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An ultra-deepwater drillship anchored in the Gulf of Mexico in 2021. The Trump administration wants to allow more drilling in the Gulf. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
ArticleApril 4, 2025

What Our Trump Lawsuits Are All About

The environmental movement has made huge gains since the 1970s, and we won’t let the lawless actions of the current administration reverse our hard-won progress.

The downtown Los Angeles skyline bathed in smog. (Daniel Stein / Getty Images)
Press ReleaseApril 4, 2025

Earthjustice Reacts to Senate Parliamentarian Reaffirming States’ Rights to Clean their Air Under the Clean Air Act

State waivers for stronger tailpipe standards are not subject to the Congressional Review Act

Logging operations in the Coconino National Forest in Arizona. President Trump issued an executive order that seeks to increase logging in the national forest system and other federal lands. (Randi Shaffer / USDA Forest Service)
Press ReleaseApril 4, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to ‘Emergency’ Forests Directive That Lays Groundwork for Widespread Industrial Logging

Secretarial memo following Trump Executive Order seeks widespread increase of logging across federal forests

In the News: The GuardianApril 4, 2025

New House Republican proposal seeks to exempt many toxic PFAS from review

Michael Youhana, Attorney, Northeast Office: “Even small releases or small bits of exposure to PFAS can cause devastating effects to the environment and human beings, and that’s why this doesn’t make sense.”

In the News: The NationApril 4, 2025

Mining the Past, Threatening the Future

Laura Berglan, Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program: “We’re pleased that they withdrew their plan. That means that for now, the sacred sites are protected from drilling and that the community members can continue to use Ha’Kamwe’ in line with their spiritual and cultural practices.”

From the ExpertsApril 3, 2025

Medicaid, Pollution, and Policy Failures — An Overlooked Cycle

Lawmakers are gutting both Medicaid and environmental protections, endangering vulnerable communities.

In the News: PoliticoApril 3, 2025

Pennsylvania to host largest-ever U.S. gas plant to fuel data centers

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “This is part of a larger trend of states and utilities green-lighting new fossil fuel infrastructure to enable trillion-dollar tech companies to expand their energy-intensive data centers — derailing progress toward a clean energy future.”

Whitney Gravelle, President of the Bay Mills Indian Community. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Press ReleaseApril 3, 2025

Tribes, Greens Take Line 5 Tunnel to Michigan’s Supreme Court

Tribes and environmental orgs are asking the Court to overturn a state agency’s permit

Protestors paddle next to the Mackinac Bridge at the Pipe Out Paddle Up Flotilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City, Michigan. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
ArticleApril 3, 2025

An Oil Tunnel is Threatening the Great Lakes

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Time is running out to stop one company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil flowing.

documentApril 2, 2025

Line 5 Tunnel Application for Leave to Appeal Before MI Supreme Court

Four Michigan Tribes and environmental groups ask the state Supreme Court to consider overturning a lower court decision that upheld the Michigan Public Service Commission’s permit for the Line 5 tunnel project.

The Colstrip coal-fired power plant in Montana in 2004. (Larry Mayer / Getty Images)
Press ReleaseApril 2, 2025

One of America’s Dirtiest Coal Plants Seeks Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card from Trump

Montana’s Colstrip plant asks Trump administration for clean air standard exemption

(Ceci Freed / Earthjustice)
videoApril 2, 2025

Legal Experts Explain the Harms of EPA’s Deregulatory Agenda

A huge array of environmental protections are on the chopping block.

(Ceci Freed / Earthjustice)
videoApril 2, 2025

From Our Clients: The Lawsuit Over Trump Administration’s IRA Funding Freeze

“This funding freeze is more than an administrative delay. It is actively harming the people.”

In the News: Michigan AdvanceApril 2, 2025

Army Corps of Engineers branch overseeing Line 5 tunnel project gains emergency processing authority

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: “If the Corps advances the Line 5 tunnel project through this process, we expect them to comply with the law. The truth is there is no national energy emergency, and even if there was, Line 5 is a pipeline that transports Canadian oil primarily to Canada. It will…

documentApril 1, 2025

Two-Pager: New York Should Keep on Trucking with its Advanced Clean Trucks Rule

New York should not delay its Advanced Clean Trucks rule to protect New Yorkers’ health and clean the air.

staffApril 1, 2025

Nicholas Morales

Nicholas Morales is a Senior Attorney with the Washington, D.C. Regional Office.

In the News: Spectrum NewsApril 1, 2025

Environmental groups sue DEC over failure to launch cap-and-invest

Rachel Spector, attorney at Earthjustice, discusses the lawsuit with Capital Tonight.

In the News: FloodlightApril 1, 2025

As EPA pulls back, schoolchildren could face the steepest risks

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities, Earthjustice: “The law demands that EPA control these pollutants, and demands that EPA protect families and communities. And these impacts on these communities most heavily land on the shoulders of children. Children are more susceptible to the harms from pollutants, and these pollutants are often happening right…