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BLM decision will keep nearly 6 billion tons of highly polluting coal in the ground

Earthjustice’s work in state energy proceedings like California is driving the state, and the nation’s, clean energy transition.

A gas utility in Oregon tried to charge customers for its lobbying in schools — part of the gas industry’s longstanding efforts to push for increasing fossil fuel use nationwide. Then we stepped in.

The Band urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to postpone the public hearing set for June 4, 2024, until the Band and the state have evaluated the Line 5 re-route project’s impacts on their water quality.

The ruling confirmed DEC’s authority to deny permits, including renewal permits, for being inconsistent with the greenhouse gas emissions limits of New York’s Climate Law (the CLCPA) and upheld the denial of Greenidge’s permit on that basis.

Climate-killing crypto miner Greenidge Generation became a national story and test case for how states should handle the exploitative and extractive crypto mining industry

In partnership with communities across the U.S., we’re advocating for higher energy efficiency standards and leveling the playing field for renewable energy.

Brettny Hardy, Attorney, Oceans Program: “No matter how you look at it, there’s a really dire need to accelerate this shift to clean energy. The things the industry is doing now is not going to help that transition.”

Court rules against Pennsylvania coal plant operators

Christina Reichert, Attorney, Florida Office: “This would be creating brand new fossil fuel infrastructure in a time where we need to be transitioning away from that.”

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “The Apalachicola River is an outstanding Florida water and it is designated by the United Nations as an International Biosphere Reserve. It’s foolish to consider drilling for oil there, especially at a time when we know we need to be moving away from fossil fuels and towards the future, which…

These protective standards keep communities safe and help make climate progress

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “We’re going to see a long-awaited crackdown on coal ash pollution from America’s coal plants, and it’ll be a huge win for America’s health and water resources. They are all likely leaking toxic chemicals like arsenic into groundwater and most contain levels of radioactivity that can be dangerous…

By law, before government regulations are adopted or changed, agencies must ask the public — you — to weigh in.

Thom Cmar, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “The two rules are necessary and complementary to each other and point in the same direction, which is that they are contaminating groundwater, they’re contaminating the surface waters that run alongside them. Both standards work in complementary ways to set a high bar that points toward cleanup and environmental…

Thom Cmar, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Power plants for far too long have been able to get away with treating our waterways like an open sewer.”

Use this map to understand where coal ash might be stored near you.

When companies burn coal in the U.S., significant amounts of mercury spew into our air. Now, that mercury is controlled, thanks to a federal rule that Earthjustice and our clients fought for, defended, and successfully expanded.