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Earthjustice Project 2025 Analysis

High-level observations and illustrative examples based on Earthjustice’s review of the chapters of Project 2025 that are most relevant to our work and the broader environmental and legal space.

Under the Clean Air Act, EPA has an obligation to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for a number of common air pollutants including ground-level ozone.
(Louis Vest / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Press Release August 29, 2024

Advocates Notify EPA of Intent to Sue Over Federal Operating Permit for Valero Houston Refinery

Local groups ask the EPA to take over to require monitoring of emissions to protect public health.

Map of D-1 lands in Alaska (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
Press Release: Victory August 27, 2024

The Department of the Interior Finalizes Protections for 28 Million Acres of Public Lands in Alaska

Earthjustice joins Tribes in applauding the safeguarding of Alaska’s federally-managed lands critical for food security and the protection of intact ecosystems

staff August 26, 2024

Melanie Hart

Melanie Hart is the Senior Vice President of Community, Justice, and Impact at Earthjustice.

The welcome sign to St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, and a pipeline marker, are covered in red dust from the nearby Atlantic Alumina facility. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release August 23, 2024

Louisiana Federal Court Permanently Stops Title VI Protections Statewide

Ruling blocks federal safeguards against environmental injustice in Louisiana

document August 22, 2024

Hualapai v. Haaland Temporary Restraining Order

A federal district court judge has granted a temporary restraining order sought by Earthjustice on behalf of the Hualapai Tribe to freeze a lithium drilling operation that is endangering their lands, including a sacred medicinal spring called Ha’Kamwe’.

The expansion of ExxonMobil’s Beaumont Refinery in Texas is one of the cases where the EPA failed to investigate civil rights complaints filed more than a decade ago. (Randy Edwards / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release August 22, 2024

EPA Updates Guidance on Title VI Civil Rights Safeguards

Earthjustice welcomes EPA’s new Title VI guidance

Press Release August 22, 2024

Earthjustice Appoints Abre’ Conner and Rashad Morris to Board of Trustees

Both leaders bring decades of invaluable insight to Earthjustice’s Board

document August 22, 2024

Judgment: Louisiana Federal Court Permanently Stops Title VI Protections Statewide

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana permanently blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice from enforcing disparate impact regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in Louisiana.

Ha ‘Kamwe is a hot spring sacred to the Hualapai Tribe in Northern Arizona. An Australian company is threatening the spring with a proposed lithium mining project.
(Ash Ponders for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory August 21, 2024

Court Orders Freeze to Drilling on Hualapai Land in Northern Arizona

The Tribe is suing BLM to protect their sacred hot spring from mining

(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Article August 20, 2024

Two Years Ago, We Passed the Biggest Climate Spending Bill Ever. Here’s What It Has Achieved.

We’re celebrating a booming clean economy, lower energy costs, a path forward to reducing harmful pollution, and more than 334,000 new clean energy jobs so far.

Flaring at a refinery located next to homes in Wilmington, CA. (Jesse Marquez)
Press Release August 19, 2024

Governor Newsom Vetoes Refinery Air Quality Bill

Senate Bill 674 is a critical step for public health and quality of life for fenceline communities

(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Press Release August 16, 2024

Earthjustice Celebra Segundo Aniversario de la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación

“Dos años después de que el presidente Biden firmara la mayor inversión climática de la historia, la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación está transformando las comunidades, nuestra economía y la lucha global contra el cambio climático”.

(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Press Release August 16, 2024

Earthjustice Celebrates Two Year Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act

“Two years after President Biden signed the biggest climate investment in history, the Inflation Reduction Act is transforming communities, our economy, and the global fight on climate change.”

NW Natural was one of the fossil fuel companies protested against during a Portland Youth Climate Strike march in Portland, Oregon on May 20, 2022. (Nick Cunningham / DeSmog.com)
Press Release: Victory August 15, 2024

Climate and Justice Groups Reach a Partial Settlement with NW Natural to Keep Oregonian’s Energy Costs Low

Low-income families will receive the greatest relief from mounting energy costs

staff August 12, 2024

Rachel Rintelmann

Based in Washington, D.C., Rachel is the managing attorney of the Community Partnerships program.

In the News: National Observer August 9, 2024

Group of Alaska Tribes demands pause on B.C. mining project upstream of ‘ecological hotspot’

Mae Manupipatpong, Attorney, International Program: “The environmental harms don’t just stop at arbitrary borders, and cultural rights don’t really either.”

Kids play soccer near the Phillips 66 refinery in Wilmington, Calif. (Hannah Benet for Earthjustice)
Press Release August 8, 2024

Refinery Air Quality Bill Heads to California Governor for Final Approval

Senate Bill 674 is a critical step for public health and quality of life for fenceline communities