Environmental groups are quickly getting in formation to play defense against an incoming Trump administration, recognizing that often they’ll be best situated to effectively push back through the use of the courts.
The range of activities includes reviewing the legal and legislative strategies used in President-elect Donald Trump’s first term in office and scrutinizing the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 playbook—which most environmental groups believe the new White House will hew closely to.
The previous Trump administration often favored fossil fuel development over environmental conservation and climate policies, and it’s largely expected to pursue a similar agenda when it returns in January.
For the groups advocating for climate, environmental, and public health issues, mounting a strong defense will come down to hiring more staff. Earthjustice has some 215 litigators on staff, making it one of the nation’s biggest environmental law firms. But Abigail Dillen, the group’s president, said that might not be enough going forward.
“I think we’ll need more good lawyers to get the work done,” she said. “I suspect the Trump administration will be so emboldened that there will just be more to do.”
Some of those new hires will probably have to be constitutional specialists, given that the Supreme Court has shown an increasing willingness to get involved in...
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