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Press Release September 18, 2024

Earthjustice Blasts Efforts to Undermine Life-Saving Protections on Soot, Power Plants, and Heavy-Duty Vehicles

“We urge Congress to stand firm in rejecting these attacks on standards that are saving lives and helping us meet our climate goals.”

View of Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake. (Nick Pedersen / Getty Images)
Article September 17, 2024

Why We’re in Court to Protect the Great Salt Lake

Millions of people could wind up breathing in toxic dust from newly exposed lakebed.

Vast warehouses bump up against homes in Southern California. (David McNew / The New York Times)
Press Release September 11, 2024

EPA Approves Southern California’s Policy Cleaning Up Pollution from Mega-Warehouses

EPA’s approval lights the path for air agencies looking to electrify dirty goods movement operations nationwide

Press Release September 10, 2024

Environmentalists Seek Legal Intervention to Defend Denver’s Strong Energy Codes

Codes could reduce building sector emissions that contribute to poor air quality and climate change

Emisiones de una chimenea en la central eléctrica Mitchell, una planta de energía a carbón, en Moundsville, Virginia Occidental. (Lauren Petracca para Earthjustice)
Article September 6, 2024

¿Qué Haría el Proyecto 2025 con el Medio Ambiente y Cómo Responderemos?

El manual de políticas de la Fundación Heritage nos quitaría derechos a un aire y agua limpios, además de un planeta saludable.

Press Release September 4, 2024

EPA Narrows Loophole That Allows Mega-Polluters to Dodge Control Requirements

Final rule limits Trump-era deregulation of toxic pollution

The EES Coke Battery facility on Zug Island in River Rouge, Michigan. The plant is owned by DTE Vantage, a subsidiary of DTE Energy. The EES Coke facility releases thousands of tons of sulfur dioxide in the overburdened River Rouge community and near the state’s most polluted zip code, 48217. (Ted Auch / FracTracker Alliance)
Press Release September 4, 2024

Community Groups Challenge EPA’s Weak Coke Ovens Rule in Court

The agency’s final coke ovens rule does not reduce enough toxic air pollution to protect nearby communities

Emissions from a stack at the Mitchell Power Plant, a coal powered plant, in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Article August 30, 2024

What Project 2025 Would Do to the Environment – and How We Will Respond

The policy playbook from the Heritage Foundation would strip away our rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet.

Under the Clean Air Act, EPA has an obligation to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for a number of common air pollutants including ground-level ozone.
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Press Release August 29, 2024

Advocates Notify EPA of Intent to Sue Over Federal Operating Permit for Valero Houston Refinery

Local groups ask the EPA to take over to require monitoring of emissions to protect public health.

document August 28, 2024

Valero Houston Refinery: Notice of Intent Letter

Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding notice of intent to sue under the Clean Air Act over failure to take over the main Title V Permit for Valero’s Houston refinery.

Top view of a group of wood pellets for heating.
Press Release August 21, 2024

Environmental Groups Ask State Board To Suspend Permit for Industrial Wood Pellet Facility

Residents are concerned Grays Harbor plant could cause environmental and human health harm before state hearings board rules on legality of its air permit

Inside a pig industrial animal factory in Worthington, MO. (Kathryn Gamble for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
From the Experts August 21, 2024

No Clean Electricity Tax Credits for Dirty Manure Biogas

Earthjustice and partners urge the Treasury Department to prohibit electricity producers that use biogas from animal manure from receiving Clean Electricity Tax Credits.

A fireball rises above the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tarague range seconds after the detonation of an M117 bomb, as a part of the flight's training, on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (A1C Joshua P. Strang / USAF)
Press Release August 20, 2024

U.S. EPA and Guam EPA Express Grave Concerns Over Open Detonation at Andersen AFB, Find Permit Renewal Application Deficient

Open detonation releases toxic chemicals into environment and threatens human health

document August 20, 2024

Motion for Stay of Permit for Hoquiam Washington Wood Pellet Facility

Five Northwest and national environmental groups ask the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board to stay an air permit for an industrial-scale wood pellet plant in Hoquiam, Washington, suspending construction and operation of the facility until the legal challenge is resolved.

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Article August 20, 2024

Two Years Ago, We Passed the Biggest Climate Spending Bill Ever. Here’s What It Has Achieved.

We’re celebrating a booming clean economy, lower energy costs, a path forward to reducing harmful pollution, and more than 334,000 new clean energy jobs so far.

document August 19, 2024

Valero: Title V Permit Petition

Petition to the Environmental Protection Agency to object to Title V permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for Valero Houston refinery.

Flaring at a refinery located next to homes in Wilmington, CA. (Jesse Marquez)
Press Release August 19, 2024

Governor Newsom Vetoes Refinery Air Quality Bill

Senate Bill 674 is a critical step for public health and quality of life for fenceline communities

The Greenidge Generation Bitcoin mining facility, along Seneca Lake in Dresden, NY, on Jul. 30, 2022. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Press Release August 15, 2024

After 3rd Air Permit Denial, Cryptominer Greenidge Files Suit to Continue Exploiting the Finger Lakes Environment and Economy

Major polluter Greenidge Generation files lawsuit in order to continue mining cryptocurrency and polluting the environment while challenging DEC’s permit denial in court