Republican attorneys general from 23 states petitioned the agency to weaken Title VI

Groups aim to defend against industry efforts to maximize offshore drilling in public waters

Gulf, Alaska, and environmental groups filed a motion to intervene in an oil industry lawsuit challenging the Interior Department’s Five-Year Program for offshore oil-and-gas leasing — to prevent industry from grabbing even more public waters for profit.

Health, environmental, and community organizations, represented by Earthjustice and Clean Air Task Force, filed to intervene in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent strengthening of an air standard for fine particulate matter pollution, finalized in February. This landmark standard is designed to protect public health and would address environmental injustices but is being challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by major trade associations and 25 states.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruling restricts EPA and DOJ from protecting Louisiana communities from disparate environmental impacts

Toxic “forever chemicals” remain laxly regulated.

A federal judge in Oregon approved a long-term pause in Snake River litigation allowing a tribal-state plan and U.S. government commitments to restore the Columbia River Basin to continue.

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs: “This is the most right-wing court we’ve seen in almost a century, and that’s emboldening conservative legal activists to swing for the fences with legal claims that would have been laughable just a few years ago. The legal landscape has shifted, and it’s profound.”

A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups, and other forest advocates are seeking to defend the reinstatement of National Roadless Rule protections across the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska by intervening in several legal challenges opposing the rule.

State of Louisiana v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al.

State of Louisiana v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al.

State of Louisiana v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al.

The Court found Peru responsible for violating the rights of residents of La Oroya, who have been exposed to unsafe levels of toxic contamination for generations

A new policy combined with state funding will speed up Washington’s transition to all-electric, zero-emission school buses.

Southwest Power Pool, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, PJM, FirstEnergy, PacifiCorp, and Florida Power & Light want Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to gut important provisions of its proposed interconnection rule, Order No. 2023. On November 6, 2023 Earthjustice filed a motion to intervene to defend the FERC rule.

An important step towards justice for a historically Black neighborhood

Official transcript of motion hearing before the Honorable James D. Cain, Jr., United States District Judge. State of Louisiana v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al.

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “It’s been many years now of litigation, fighting to protect this remarkable place, and phew, we’re done. The monument and its expansion, it’s now the law of the land. People should go visit this summer. It’s a beautiful place.”