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As COP30 comes to a close with notable absence of the United States, world leaders are pondering what tangible steps to take next to tackle the climate crisis.
Inter-American Court to World Leaders: Protecting Human Rights Requires Reducing Fossil Fuel Use
Even after 30 years of climate negotiations, a historic human rights opinion urges governments to do more to fight climate change.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
As COP30 comes to a close with notable absence of the United States, world leaders are pondering what tangible steps to take next to tackle the climate crisis.
"Trump’s attacks on the Endangered Species Act seriously misread the room,” said Earthjustice attorney Kristen Boyles. “Most people are not going to allow the sacrifice of our natural world to a bunch of billionaires and corporate interests.”
This law helped save the bald eagle. Trump officials want to weaken it.
The Trump administration announced plans to roll back protections for plants and animals under the Endangered Species Act.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Trump’s attacks on the Endangered Species Act seriously misread the room,” said Earthjustice attorney Kristen Boyles. “Most people are not going to allow the sacrifice of our natural world to a bunch of billionaires and corporate interests.”
BREAKING: The Trump admin has unveiled a new federal offshore drilling plan to dramatically expand oil and gas sales in the U.S., by auctioning off public waters across approximately 1.27 billion acres.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
BREAKING: The Trump admin has unveiled a new federal offshore drilling plan to dramatically expand oil and gas sales in the U.S., by auctioning off public waters across approximately 1.27 billion acres.
BREAKING: The Trump admin proposes new rules to weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and limit the law’s effectiveness. Here’s what’s at stake:
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
BREAKING: The Trump admin proposes new rules to weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and limit the law’s effectiveness. Here’s what’s at stake:
NEW: This week, Earthjustice sued the Trump administration over its plan to hold a massive oil sale in the Gulf of Mexico while violating a core environmental law. This illegal sale threatens coastal communities in the entire Gulf region, and vulnerable marine species like the endangered whales.
Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico
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November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NEW: This week, Earthjustice sued the Trump administration over its plan to hold a massive oil sale in the Gulf of Mexico while violating a core environmental law. This illegal sale threatens coastal communities in the entire Gulf region, and vulnerable marine species like the endangered whales.
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New suit by @healthygulf.bsky.social @nrdc.org @sierraclub.org @biologicaldiversity.org @earthjustice.org seeks to block federal sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico
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November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
New suit by @healthygulf.bsky.social @nrdc.org @sierraclub.org @biologicaldiversity.org @earthjustice.org seeks to block federal sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
The Trump administration has announced plans to roll back critical protections under the Clean Water Act, a law that has safeguarded America’s waters for more than 50 years. This proposal would strip protections from countless bodies of water.
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Trump administration has announced plans to roll back critical protections under the Clean Water Act, a law that has safeguarded America’s waters for more than 50 years. This proposal would strip protections from countless bodies of water.
BREAKING: Earthjustice is suing the Trump administration over its decision to hold an offshore oil sale in the Gulf of Mexico despite blatant violations of the law and threats to coastal communities and endangered wildlife.
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
BREAKING: Earthjustice is suing the Trump administration over its decision to hold an offshore oil sale in the Gulf of Mexico despite blatant violations of the law and threats to coastal communities and endangered wildlife.
In a series of recent moves, the Trump administration and Congress have waged an all-out assault on the Arctic, aiming to maximize drilling across the entire region.
Here’s a roadmap of what Congress and the Trump administration are planning, and what you can do to stop it.
Here’s a roadmap of what Congress and the Trump administration are planning, and what you can do to stop it.
The Step-by-Step Plan to Sell Off the Arctic, and What You Can Do About It
The Trump administration and Congress have waged an all-out assault on the Arctic. Here are three actions you can take to protect it.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
In a series of recent moves, the Trump administration and Congress have waged an all-out assault on the Arctic, aiming to maximize drilling across the entire region.
Here’s a roadmap of what Congress and the Trump administration are planning, and what you can do to stop it.
