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Earthjustice is suing Trump's EPA for failing to fully implement the lifesaving national soot standard that is supposed to protect us from dangerous air pollution. Doctors and scientists have made it overwhelmingly clear that soot pollution sickens and kills people.
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The Senate just weaponized an arcane law called the Congressional Review Act to strip protections away from Minnesota's Boundary Waters. The move puts one of the country’s most visited Wilderness Areas in danger of permanent pollution from a proposed sulfide-ore copper-nickel mine.
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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.
https://earthjustice.org/article/the-little-known-law-congress-is-abusing-to-sell-out-our-public-lands
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BREAKING: The Senate voted to strip away protections from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, putting the beloved Wilderness Area in danger of permanent pollution from toxic mining. Corporate polluters and their congressional allies are using an arcane law to sell out our public lands.
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"Folks are calling electricity prices like the new price of eggs," said Christie Hicks, an attorney at Earthjustice. "I don't think that there's anyone who would say, yes, I would like to pay more for my electricity so that I can subsidize some of the wealthiest companies in the world."
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Data center executives fret over the industry's increasingly toxic public image
Data center development has boomed but communities and politicians are pushing back. Sinking sentiment imperils trillions of dollars of development.
https://www.aol.com/articles/data-center-executives-fret-over-095301926.html
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🚨URGENT 🚨The Senate could vote strip protections from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters as soon as this afternoon. Demand that your Senators protect the Boundary Waters from permanent and irreparable mining pollution. Call (202) 224-3121: Vote NO on H.J. Res. 140
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Rev. Robert Tipton Jr. and his Mississippi community are fighting pollution from a new kind of source: a fossil fuel power plant devoted to an AI data center.
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A Community Takes a Data Center Colossus to Court
The NAACP and Earthjustice are suing Elon Musk’s company xAI over air pollution from an unpermitted power plant in Southaven, Mississippi.
https://earthjustice.org/article/a-community-takes-a-data-center-colossus-to-court
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BREAKING: We're suing Elon Musk’s company, xAI, for building an illegal power plant in Mississippi to fuel its data center – with no air permits and little protection for the people living around it.
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Earlier this month, a lawmaker tried to sneak through a bill that would have allowed polluting AI data centers to evade environmental oversight and limit the public's ability to take them to court. Right away, Earthjustice mobilized more than 130 advocacy groups in 24 hours to oppose it – and won.
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How We Rallied a Big Coalition to Stop a Shady Data Center Bill
The ‘Protect American AI Act’ in Congress would have exempted data centers from complying with key environmental laws.
https://earthjustice.org/article/how-we-rallied-a-big-coalition-to-stop-a-shady-data-center-bill?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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xAI built an illegal power plant in Southaven, MS to power its AI data center— with no air permits, lax oversight, and little regard for nearby families. The illegal power plant is only half a mile from family homes, causing serious health concerns for residents. Earthjustice will fight this.
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The EPA proposed a rule to gut the regulations that protect communities from the dangers of coal ash – the toxic sludge left after burning coal to produce electricity. “For EPA to turn its back on communities near coal ash dumps is illegal & reckless,” said Earthjustice Senior Counsel Lisa Evans.
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EPA scales back oversight on how toxic coal waste is stored
Environmental advocates condemned the proposals as an affront to public health and the communities that could be exposed to pollution from nearby ash pits.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/04/09/epa-coal-waste-proposal/
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Happy Earth month! Yesterday, the EPA published a draft rule to effectively gut federal coal ash regulations. Coal ash is the toxic sludge that power companies have dumped in unlined pits for decades, it's leaking and contaminating water across the country.
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Communities across the country are facing new data centers and power plants in their backyards — all to power the AI boom. The unchecked buildout of data centers threatens to raise electricity rates, increases pollution, and undermine clean energy goals.
