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The Trump administration is pushing climate denial and limiting our government’s ability to act. Learn more by taking our quiz.
Trump is Failing the Climate Test. Will You Pass Our Climate Quiz?
See how well you understand what the Trump administration is up to
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January 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The Trump administration is pushing climate denial and limiting our government’s ability to act. Learn more by taking our quiz.
Are we going to replay one of the worst oil disasters in history?
"The Trump administration and BP are trying to carry on as if nothing has changed since Deepwater Horizon. In some ways, they’re right," writes Earthjustice Senior VP of Programs @samsankar.bsky.social in @slate.com.
"The Trump administration and BP are trying to carry on as if nothing has changed since Deepwater Horizon. In some ways, they’re right," writes Earthjustice Senior VP of Programs @samsankar.bsky.social in @slate.com.
It’s Responsible for One of the Worst Oil Disasters Ever. It’s Counting On Trump to Let It Do It Again.
Every American adult can summon up searing images from the Deepwater Horizon spill.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Are we going to replay one of the worst oil disasters in history?
"The Trump administration and BP are trying to carry on as if nothing has changed since Deepwater Horizon. In some ways, they’re right," writes Earthjustice Senior VP of Programs @samsankar.bsky.social in @slate.com.
"The Trump administration and BP are trying to carry on as if nothing has changed since Deepwater Horizon. In some ways, they’re right," writes Earthjustice Senior VP of Programs @samsankar.bsky.social in @slate.com.
Earthjustice has fought for decades to protect the Arctic. As the Trump administration continues its all-out assault to maximize oil and gas drilling for the benefit of the fossil fuel industry, we’ll keep challenging any action that breaks the law.
Why We’re Fighting Trump on Multiple Fronts to Protect the Arctic
The administration wants to maximize oil and gas drilling in Arctic regions of the U.S. We’re in court to stop them.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Earthjustice has fought for decades to protect the Arctic. As the Trump administration continues its all-out assault to maximize oil and gas drilling for the benefit of the fossil fuel industry, we’ll keep challenging any action that breaks the law.
We've fought for decades to protect the Arctic, and we'll keep challenging any action that breaks the law.
Groups Challenge Arctic Refuge Leases and Drilling Plan
Updated complaint restarts paused litigation to protect the 1.56 million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas leasing
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January 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
We've fought for decades to protect the Arctic, and we'll keep challenging any action that breaks the law.
In October 2025, the Interior Department reopened the entire Coastal Plain to oil leasing last October and reactivated leases sold during the first Trump administration. This decision violates key environmental laws, like the Endangered Species Act.
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
In October 2025, the Interior Department reopened the entire Coastal Plain to oil leasing last October and reactivated leases sold during the first Trump administration. This decision violates key environmental laws, like the Endangered Species Act.
We're suing. Today, Earthjustice restarted our long-running legal fight to protect the 1.56-million acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge from unlawful oil drilling.
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
We're suing. Today, Earthjustice restarted our long-running legal fight to protect the 1.56-million acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge from unlawful oil drilling.
Profits over people, once again.
The EPA is tasked with protecting us, not causing more harm.
The EPA is tasked with protecting us, not causing more harm.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Profits over people, once again.
The EPA is tasked with protecting us, not causing more harm.
The EPA is tasked with protecting us, not causing more harm.
Florida’s coral reefs nurture marine life and buffer the coast from 95% of wave energy. As Earthjustice attorney Danika Desai writes, these reefs have declined by over 80% since the 1970s. Protecting what remains is urgent.
Trashing our oceans: Feds plan the biggest permitted coral destruction in US history | The Invading Sea
The Army Corps of Engineers plans a massive dredging project at Port Everglades to make way for bigger ships.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Florida’s coral reefs nurture marine life and buffer the coast from 95% of wave energy. As Earthjustice attorney Danika Desai writes, these reefs have declined by over 80% since the 1970s. Protecting what remains is urgent.