Here’s a roadmap of what Congress and the Trump administration are planning, and what you can do to stop it.
The climate implications of the Trump administration's plan to open Alaska’s Arctic to an oil-drilling bonanza are staggering. All of the Arctic's public lands and oceans are at risk.
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The climate implications of the Trump administration's plan to open Alaska’s Arctic to an oil-drilling bonanza are staggering. All of the Arctic's public lands and oceans are at risk.
The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off California’s coast for the first time in decades. Almost no new fossil fuel development has occurred since the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, a disaster that killed thousands of birds and damaged fisheries.
Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling
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November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off California’s coast for the first time in decades. Almost no new fossil fuel development has occurred since the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, a disaster that killed thousands of birds and damaged fisheries.
The Trump administration plans a major expansion of offshore oil and gas sales. Trump is targeting public waters that have never been touched or untouched for decades, including in California and all over Alaska. This threatens communities and marine ecosystems that depend on undisturbed oceans.
Trump’s Ocean Drilling Order Puts Coastal Communities at Risk. Again.
15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, we're suing the Trump administration for attempting to reopen protected areas of the Gulf coastline for oil and gas drilling.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Trump administration plans a major expansion of offshore oil and gas sales. Trump is targeting public waters that have never been touched or untouched for decades, including in California and all over Alaska. This threatens communities and marine ecosystems that depend on undisturbed oceans.
Good news: The Michigan Public Service Commission agreed with us that Consumers Energy needs to better protect customers from the high costs of serving data centers. We demonstrated that without further protections, serving data centers could raise household electricity rates by more than 9%.
Michigan regulators move to protect Consumers Energy customers from some data center costs
The Michigan Public Service Commission approves rules to shield Consumers Energy ratepayers from data center costs, while environmentalists seek stronger protections.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Good news: The Michigan Public Service Commission agreed with us that Consumers Energy needs to better protect customers from the high costs of serving data centers. We demonstrated that without further protections, serving data centers could raise household electricity rates by more than 9%.
According to new reporting, the Trump administration is planning to force new offshore drilling on California for the first time in decades. Trump would hold six offshore oil sales in California over the next five years.
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
According to new reporting, the Trump administration is planning to force new offshore drilling on California for the first time in decades. Trump would hold six offshore oil sales in California over the next five years.
NEW: The Trump admin is planning to release a reckless offshore drilling plan that would open vast new areas of U.S. waters to oil and gas development. This would include auctioning off public waters in California, the Gulf of Mexico, and virtually every offshore area in Alaska.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
NEW: The Trump admin is planning to release a reckless offshore drilling plan that would open vast new areas of U.S. waters to oil and gas development. This would include auctioning off public waters in California, the Gulf of Mexico, and virtually every offshore area in Alaska.
Human activity is rapidly changing our global climate, contributing to extreme weather. Over the past century, soaring greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels have driven up temperatures and fueled climate disasters. This will only get worse unless we take action.
Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes More Intense
Here's what Earthjustice is doing about it.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Human activity is rapidly changing our global climate, contributing to extreme weather. Over the past century, soaring greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels have driven up temperatures and fueled climate disasters. This will only get worse unless we take action.
Permafrost in the Arctic is estimated to hold nearly twice as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere now, as well as a sizable amount of methane. Now, it's thawing – and releasing greenhouse gases.
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Permafrost in the Arctic is estimated to hold nearly twice as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere now, as well as a sizable amount of methane. Now, it's thawing – and releasing greenhouse gases.
Instead of working to reopen the government, Republican Senators and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) voted to overturn a Biden-era rule that protected ecologically sensitive public lands in the Western Arctic to harmful oil and gas drilling.
Next, it will move to the House.
Next, it will move to the House.
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Instead of working to reopen the government, Republican Senators and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) voted to overturn a Biden-era rule that protected ecologically sensitive public lands in the Western Arctic to harmful oil and gas drilling.
Next, it will move to the House.
Next, it will move to the House.
