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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

A Rice’s whale — one of the world’s rarest whales — observed in the western Gulf of Mexico in 2024. The species is the only large whale species that lives year-round in North American waters. (Paul Nagelkirk / NOAA Fisheries - NMFS ESA/MMPA Permit #21938)
Press Release March 16, 2026

Trump Administration Trying to Strip Protections From Gulf Marine Life

Move would threaten rare whales, fish, rays, sea turtles, and corals

Press Release March 16, 2026

Trump Administration Approves BP’s First New Gulf Oilfield Since Deepwater Horizon

Ultra-deepwater drilling project in greater depths than BP’s 2010 disaster, the worst oil spill in U.S. history

A controlled burn of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico on June 9, 2010. (PO1 John Masson / U.S. Coast Guard)
Update March 16, 2026

The Company Behind the “Deepwater Horizon” Oil Spill Just Got Approved to Drill in Even Deeper Water

The government just greenlit BP’s proposal for a new ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf, despite significant red flags.

Oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. (Lucasz Z / Shutterstock)
Press Release March 11, 2026

Gulf and Environment Groups Respond To Public Waters Sell-off To Oil Industry; Amid Soaring Energy & Gas Prices, Trump Admin Draws Far Fewer Bids Than Dec. Sale

New oil-and-gas leases will lock in decades of pollution; won’t lower Americans’ energy bills

Sworls of Montipora aequituberculata, a core coral, attract fish at Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, about 1,300 miles southwest of Honolulu. (Jim E. Maragos / USFWS)
Article March 9, 2026

3 Wins for the Environment Against the Trump Administration

The Trump administration’s onslaught on the environment is intense, but Earthjustice is using the power of the law to fight back.

A fireball rises above the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tarague range seconds after the detonation of an M117 bomb, as a part of the flight's training, on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (A1C Joshua P. Strang / USAF)
Press Release March 9, 2026

Supreme Court Will Consider Case Challenging U.S. Air Force’s Illegal Decision to Blow Up Bombs on the Beach in Guam

Oral arguments will take place during fall session

document March 6, 2026

Fact Sheet: EPA Prepares to Gut Coal Ash Safeguards and Cleanup Requirements

Under the current Trump administration, the EPA has begun to systematically gut protections that would otherwise force the coal industry to clean up its toxic coal ash.

A view of wildflowers and the Mule Mountains located in Chuckwalla National Monument. (Bob Wick / BLM)
Press Release March 5, 2026

Court Allows Organizations to Intervene In Lawsuit to Defend Chuckwalla National Monument

Conservation, education, veteran, and recreation groups fight to protect critical Southern California public lands in Chuckwalla National Monument

People rally outside of an EPA public hearing on coal ash in Chicago, Illinois in 2023 (Jamie Kelter Davis for Earthjustice)
Article March 5, 2026

People Are Furious About Coal Ash Deregulation

Folks nationwide feel the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning its responsibility to protect communities, and they are speaking out.

The Gerald Gentleman power station causes visible air pollution at iconic places such as Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. (Von Fumetti / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release March 4, 2026

Environmental Groups Sue EPA for Illegally Rejecting Colorado’s Emission-Reduction Plan

Groups challenge disapproval of state’s widely-supported regional haze plan

Canoers paddle in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article March 4, 2026

The Little-Known Law Congress is Abusing to Sell Out Our Public Lands

How lawmakers are clearing the way for mining and fossil fuel development across the western U.S. and Alaska.

The TransAlta coal plant in Centralia, WA, is the largest source of mercury and global warming pollutants in the state.
(Earthjustice Photo)
Press Release March 3, 2026

Public Interest Groups Go to Court to Halt Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington’s Last Coal Plant Operating

The long-planned shutdown of the coal plant in Centralia, Washington, was designed to provide state residents with cleaner air and more affordable, reliable, clean energy