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Coal mines in the Powder River Basin. More than 80% of the federal coal applied for under paused leases is in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana.
(WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Update July 18, 2025

Government Signals Plan to Reopen Powder River Basin to Coal Development

Weโ€™ve fought too hard to leave coal in the past, where it belongs, to let Trump drag us backward.

Caribou form large herds on the coastal plains north of the Brooks Range.
(Florian Schulz / visionsofthewild.com)
From the Experts July 18, 2025

Confronting the Trump administrationโ€™s attack on the Arctic

Earthjustice is defending against multi-pronged attacks, all aimed at maximum drilling

Press Release July 17, 2025

EPA Seeks to Delay Monitoring and Clean up Requirements for Toxic Coal Ash, Adopting the Wishes of the Coal Power Industry

Across the U.S., coal ash dump sites leak dangerous levels of toxic pollutants, contaminating water and threatening health

Press Release July 14, 2025

New Jersey Agency Sued for Allowing Fourth Fossil-Fuel Power Plant in Newark

PVSC ignored significant community opposition to the project. Now the community is suing

document July 14, 2025

Complaint: Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission

Earthjustice, on behalf of Ironbound Community Corporation, sued the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission for approving a fourth gas power plant in Newark, despite strong community opposition. The plant would be built next to the Ironbound neighborhood, which is already crowded with smokestacks, diesel trucks, and power plants.

A controlled burn of oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico on June 9, 2010. (Petty Officer First Class John Masson / US Coast Guard)
Update July 11, 2025

The Oil Company Behind the Deepwater Horizon Spill Wants to Do a Massive, Risky Drilling Project in the Gulf

Whatโ€™s happening: BP, the company behind the worst oil spill in U.S. history, is asking the Trump administration to allow it to drill a new, ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. Why it matters: BPโ€™s Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 killed 11 people and released 4.9 million barrels of oil that blanketed the Gulfโ€ฆ

(Guzman Barquin / Unsplash)
feature July 11, 2025

Your Favorite Beach is Under Threat

The Trump administration is opening millions of acres of ocean to oil companies. New offshore drilling risks huge oil spills.

From the Experts July 10, 2025

Sludge-lords: Reports from Coal Plants Reveal Vast Quantities of Toxic Coal Ash in Newly-Documented Hazardous Ponds

Residents should demand that the sludge-lords comply with federal law and clean up their mess

document July 9, 2025

Air Products Fact Sheet โ€“ Comprehensive

A comprehensive fact sheet on Air Products Blue Energy LLCโ€™s pursuit of an Army Corps Clean Water Act permit and Louisiana Coastal Use Permit.

Moneen Nasmith, Director of National Climate, Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Press Release July 9, 2025

Moneen Nasmith To Serve as Earthjusticeโ€™s New Director of National Climate, Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

As Director, Nasmith will bring her expertise to challenge harmful fossil fuel infrastructure

A sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in July 2025. (Julio Cortez / AP)
Article July 9, 2025

Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Rainfall and Flooding

Hereโ€™s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Coal Creek Station, a coal-fired power plant located near Underwood, North Dakota. (Dan Koeck for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Press Release July 7, 2025

DOE Takes Step to Extend Lives of Polluting Power Plants Under False Energy Emergency

Forcing polluting fossil fuel plants to keep running will harm our health, climate, and wallets

The Coal Creek coal-fired power plant near Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota, in 2012. (John Elk / Getty Images)
feature July 7, 2025

Toxic Coal Ash in North Dakota: Addressing Coal Plantsโ€™ Hazardous Legacy

Massive quantities of coal ash are stored at eight power plant sites in North Dakota.

Press Release July 7, 2025

Trump Administration Begins Process to Reopen Powder River Basin to New Coal Leasing

Resource management plan amendment process follows massive coal giveaways in Republican budget bill

Press Release July 3, 2025

Earthjustice Applauds Significant International Human Rights Ruling on Climate Change

The Inter-American Court lays out important measures that governments must take to protect human rights in the face of the growing climate emergency.

The St. James Boat Club launch, along Blind River, part of the Lake Maurepas watershed, in Gramercy, La. Environmental advocates are wary of anything that might make air quality worse or threaten wildlife, fearing a plant designed to capture climate-changing carbon and make clean-burning hydrogen fuel will actually do more harm to the Lake Maurepas basin. (Gerald Herbert / AP)
document July 1, 2025

Fact Sheet: Air Productsโ€™ Proposed Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Facility on Lake Maurepas

Air Products is in pursuit of an Army Corpsโ€™ Clean Water Act 404 permit and a Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resourcesโ€™ Coastal Use Permit (CUP) that would allow for the construction of a carbon sequestration facility.

A woman protects her face while walking in white-out conditions in Jersey City, N.J., Feb. 1, 2021. The winter storm dropped more than two feet of snow on the area and may have broken a 122-year-old snowfall record for the state. (Seth Wenig / AP)
Article June 30, 2025

Winter Storms Are Hitting Harder Due to Climate Change

Hereโ€™s what Earthjustice is doing about it.

Houston residents escape flooded homes and businesses, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Article June 30, 2025

Climate Change Is Causing Sea Level Rise and Flooding

Hereโ€™s what Earthjustice is doing about it.