“[This] decision was a win for all New Jersey residents, but primarily for the environmental justice communities that have long championed this fight. When our environmental laws protect our most vulnerable communities, they protect us all,” said Earthjustice attorney Casandia Bellevue.
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
“[This] decision was a win for all New Jersey residents, but primarily for the environmental justice communities that have long championed this fight. When our environmental laws protect our most vulnerable communities, they protect us all,” said Earthjustice attorney Casandia Bellevue.
Great news for environmental justice! New Jersey’s Appellate Court affirmed the state could move forward to implement landmark Environmental Justice Law, keeping in place the legal requirement for additional environmental review for projects in overburdened communities.
Environmentalists applaud court ruling upholding disputed regulations • New Jersey Monitor
The court's ruling upholds regulations implementing a landmark New Jersey environmental law that can bar construction based on pollution.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Great news for environmental justice! New Jersey’s Appellate Court affirmed the state could move forward to implement landmark Environmental Justice Law, keeping in place the legal requirement for additional environmental review for projects in overburdened communities.
As if drilling for oil on our public lands and clear-cutting our old-growth forests for timber weren’t enough for their corporate donors, the Trump administration is now eyeing uncharted territory for more extraction: the deep sea. Speak out against this destructive proposal.
Stop plans to mine the ocean floor
Profit-driven multinational companies want to mine for resources in the most difficult places on the planet for us to reach: the deep sea.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
As if drilling for oil on our public lands and clear-cutting our old-growth forests for timber weren’t enough for their corporate donors, the Trump administration is now eyeing uncharted territory for more extraction: the deep sea. Speak out against this destructive proposal.
One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, New Yorkers are breathing easier, commute times are improving, and the fees have also generated hundreds of millions of dollars for public transportation projects.
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
One year after the start of congestion pricing, traffic jams are less severe, streets are safer, New Yorkers are breathing easier, commute times are improving, and the fees have also generated hundreds of millions of dollars for public transportation projects.
The Trump administration is trying to unleash an offshore drilling plan that would jeopardize treasured coastlines including Alaska’s Arctic, the California Coast, and the Gulf.
Tell the Trump administration: No new offshore oil and gas leasing off our coasts.
Tell the Trump administration: No new offshore oil and gas leasing off our coasts.
Stop Trump’s plan to expand oil drilling in our oceans
Extracting oil and gas from beneath the ocean will harm millions of coastal residents and devastate countless ecosystems. Tell the Trump administration you oppose new oil and gas drilling off our coas...
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December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Trump administration is trying to unleash an offshore drilling plan that would jeopardize treasured coastlines including Alaska’s Arctic, the California Coast, and the Gulf.
Tell the Trump administration: No new offshore oil and gas leasing off our coasts.
Tell the Trump administration: No new offshore oil and gas leasing off our coasts.
Good news! After years of public pressure and Earthjustice litigation, the U.S. Postal Service has rolled out more than 2,600 electric vehicles for mail carriers at 65 sites around the country, delivering cleaner air for our communities. @righttozero.bsky.social
Electric Postal Service Vehicles Deliver Holiday Cheer and Clean Air
EVs are now operating from 65 post offices across the U.S., followed by years of public pressure and Earthjustice litigation.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Good news! After years of public pressure and Earthjustice litigation, the U.S. Postal Service has rolled out more than 2,600 electric vehicles for mail carriers at 65 sites around the country, delivering cleaner air for our communities. @righttozero.bsky.social
PFAS. Phthalates. BPA. These chemicals persist in the environment and our bodies — disrupting hormones and weakening immune systems.
Researchers say it’s time for stricter standards on the chemicals in plastics. Pharmaceuticals must prove safety, but plastics slip through with little oversight.
Researchers say it’s time for stricter standards on the chemicals in plastics. Pharmaceuticals must prove safety, but plastics slip through with little oversight.
