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Press Release September 18, 2024

Lawsuit Challenges California Dirty Hydrogen Project

Port of Stockton Plant would pollute air, climate in community burdened by high pollution

document September 18, 2024

Sierra Club v. Port of Stockton

This Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate and Complaint for Injunctive Relief challenges the August 19, 2024 decision of the Port of Stockton and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Stockton to approve the BayoTech Hydrogen Production and Dispensing Facility Project based on an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration. Filed September 18, 2024.

A satellite view of part of the Adams Land and Cattle feedlot in Nebraska, which is named by Tyson Foods as one of their “Climate-Smart Beef Program supply partners”. (Google Maps / 2024 Airbus, Maxar Technologies)
Press Release September 18, 2024

Tyson Foods Sued Over Deceptive ‘Net-zero’ and ‘Climate-smart’ Beef Claims

Environmental group accuses Tyson of capitalizing on consumers’ interest in purchasing climate-friendly foods by falsely claiming it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketing its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”

 Caribou make their way across the Teshekpuk Lake area of northern Alaska. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
From the Experts September 16, 2024

New Protections Within Reach for Vast Areas of the Western Arctic

More than 200,000 people call on Interior to expand protections against oil and gas drilling.

Governor JB Pritzker signs into law critical legislation providing safeguards against the risks and harms of carbon capture and sequestration. (City of Decatur)
From the Experts: Victory September 13, 2024

We passed a law in Illinois to protect communities from CCS. Here’s the view from the negotiation table.

While there were certainly difficult compromises, the protections secured by Illinois advocates are a significant victory.

A black bear cub climbs on fallen Douglas firs in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon. (David Herasimtschuk)
Article September 11, 2024

Help Protect Old-Growth Forests Now Before It’s Too Late

Old forests are powerhouses for absorbing and sequestering carbon dioxide, a key driver of the climate crisis. These stunning photographs of the Pacific Northwest old-growth forests showcase their beauty and vital role in the ecosystem.

Press Release September 11, 2024

Earthjustice Blasts House Natural Resources Committee Attacks on NEPA

“This hearing and the Manchin-Barrasso permitting bill in the Senate are not real solutions.”

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

Press Release September 10, 2024

Earthjustice Welcomes Natalie Bridgeman Fields as International Program Managing Attorney

Natalie Bridgeman Fields joins the public interest environmental law organization from Accountability Counsel, which she founded and directed for 14 years

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.

Carbon dioxide leaks out of a high-pressure CO2 pipeline north of Sulphur, Louisiana. Residents in a quarter mile radius of the leak were told to shelter in place. (Calcasieu Parish Police Jury)
Article September 4, 2024

A Leaking CO2 Pipeline Can Cause Suffocation Within a Minute. The Government Needs to Regulate Them, Fast

Industries are planning a massive buildout of CO2 pipelines. Here’s what to know about the health risks, and how we’re asking the government to protect communities from a lethal pipeline rupture.

Press Release September 4, 2024

As GOP AGs Target Title VI, 40+ Groups Rally to Defend Civil Rights

Coalition presses EPA to stand firm on civil rights protections amid new legal challenges

Roishetta Sibley Ozane (left) founded The Vessel Project of Louisiana and co-directs the Gulf South Fossil Fuel Finance Hub. Robert Thompson is an Inupiat guide who has worked to protect the Arctic Refuge from oil drilling.
feature September 3, 2024

Our Energy Future

Uplifting voices across the nation, who are leading the way to cleaner, safer energy sources.

Map of D-1 lands in Alaska (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
From the Experts: Victory August 30, 2024

Protecting 28 Million Acres of Public Lands in Alaska is a Big Victory!

Earthjustice joins Alaska’s Tribes and conservation groups in applauding the Department of Interior’s decision – and the thorough study and public process that informed it.

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.

An aquarium collector takes fish from a reef in Hawai`i. (Brooke Everett)
Press Release August 28, 2024

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Fails to Protect Coastal Reef Fish

Court opens door to fish collection permits for West Hawai‘i, subject to Land Board approval

Map of D-1 lands in Alaska (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
Press Release: Victory August 27, 2024

The Department of the Interior Finalizes Protections for 28 Million Acres of Public Lands in Alaska

Earthjustice joins Tribes in applauding the safeguarding of Alaska’s federally-managed lands critical for food security and the protection of intact ecosystems