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document March 25, 2024

45V Public Hearing Testimony

Testimony from Auburn Bell, Legislative Representative for Earthjustice, during U.S. Department of Treasury’s public hearing on proposed regulations for section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen on March 25, 2024.

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Press Release March 21, 2024

Earthjustice Opposes Congressional Efforts to Weaken the Clean Water Act, Allow Increased Water Pollution

The Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act would allow polluters to recklessly pollute our streams, wetlands, and waterways while shielding them from accountability

In the News: Rhode Island Current March 21, 2024

As feds stand down, states choose between wetlands protections or rollbacks

Julian Gonzalez, Senior Legislative Counsel, Policy & Legislation: “It’s unfortunate that the state legislature tried to lock in the damage done by Sackett, but there are still things that can be done in places where a governor is more interested in environmental protection than polluter profits.”

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From the Experts March 20, 2024

House Republicans’ ‘Polluter Profits’ Week Continues Putting Corporate Profits Over People

We can’t afford to waste time doubling down on a failed status quo.

Fine particulate matter (also known as soot or PM2.5) originate from fuel combustion and industrial processes. These harmful tiny particles penetrate the lungs and bloodstream, causing serious health harms. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release March 20, 2024

Earthjustice Blasts Congressional Efforts to Weaken Particulate Matter Standard

The ‘Smoggy Skies Act’ would weaken the Clean Air Act, limit the use of science-based decision making, and put the profits of polluting industries over the right to clean air

An old-growth forest in Oregon. (Frances Eatherington)
Press Release March 14, 2024

Climate Forests Campaign Responds to Senator Barrasso Bill Targeting Old-Growth Forests

Bill aims to undermine Forest Service efforts to protect old-growth trees

Trucks haul shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles, the nation's busiest port. Their emissions create diesel death zones along freight lines and freeways throughout the state. Trucks produce the pollution for 40% of California’s unhealthy smog problem.
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Press Release March 12, 2024

Earthjustice Praises New Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy, Urges Caution on Hydrogen Inclusion

The new strategy will coordinate and increase investments in zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicle infrastructure across sectors to achieve a zero-emission freight network by 2040

The east front of the U.S. Capitol. (Architect of the Capitol)
Press Release March 9, 2024

Earthjustice Statement on Passage of Government Funding Bill

After months of unnecessary disarray and numerous fiscal cliffs, Congress has finally passed a government funding bill

The Biden administration has taken historic steps to address climate change and environmental injustice. (Adam Schultz / White House)
From the Experts March 7, 2024

Celebrating Climate Action and Environmental Justice at the State of the Union while Charting a Better Pathway Forward

While the Biden administration has made incredible progress on addressing both climate change and environmental justices, these crises require us to do more to live up to our obligations.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2022. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Update March 6, 2024

Government Requires Greater Transparency on Climate-Related Financial Risk

The climate crisis poses major financial risks to companies and investors. This new rule will bring transparency to the market, protecting investors, and allowing them to make better investment decisions.

Pelicans flying home to roost over salt marsh at Hunting Island State Park in South Carolina near Beaufort. (Teresa Kopec / Getty Images)
Press Release March 6, 2024

Earthjustice Blasts Attacks on Endangered Species Act in ‘America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act’

New legislation would weaken the ESA while gutting species conservation programs

document March 6, 2024

Groups oppose cuts to IRA CEQ funding

Groups express opposition to provisions in H.R. 7408, “America’s Wildlife Conservation Act,” that will completely rescind critical funding to the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).

document March 6, 2024

Opposition letter to ESA changes in AWHCA

70+ organizations express strong opposition to H.R. 7408, the America’s Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Act. This bill is a transparent attempt to weaken the Endangered Species Act and hamstring the conservation of our most imperiled species and their habitats.

document March 6, 2024

NOAA Funding Letter for AWHCA Legislative Hearing

60+ groups oppose cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act’s coastal resilience funding

Farmworkers and their families, who are predominantly low-income and majority Latino, bear the brunt of poisonings from pesticides and pesticide drift.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
From the Experts February 29, 2024

Harvesting Equality: Addressing Historical Injustices to Foster a Resilient Agricultural Future

Black farmers resiliently confront legacies of bias amid contemporary climate challenges.

Container ships are seen docked at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Press Release February 28, 2024

Earthjustice Praises New EPA Clean Ports Program

The new program will help deploy zero-emissions technologies in ports while remedying decades of pollution and environmental injustices for communities.

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Architect of the Capitol)
Press Release February 15, 2024

Earthjustice Blasts Passage of House Bill to Undo President Biden’s LNG Pause

Building more LNG export infrastructure will lock us in to decades of fossil fuel reliance, perpetuate environmental injustices, and raise energy prices

Air pollution from refineries, chemical plants, and power plants contribute to tens of thousands of premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of asthma attacks every year. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release February 15, 2024

Groups Urge Members of Congress to Reject Bill Weakening Air Standards

The Air Quality Standards Implementation Act would weaken the Clean Air Act and expose millions to more toxic air pollution.