These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals
See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
PFAS. Phthalates. BPA. These chemicals persist in the environment and our bodies — disrupting hormones and weakening immune systems.
Researchers say it’s time for stricter standards on the chemicals in plastics. Pharmaceuticals must prove safety, but plastics slip through with little oversight.
Researchers say it’s time for stricter standards on the chemicals in plastics. Pharmaceuticals must prove safety, but plastics slip through with little oversight.
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At Earthjustice, we are more than just lawyers in a courtroom. We go to court for the future of our planet. With unparalleled legal and policy expertise, we face off against big interests with deep po...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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The Lawyers Giving Us Hope
Six Earthjustice attorneys share what motivates them to keep fighting for the planet and its people.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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“It’s a hard time when you’re in communities that are being attacked. What helps me is knowing I have a place in pushing back, even if I can’t be part of every fight.” - Hana Vizcarra
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“It’s a hard time when you’re in communities that are being attacked. What helps me is knowing I have a place in pushing back, even if I can’t be part of every fight.” - Hana Vizcarra
“You don’t have to be a biologist to know that if you destroy the habitat, if you destroy the home where a critter lives, you are hurting the species.” - Kristen Boyles
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“You don’t have to be a biologist to know that if you destroy the habitat, if you destroy the home where a critter lives, you are hurting the species.” - Kristen Boyles
“Everyone approaches this work with a deep sense of respect for each other. There is this acknowledgement that the only way we can succeed is when we’re all working together.” - Marvin C. Brown IV
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Everyone approaches this work with a deep sense of respect for each other. There is this acknowledgement that the only way we can succeed is when we’re all working together.” - Marvin C. Brown IV
“The only way you lose is if you don’t fight. If we don’t fight, then we’re allowing a world to develop where bad things get normalized. And courage is contagious. Showing up for the fight is resetting the calculus on the other side of what’s possible and what’s right.” - Tania Galloni
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“The only way you lose is if you don’t fight. If we don’t fight, then we’re allowing a world to develop where bad things get normalized. And courage is contagious. Showing up for the fight is resetting the calculus on the other side of what’s possible and what’s right.” - Tania Galloni
"Is a kid with asthma going to be able to go outside to play, because the Trump administration is tearing down air pollution limits? Is a species going to go extinct because of what they’re planning? I can’t imagine being in a job where I couldn’t help fight back.” - Drew Caputo
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Is a kid with asthma going to be able to go outside to play, because the Trump administration is tearing down air pollution limits? Is a species going to go extinct because of what they’re planning? I can’t imagine being in a job where I couldn’t help fight back.” - Drew Caputo
“Letting our clients know that we won our fight for clean air was incredible. They expressed such disbelief that justice was served. This is what motivates me to do this work and helps me maintain hope.” - Candice Youngblood
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Letting our clients know that we won our fight for clean air was incredible. They expressed such disbelief that justice was served. This is what motivates me to do this work and helps me maintain hope.” - Candice Youngblood
Earthjustice attorneys are fighting tirelessly to protect our communities and wild places from the relentless attacks of the second Trump administration.
Six of our attorneys share what motivates them:
Six of our attorneys share what motivates them:
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Earthjustice attorneys are fighting tirelessly to protect our communities and wild places from the relentless attacks of the second Trump administration.
Six of our attorneys share what motivates them:
Six of our attorneys share what motivates them:
As families struggle with rising electricity bills, the Trump administration is intent on delivering coal for the holidays and forcing households to pay for it . This bailout of the failing coal industry locks us into higher costs. Coal isn’t just dirty — it’s expensive.
Why Are Electricity Bills Going Up?
Electricity rates are set to skyrocket, fueled by the Trump administration’s war on cheaper clean energy and push for expensive fossil fuels.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
As families struggle with rising electricity bills, the Trump administration is intent on delivering coal for the holidays and forcing households to pay for it . This bailout of the failing coal industry locks us into higher costs. Coal isn’t just dirty — it’s expensive.