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Earthjustice goes to court to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, the wild places we love, and our future on planet Earth.

In every lawsuit, we represent our clients free of charge – because justice should not have a price tag.

Below are a few of the lawsuits and legal actions we’ve filed in the last month. Your support allows our lawyers to fight every day for a more just, sustainable world. Thank you for making all of this possible!

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Groups File New Lawsuit to Prevent Extinction of Earth’s Rarest Marine Dolphins

What happened: New Zealand fishing fleets are driving critically endangered Māui dolphins to extinction. According to estimates, there are only 30 to 50 left on Earth, and very few breeding females.  Fifty years ago, there were 2,000 Maui dolphins. Since then, the population has plummeted by over 97%.

The closely related Hector’s dolphins are also dwindling — only about 15,000 Hector’s dolphins remain, down from a population of about 50,000 in 1975.

While fishing fleets operating along the West Coast of New Zealand’s North Island don’t intentionally catch Māui or Hector’s dolphins, the marine mammals get caught when fishers target commercial seafood species.

What we did: Earthjustice and Law of the Wild filed a legal action on behalf of the grassroots group Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders to protect the rarest marine dolphins in the world. The new legal claim asks the court to mandate stronger seafood import protections to help prevent the extinction of New Zealand’s Māui dolphins and Hector’s dolphins.

Why it matters: Time is of the essence for these imperiled species. As the complaint states, the National Marine Fisheries Service “may not whistle past the graveyard while New Zealand allows its fisheries to drive the Māui and Hector’s dolphin populations toward extinction.”

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Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Latest Approval of ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide

What happened: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the “forever chemical” isocycloseram, despite evidence of harm in animal studies, including reproductive damage, liver toxicity, skeletal malformations, and potential cancer risk.

What we did: Representing our partners, Earthjustice sued the EPA to challenge its approval of isocycloseram, which falls into the class of highly persistent PFAS.

Why it matters: The insecticide was approved for use on golf courses, lawns, and a host of common food crops. Those include apples, oranges, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, cucumbers, peaches, almonds, wheat, and oats. Isocycloseram is also highly toxic to bees and other pollinators.

When this EPA ignores risks to human health and the environment, Earthjustice will fight back in court.

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Feature Story: The Trump Administration’s MAHA Lies

Politicians promised to “Make America Healthy Again.” But when it was time for the real work to begin, they showed it was nothing more than lip service.

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Lawsuit Filed Challenging Arctic Refuge Drilling Plan

What happened: The Trump administration is launching an all-out assault on the Arctic, attempting to maximize fossil fuel drilling across Alaska. In October, the Interior Department announced their plan to open the entire 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

The Arctic refuge is virtually untouched by drilling, and is home to polar bears, caribou, and migratory birds. These lands are also sacred to Indigenous peoples.

What we did: Earthjustice sued the first Trump administration to overturn unlawful leases in the Arctic Refuge, and we are now reviving that litigation.

Our lawsuit challenges the administration’s decision to open the Refuge to oil leasing, alleging violations to the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, the Wilderness Act, the Alaska National Interest Lands Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Why it matters: “The climate crisis is deepening, and Alaska is warming faster than the rest of the planet,” said Earthjustice Attorney Erik Grafe. “Allowing oil and gas drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain makes no legal, economic, or environmental sense. The U.S. must shift off fossil fuels, not pursue aggressive oil drilling that will destroy irreplaceable public lands, harm people who rely on them, and threaten species like the polar bear with near-term extinction.”

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Challenge to Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington’s Last Coal Plant Operating

What happened: The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued numerous sham “emergency orders” to keep coal power plants open past their scheduled retirement dates. One of those orders was issued on December 16, forcing Washington’s Centralia coal plant to continue operating, at great cost to Washington ratepayers, public health, and the environment.

What we did: Earthjustice, representing our partners, issued a request to challenge DOE’s order. If DOE fails to respond within 30 days, we can challenge the order in court.

Why it matters: The Centralia coal plant was once the largest single source of greenhouse gas and nitrogen oxide emissions, which cause smog and harm human health. Ten percent of Washington’s total greenhouse gas and nitrogen oxide emissions came from just this one coal plant. An agreement to shut the plant down by the end of 2025 was codified in Washington law and environmental enforcement orders. 

“The Department of Energy is misusing its narrow authority reserved for imminent emergencies to force a dirty, inefficient coal plant to keep operating,” said Earthjustice Attorney Patti Goldman. “Our region has moved beyond reliance on coal and this plant. We are meeting our region’s energy needs, now and into the future, with cleaner sources.” 


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