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What You Need to Know About AI Data Centers
Earthjustice attorneys are fighting to control their pollution and climate impacts — and your energy bill.
https://earthjustice.org/article/what-you-need-to-know-about-ai-data-centers?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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Earthjustice attorneys are in court this week for arguments against the illegal immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, or "Alligator Alcatraz." Florida built the center in 2025 in the heart of the Everglades without conducting a legally-required environmental review.
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We’re Fighting to Protect the Everglades from Florida’s Illegal Detention Center
Florida and the Trump administration have been ramming through the construction of an immigration detention facility within the Florida Everglades, the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisp...
https://earthjustice.org/brief/2026/judge-halts-construction-on-florida-everglades-detention-center?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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We’re suing the Trump admin for greenlighting extinction in the Gulf of Mexico. The “God Squad” voted last week to allow oil and gas companies to completely ignore endangered species protections in the Gulf — an exemption that could serve as a death sentence for already imperiled species.
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‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico
Critics say exemption for fossil fuels exploits White House’s ‘self-made gas crisis’, and could doom the rare Rice’s whale
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/gulf-of-mexico-drilling-endangered-species
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Earthjustice is suing the Trump admin over its decision to exempt all Gulf of Mexico oil-and-gas offshore drilling from the Endangered Species Act. The exemption which leaves imperiled marine life unprotected is "unnecessary, ineffective & dangerous," said Earthjustice VP of Litigation Drew Caputo.
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E&E News: Environmentalists sue to stop sweeping Gulf ESA exemption
Two lawsuits were filed to block the Trump administration’s carve-out of oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species protections.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/04/02/environmentalists-sue-to-stop-sweeping-gulf-esa-exemption-00855421
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Microplastics create macro problems. Nurdles are tiny pellets made from fossil fuels and are raw materials for plastic goods. Chemical companies spill 1 billion pounds of these nurdles every year, polluting the communities they operate in and floating out into the ocean.
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The Bay She Loves Is Choked with Microplastics. She’s Taking the Polluter to Court.
Earthjustice is representing Diane Wilson as she joins a legal challenge to a massive plastics facility owned by Dow and Union Carbide.
https://earthjustice.org/article/the-bay-she-loves-is-choked-with-microplastic-shes-taking-the-polluter-to-court?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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WE’RE SUING: The Trump admin moved to allow oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico to ignore endangered species protections. The admin claims this will bring energy security, but Gulf communities know what unrestrained drilling will bring: devastating oil spills and destruction of ecosystems.
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We’re Suing the Trump Administration for Greenlighting Extinction in the Gulf of Mexico
Whales, sea turtles, fish, rays, manatees, corals, and birds are now without protection.
https://earthjustice.org/article/extinction-wont-make-anyone-safer?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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The Extinction Committee, also known as the God Squad, voted to allow oil & gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico to ignore endangered species protections. Greenlighting extinction won’t lower your gas prices. What it could do is trigger ecological destruction. We're prepared to fight back in court.
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The ‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Offshore Drilling
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/climate/god-squad-whales-gulf.html
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The Extinction Committee voted to give the oil industry permission to harm and kill imperiled species across the Gulf of Mexico. Because of the committee’s vote, whales, sea turtles, fish, rays, manatees, corals, and birds are now without protection. We'll see them in court.
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Extinction Won’t Make Anyone Safer
The administration just moved to allow oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico to ignore endangered species protections.
https://earthjustice.org/article/extinction-wont-make-anyone-safer?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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BREAKING: Huge win for the Endangered Species Act! A federal court struck down President Trump’s attacks against the ESA – a ruling that will derail ongoing efforts by the current Trump admin to further weaken the bedrock environmental law.
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Federal Court Strikes Down President Trump’s Attacks Against Endangered Species Act, Restores Bedrock Environmental Law to Pre-Trump Status
Ruling derails future attempts to weaken law
https://earthjustice.org/press/2026/federal-court-strikes-down-president-trumps-attacks-against-endangered-species-act-restores-bedrock-environmental-law-to-pre-trump-status?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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Earthjustice is suing Trump’s EPA over its illegal repeal of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, which limit hazardous air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants. By scrapping MATS, EPA is giving a lifeline to some of the dirtiest power plants at the expense of public health.