The Trump administration and its allies in Congress are maximizing oil-and-gas development across the Arctic.
The Interior Department announced that it opened the entire 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing. And it doesn't stop there.
The Interior Department announced that it opened the entire 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing. And it doesn't stop there.
The Trump Administration Is Prepping to Sell off Alaska's Arctic to Oil and Gas Companies
In a series of recent moves, the administration is opening most of the vast and precious Arctic ecosystem to drilling.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Trump administration and its allies in Congress are maximizing oil-and-gas development across the Arctic.
The Interior Department announced that it opened the entire 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing. And it doesn't stop there.
The Interior Department announced that it opened the entire 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing. And it doesn't stop there.
The Trump administration is asking for comments on which areas of the Western Arctic it should lease to fossil fuel companies for drilling.
It's time to register our overwhelming opposition. The Arctic should be protected, not drilled for oil and gas.
It's time to register our overwhelming opposition. The Arctic should be protected, not drilled for oil and gas.
Defend the Western Arctic from oil and gas drilling
Add your name today and tell the Department of the Interior: Don’t trade these essential and sensitive Arctic ecosystems for short-term oil profits.
earthjustice.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Trump administration is asking for comments on which areas of the Western Arctic it should lease to fossil fuel companies for drilling.
It's time to register our overwhelming opposition. The Arctic should be protected, not drilled for oil and gas.
It's time to register our overwhelming opposition. The Arctic should be protected, not drilled for oil and gas.
BREAKING: Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) is forcing a vote to open ecologically sensitive public lands in the Western Arctic to harmful oil and gas drilling— these lands support subsistence activities for Alaska Native people and provide important wildlife habitat.
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
BREAKING: Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) is forcing a vote to open ecologically sensitive public lands in the Western Arctic to harmful oil and gas drilling— these lands support subsistence activities for Alaska Native people and provide important wildlife habitat.
The Trump administration’s “energy emergency” is nothing more than a ghost story.
Even before Trump took office, the U.S. was producing more oil and gas than any nation on the planet has in the history of human civilization.
Even before Trump took office, the U.S. was producing more oil and gas than any nation on the planet has in the history of human civilization.
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Trump administration’s “energy emergency” is nothing more than a ghost story.
Even before Trump took office, the U.S. was producing more oil and gas than any nation on the planet has in the history of human civilization.
Even before Trump took office, the U.S. was producing more oil and gas than any nation on the planet has in the history of human civilization.
Victory! In a landmark decision, the NY Supreme Court ruled in favor of our clients and ordered the State to put forward regulations to reduce climate emissions by February 2026.
NY Supreme Court Rules the State Must Issue Climate Regulations
New York is violating the state’s climate law and must issue regulations to reduce climate pollution by February 2026
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October 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Victory! In a landmark decision, the NY Supreme Court ruled in favor of our clients and ordered the State to put forward regulations to reduce climate emissions by February 2026.
The Arctic faces unprecedented threats from the Trump administration's aggressive oil and gas drilling proposals.
Tell Interior Secretary Burgum to prioritize environmental protection over corporate profits.
Tell Interior Secretary Burgum to prioritize environmental protection over corporate profits.
Protect the Arctic from reckless drilling
The Arctic faces unprecedented threats from aggressive oil and gas drilling proposals.
earthjustice.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Arctic faces unprecedented threats from the Trump administration's aggressive oil and gas drilling proposals.
Tell Interior Secretary Burgum to prioritize environmental protection over corporate profits.
Tell Interior Secretary Burgum to prioritize environmental protection over corporate profits.
The Trump administration is moving to take Arctic lands that have never seen industrialization and open the doors wide for fossil fuel drilling. This aggressive drilling poses grave risks to the planet and to a vast, rare Arctic ecosystem.
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Trump administration is moving to take Arctic lands that have never seen industrialization and open the doors wide for fossil fuel drilling. This aggressive drilling poses grave risks to the planet and to a vast, rare Arctic ecosystem.