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In the News: CNN January 3, 2025

Biden plans to ban some offshore drilling in a way Trump would struggle to undo

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: โ€œEvery president this century has recognized that some areas of the ocean are just too risky or too sensitive to drill.โ€

In the News: Energy News Network January 2, 2025

A symbolic gesture or Trojan horse? Ohio groups question purpose of โ€˜greenโ€™ nuclear bill

Megan Hunter, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program, Earthjustice: โ€œThose constitutional protections are there for a reason. And seeing the General Assembly have blatant disregard for them again and again harms Ohioans. It deprives them of these constitutional rights.โ€

feature October 11, 2024

Tools for Communities: Federal Hydrogen Hub Community Guide

How communities can gain information about and influence over Hydrogen Hub projects, including DOEโ€™s Community Benefits Plan requirements

Contractors and welders work on a Transco methane pipeline in Lebanon, Penn., in 2017. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)
Article December 11, 2024

Communitiesโ€™ Fight Against Gas Pipeline Projects Heats Up

The courts are striking down more FERC gas approvals. But the fight isnโ€™t over to keep gas pipelines out of our communities.

A great blue heron on the Yellowstone River. (Charles "Chuck" Peterson / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release: Victory January 3, 2025

Montana Supreme Court Orders Analysis of Climate Impact of Methane Gas Plant

Stateโ€™s high court directs state to consider lighting and climate impacts of Yellowstone County Generating Station located on the Yellowstone River

Solar panels.
(Guenter Guni / iStockphoto)
Press Release: Victory December 20, 2024

Energy Justice Advocates Win Largest Utility Solar Project to Date in Pennsylvania

PECO agrees to commission a new 25MW solar project

Emissions from a stack at the Mitchell Power Plant, a coal powered plant, in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Article November 12, 2024

What Project 2025 Would Do to the Environment โ€“ 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.

Activists march in protest at the front gate to Southern California Gas Company's Ventura Compressor Station in Ventura, California. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).
Press Release: Victory December 20, 2024

Landmark Rate Case will Save Southern Californians from Paying Tens of Millions for Dead-end Hydrogen Projects and SoCalGasโ€™ Climate Obstruction Efforts

Decision includes critical new transparency measures for SoCalGasโ€™s lobbying and legal expenses

feature October 11, 2024

Specific Types of Hydrogen Hub Projects That Could Impact Your Community

Each Hydrogen Hub will include a wide range of projects. Potential harms and benefits from specific projects will vary significantly.

Press Release November 22, 2024

Lawsuit Challenges Faulty Environmental Analysis for Californiaโ€™s First Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Community and environmental groups sue Kern County for approving oil companyโ€™s plan that will keep the state hooked on fossil fuels, threatening community health and climate goals

Press Release December 16, 2024

Lawsuit Challenges Port of Long Beach Oil Storage Expansion

Groups take action to halt oil tanks near schools and overburdened communities

feature October 11, 2024

The Federal Hydrogen Hub Program

Overview of the federal Hydrogen Hub Program, including descriptions of the seven Hubs selected by the Dept. of Energy to negotiate for funding

Fossil fuel drilling sites in Alaska's Western Arctic, in an around the Lake Teshekpuk area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Article November 12, 2024

Project 2025 Means More Mining and Drilling on Public Lands. Weโ€™ll Fight Back.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

Lee Zeldin (Matt Rourke / AP). Russell Vought. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc., via Getty Images) Chris Wright (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0). Doug Burgum (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images).
feature December 11, 2024

The Presidential Transition & The Environment

Learn about key nominees in the Trump administrationโ€™s second term, and the powers they will have.

feature October 11, 2024

Federal Hydrogen Hub Community Guide

Learn about Hub projects, their impacts, and opportunities to advocate for your community and the climate

The Hillcrest neighborhood near "Refinery Row" in Corpus Christi, TX. About 60% of current U.S. hydrogen demand comes from crude oil refineries. (Eddie Seal for Earthjustice)
Update November 25, 2024

Hydrogen Hubs Pose Risks to Communities and the Climate

Earthjustice and our partners are held a community rally in Northwest Indianaโ€™s industrial corridor near Chicago to demand clean hydrogen and make sure community voices are heard.

feature September 20, 2024

Fossil Fuels

Earthjustice and our partners are fighting to loosen the fossil fuel industryโ€™s destructive grip on our world. We can win โ€” and it will take all of us.

Map of smog air pollution by county in 2022. (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature November 29, 2023

Whatโ€™s the state of smog pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.