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We’re Suing Trump for Weakening Rules That Protect Us From Power Plant Pollution
The EPA finalized a repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, lifesaving regulations that drastically reduce toxic chemical emissions from the nation’s dirtiest power plants. We're fighting...
https://earthjustice.org/brief/2026/trump-is-trying-again-to-gut-pollution-rules-for-power-plants-were-fighting-back?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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Plastic nurdles are flooding our oceans—nearly 1 billion pounds per year. What are nurdles? Microplastic pellets the size of lentils that are the building blocks of most plastic products. They're spilling into waterways, contaminating our food, and threatening public health.
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The Trump admin's arguments for rescinding the Roadless Rule fall flat when you look at the science. “Industry and their political allies do not like the roadless rule because it gets in the way of logging. Full stop,” said Earthjustice VP of Litigation Drew Caputo.
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USDA Says It Needs Roads to Fight Remote Wildfires, but a New Study Says Roads Bring More Fire to Forests - Inside Climate News
Opponents of the move say the Trump administration’s push to rescind the Roadless Rule is a giveaway to the timber industry that ignores science and will make wildfires worse.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24032026/usda-roadless-rule-forest-wildfires/
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A recent EPA reversal approved West Virginia’s haze‑reduction plan even though coal plants didn’t evaluate whether additional pollution controls were needed. We’re suing the agency, arguing that this new policy let WV avoid required pollution cuts and threatens air quality in national parks.
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Trump's EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warn
Conservationists are warning that the Trump administration is working state by state to undo decades of progress in clearing skies over the country's beloved national parks.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-parks-haze-pollution-rules-epa-9e83f9cd7f6773deedbad355a40da232
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When microplastics spill into our ecosystems, they don’t biodegrade or disappear. They pollute our air, food, and water. We’re working with the San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper to stop a plastics manufacturer from pouring more plastic pellets into our waterways.
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Where Do Microplastics Come From and Why Are They Polluting Our Waters?
Microplastics can now be found just about everywhere in the environment, including – most alarming – in our own bodies.
https://earthjustice.org/feature/microplastics-pellets-nurdles-crisis?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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Chemical plants spill 1 billion pounds of microplastic pellets called ‘nurdles’ every year, polluting nearby communities and our oceans. Diane Wilson found out that San Antonio Bay has one of the highest amounts of toxic pollution in the country, and together we're fighting back.
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The Bay She Loves Is Choked with Microplastics. She’s Taking the Polluter to Court.
Earthjustice is representing Diane Wilson as she joins a legal challenge to a massive plastics facility owned by Dow and Union Carbide.
https://earthjustice.org/article/the-bay-she-loves-is-choked-with-microplastic-shes-taking-the-polluter-to-court?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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The Kaskida project has the potential to spill up to 4.5M barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. “It’s deeply disturbing that the Trump admin approved a proposal littered with legal and regulatory flaws, especially given BP’s history in the Gulf,” said Earthjustice Senior Attorney Brettny Hardy.
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BP Cleared for First New Gulf of Mexico Field Project Since 2010 Blowout
BP’s deepwater Kaskida project is scheduled to start crude production in 2029. The Department of Interior’s approval of Kaskida comes despite objections from environmental groups and Democratic lawma...
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bp-wins-ok-first-gulf-154527247.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJdnKORqHA1ErGM032li0dWWzyyhb5_hArGa9Ci_BbKZYQp015yky__hM20jFaoBtcgGs_Jk6nF93GVruq5XbBeLAt6CzA4AmuT2oAv4TGFQZpxBuLLXQr8iKkNnsu-mKwQRaCmVbisf0caoULQSnx8UrsNKD0AlGElNbTcp5ykK
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The Trump administration approved BP's Kaskida oil drilling project despite vocal public opposition and numerous red flags in the company's proposal. Kaskida has the potential to spill up to 4.5 million barrels of oil in the ocean, threatening Gulf coast communities and ecosystems.
