest On: Trump Administration

February 21, 2019 | Press Release

Trump Administration Will Abandon Negotiations with California on Vehicle Emissions Standards

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to weaken federal limits on cars’ climate pollution and erase state limits entirely

February 20, 2019 | Blog Post

Trump Regulators Gave Oil Industry a Pass to Injure Whales, and We're Fighting Back

In its attempt to open up U.S. waters to the fossil fuel industry, the Trump administration gave a green light to conduct harmful seismic surveys. We're taking them to court.

February 19, 2019 | Legal Document

Methylene Chloride

Latino workers and environmental organizations, represented by Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council, sue the Trump administration over its failure to ban the commercial and consumer use of methylene chloride, a highly lethal chemical in paint strippers. More than 50 people have already died from exposure to methylene chloride paint strippers.

February 14, 2019 | Press Release

Earthjustice Statement on Declaration of National Emergency to Build Trump’s Border Wall

Environmental law organization calls plan “shameful repudiation of the values at the heart of our democracy.”

February 12, 2019 | Press Release

Report: Migrant Children Detention Center Could Be Built On Chemical-Riddled Landfill

Area within military base contaminated with lead, arsenic, and more

February 12, 2019 | Report

Toxic Cages: Toxic Contaminants At Goodfellow Air Force Base Put Children’s Health At Risk

An Earthjustice report highlights how a migrant detention center for unaccompanied children detained at the border is slated to be placed on top of a former landfill and could have damaging effects on children’s health.

February 12, 2019 | Fact Sheet