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The Trump admin's latest attempt to dismantle the Endangered Species Act would:
❌Leave threatened species unprotected from hunting and other harms
❌Enable extractive industries to destroy endangered species' habitats
❌Prioritize corporate profits over science
❌Leave threatened species unprotected from hunting and other harms
❌Enable extractive industries to destroy endangered species' habitats
❌Prioritize corporate profits over science
Saving Endangered Species Polls at 84%. So Why Does Trump Keep Doing the Opposite?
All the ways the Trump administration is targeting endangered species and their habitats for corporate profits – and how you can help.
earthjustice.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Trump admin's latest attempt to dismantle the Endangered Species Act would:
❌Leave threatened species unprotected from hunting and other harms
❌Enable extractive industries to destroy endangered species' habitats
❌Prioritize corporate profits over science
❌Leave threatened species unprotected from hunting and other harms
❌Enable extractive industries to destroy endangered species' habitats
❌Prioritize corporate profits over science
At a time when politics are divisive, more than four in five Americans agree on supporting the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
But the Trump admin has proposed new rules that would significantly limit the ESA’s effectiveness, a gift to polluters & extractive industries that would only harm wildlife.
But the Trump admin has proposed new rules that would significantly limit the ESA’s effectiveness, a gift to polluters & extractive industries that would only harm wildlife.
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
At a time when politics are divisive, more than four in five Americans agree on supporting the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
But the Trump admin has proposed new rules that would significantly limit the ESA’s effectiveness, a gift to polluters & extractive industries that would only harm wildlife.
But the Trump admin has proposed new rules that would significantly limit the ESA’s effectiveness, a gift to polluters & extractive industries that would only harm wildlife.
The Army Corps is planning to blast and dredge Fort Lauderdale’s port – home to the most significant stands of staghorn coral and Queen conch left in the continental U.S. This would smother more than 200 acres of sea floor and rare corals.
Trashing our oceans: Feds plan the biggest permitted coral destruction in U.S. history
Floridians are raising questions about a U.S. Army Corps plan to blast and dredge Fort Lauderdale's port — and smother more than 200 acres of sea floor and rare corals.
earthjustice.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Army Corps is planning to blast and dredge Fort Lauderdale’s port – home to the most significant stands of staghorn coral and Queen conch left in the continental U.S. This would smother more than 200 acres of sea floor and rare corals.
The Trump administration is once again attacking the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a law that has saved 99% of protected species from extinction. Here’s what you need to know:
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Trump administration is once again attacking the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a law that has saved 99% of protected species from extinction. Here’s what you need to know:
The Trump administration is illegally proceeding with an offshore sale that could expose millions of people in the Gulf region to catastrophic oil spills, harm endangered Rice’s whales and countless other wildlife, and leave behind a dangerous legacy of defunct oil wells, pipelines, and platforms.
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Trump administration is illegally proceeding with an offshore sale that could expose millions of people in the Gulf region to catastrophic oil spills, harm endangered Rice’s whales and countless other wildlife, and leave behind a dangerous legacy of defunct oil wells, pipelines, and platforms.
Legal fights are brewing over the Trump administration’s push for data centers and the energy to support them. Data centers use as much energy as a city and mean more pollution and higher bills for utility customers paying the price for surging energy demand.
Litigators build toolkit to fight AI data centers
The Trump administration’s plans to advance data centers and the energy to support them are sparking a legal backlash.
www.eenews.net
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Legal fights are brewing over the Trump administration’s push for data centers and the energy to support them. Data centers use as much energy as a city and mean more pollution and higher bills for utility customers paying the price for surging energy demand.
What we raise right now will help determine how many attorneys we can hire, how many lawsuits we can file, and how many protections we can defend in the critical months ahead. Give today and your gift will be matched to quadruple your impact.
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What we raise right now will help determine how many attorneys we can hire, how many lawsuits we can file, and how many protections we can defend in the critical months ahead. Give today and your gift will be matched to quadruple your impact.
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"This is a pathway for people to electrify and avoid costly upgrades" - Rebecca Barker, senior associate attorney @earthjustice.org
New: As the Trump administration eliminates incentives for energy-efficient appliances, California is joining New York and Boston to spur a market for affordable electric window heat pumps and battery-equipped induction stoves to decarbonize housing. Free link.
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As Federal Support Withers, California Invests in Cheap Heat Pumps
The state is allocating more than $100 million to create demand for energy-efficient technologies that renters and low-income residents can afford.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"This is a pathway for people to electrify and avoid costly upgrades" - Rebecca Barker, senior associate attorney @earthjustice.org
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Privileged to have repped @ceja.org before @californiapuc.bsky.social to get this important program approved (and it did require pushing!) Making plug-in window heat pumps and induction stoves affordable and available at big box stores is key to ensuring everyone can benefit from electrification. 🔌💡
New: As the Trump administration eliminates incentives for energy-efficient appliances, California is joining New York and Boston to spur a market for affordable electric window heat pumps and battery-equipped induction stoves to decarbonize housing. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
As Federal Support Withers, California Invests in Cheap Heat Pumps
The state is allocating more than $100 million to create demand for energy-efficient technologies that renters and low-income residents can afford.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Privileged to have repped @ceja.org before @californiapuc.bsky.social to get this important program approved (and it did require pushing!) Making plug-in window heat pumps and induction stoves affordable and available at big box stores is key to ensuring everyone can benefit from electrification. 🔌💡
This week, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency moved to abandon the national health-based limits on fine particulate matter, also known as soot. A move that scientists say could lead to dirtier air and more U.S. deaths.
EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This week, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency moved to abandon the national health-based limits on fine particulate matter, also known as soot. A move that scientists say could lead to dirtier air and more U.S. deaths.
For decades, the Clean Water Act has kept our rivers, lakes, and streams clean and safe. Now, Trump’s EPA wants to roll back protections, giving corporate polluters what they want and putting thousands of formerly protected wetlands and waterways at risk. Oppose this attack on clean water.
Don’t let polluters get their way, again – defend the Clean Water Act
Gutting Clean Water Act protections will harm critical habitats and the clean drinking water of millions of Americans.
earthjustice.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
For decades, the Clean Water Act has kept our rivers, lakes, and streams clean and safe. Now, Trump’s EPA wants to roll back protections, giving corporate polluters what they want and putting thousands of formerly protected wetlands and waterways at risk. Oppose this attack on clean water.
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.
earthjustice.org
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.
wapo.st
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
www.nytimes.com
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
www.nytimes.com
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.
earthjustice.org
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
www.nytimes.com
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.
earthjustice.org
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.
planetdetroit.org
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
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.