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Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/climate/trump-bp-gulf-of-mexico-drilling.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TFA.pHJW.HHo1_6nEAznJ&smid=url-share
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The Trump administration has approved Kaskida, BP's first completely new Gulf oilfield since its 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, despite significant legal and regulatory shortcomings with BP's proposal and vocal public opposition.
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Childhood cancers have increased by some 35% in the past 50 years, which experts say is linked in part to toxic chemicals. We need safeguards like the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) now more than ever. But the chemical lobby designed a bill to gut TSCA, and it is moving through Congress.
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Remember Trump's promises to bring down the cost of living? As energy affordability worsens and Trump's war causes gas prices to skyrocket, the solution is clear: Our future depends on a transition to clean, renewable energy.
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Recent lease sales have been a flop. The Trump administration’s latest large-scale lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico saw fewer oil industry bids than we have seen over the past decade.
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Gulf of Mexico oil and gas auction yields far fewer bids than first Trump sale
The Trump administration's second sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico in three months attracted far less industry interest than the auction it held in December, according to a sale docu...
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/gulf-mexico-oil-gas-auction-yields-far-fewer-bids-than-first-trump-sale-2026-03-10/
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BP, the same company behind the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the worst oil spill in U.S. history, is now seeking approval for an even deeper drilling project in the Gulf called "Kaskida." This is an unacceptable threat to Gulf communities, ecosystems, and the climate.
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Why BP’s Kaskida Project Is a Recipe for (Yet Another) Disaster
The offshore oil drilling project would push into riskier, deeper waters than the infamous Deepwater Horizon rig.
https://earthjustice.org/feature/kaskida-bp-oil-drilling?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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The Trump admin has until March 13th to approve or reject "Kaskida," BP's proposed ultra-deepwater drilling project. According to BP's proposal, Kaskida has the potential to spill up to 4.5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf — and it could take 100 days to control the spill. Take action.
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Stop this ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico
If approved, this project will be BP’s first completely new oilfield development in the Gulf of Mexico since the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon disaster.
https://earthjustice.org/action/stop-this-ultra-deepwater-drilling-project-in-the-gulf-of-mexico?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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The Trump admin has until March 13th to decide whether to approve "Kaskida," an ultra-deepwater drilling project in the Gulf proposed by BP, the company behind the Deepwater Horizon disaster — the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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The Trump administration has dismantled regulations and policies that protect children from toxic chemicals, pesticides, and pollutants, while cynically packaging its rollbacks as victories for the "Make America Healthy Again" movement. We need rules that put health first.
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The Trump Administration’s MAHA Lies
On PFAS, pesticides, food additives, and more — what the MAHA commission said in their report, what the MAHA commission recommends and what the Trump administration is actually doing
https://earthjustice.org/feature/trump-maha?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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Good news! In a blow to Trump's 'drill, baby drill' agenda, zero companies bid for the chance to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's Cook Inlet. This comes after we notified the Interior Department last month of our intent to sue over the planned unlawful lease sale on March 4.
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Trump keeps trying to auction off this US property for oil drilling. No one is buying. | CNN
A federal deadline came and went this week for oil companies to bid on around 1 million acres of drilling territory off Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/climate/trump-cook-inlet-alaska-oil-drilling
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Communities across the country are feeling the effects of data centers in higher energy bills, increased pollution, and water consumption.
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Trump says deal on data centers will lower electricity prices as tech companies vow to cover costs
President Donald Trump is pressing Big Tech to build its own power as AI data centers spark anger over electric bills.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-data-centers-electricity-costs-9a3fbe8a9e68197dd470c7c02d92d7ab
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A few lawmakers are using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) in a troubling, unprecedented attempt to clear the way for mining and fossil fuel development. Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is under attack in Congress right now. Tell Congress to defend our public lands ⬇️
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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.
https://earthjustice.org/article/the-little-known-law-congress-is-abusing-to-sell-out-our-public-lands?utm_source=blusesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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VICTORY! Remember when President Trump declared himself a king and decreed that congestion pricing was dead? Today, a federal court ruled that the Trump admin unlawfully attempted to end NYC’s successful Congestion Pricing program. We won!
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The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) saved up to 11,000 lives every year by limiting dangerous air pollution. Now Trump’s EPA is moving to dismantle those safeguards, putting thousands of people at greater risk of asthma, heart disease, and cancer.
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Trump Is Trying Again to Gut Pollution Rules for Power Plants. We’re Fighting Back.
The EPA finalized a repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, lifesaving regulations that drastically reduce toxic chemical emissions from the nation’s dirtiest power plants.
https://earthjustice.org/brief/2026/trump-is-trying-again-to-gut-pollution-rules-for-power-plants-were-fighting-back?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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Good news: We won a victory in court to help salmon safely move past dams in the Columbia River Basin. A federal court in Oregon ordered federal agencies to change operations of the Columbia Basin hydropower system in critical ways to help improve salmon survival.
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The Trump administration is abandoning its responsibility to take action on climate change. We won’t let them. The EPA is required by law to protect us from air pollution that endangers public health and welfare – including greenhouse gases that are driving climate change.
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Americans face serious exposure to harmful chemicals that are linked to rising cancer rates, developmental disabilities, and chronic disease. Trump's campaign promised to address this crisis and "Make America Healthy Again." Instead, it is weakening the rules that protect us from toxic chemicals.
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One of America’s most visited wilderness areas is facing a full-on assault by the mining industry’s allies in Congress. Demand that your Senators oppose toxic mining in the Boundary Waters' watershed.
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Stop Congress from selling out the Boundary Waters to a Chilean-owned mine
Corporate polluters are taking aim at one of North America’s most treasured landscapes.
https://earthjustice.org/action/defend-the-boundary-waters-from-mining-pollution
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Today, the EPA abandoned its responsibility to protect Americans from deadly air pollution by finalizing a repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), a key rule that limited how much mercury and other toxic pollution coal- and oil-fired power plants can release into the air.
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We'll see them in court: The Trump admin repealed the endangerment finding, which compels the government to limit climate pollution for public health. The administration also repealed carbon pollution standards for vehicles, even as total vehicle pollution costs billions in health care annually.
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Trump’s EPA Rolled Back the ‘Endangerment Finding.’ We’re Taking Them to Court.
The EPA revoked the finding that greenhouses gases threaten public health and welfare, then weakened vehicle emissions standards.
https://earthjustice.org/article/the-trump-administration-has-clean-air-protections-in-its-crosshairs?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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Earthjustice is suing Trump’s EPA for repealing the endangerment finding and trying to abandon its responsibility to protect us from climate change.
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E.P.A. Faces First Lawsuit Over Its Killing of Major Climate Rule
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/climate/epa-endangerment-finding-lawsuit.html
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Earthjustice and our partners just filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from making climate denialism official government policy. The endangerment finding requires the EPA to protect us from dangerous climate pollution that threatens our health and future.
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The Trump administration is once again putting our lives at risk to benefit polluters. Trump's EPA is repealing its own scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, making climate denial official government policy.
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Trump’s EPA Just Repealed the ‘Endangerment Finding.’ Here’s What That Means.
The EPA revoked the finding that greenhouses gases threaten public health and welfare, then weakened vehicle emissions standards.
https://earthjustice.org/article/the-trump-administration-has-clean-air-protections-in-its-crosshairs?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=feed&ms=bluesky
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