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Carbon Nation: Pollution is About Human Rights

A child plays near the Cheswick coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania. Burning coal is a major cause of climate change and releases toxic pollution that threatens our air and water.

In the United States, dirty power plants are the root of many health, civil and human rights issues.

Small Town Fracking Victory Makes Waves Across the Country

Residents of Dryden smile, with Helen Slottje and Earthjustice’s Deborah Goldberg and Kathleen Sutcliffe, after the high court argument in Albany.

As NY high court rules towns can zone out oil and gas operations, trend spreads to other states

End of Genitalia-Altering Pesticide

This story is proof that citizen oversight is key to enforcing our environmental laws and protecting people from untenable risks. The chemical companies and grower trade groups had EPA’s ear and it repeatedly bent to their will. But when the agency had to defend its action before judges, it realized it had to obey the law.

EPA Ears Filled With Toxic Refinery Stories

Jesse Marquez of the Coalition for a Safe Environment (third from left) shows EPA staffers and others a Wilmington oil refinery, shortly before the public hearing.

One sunny Wednesday in Wilmington, California, instead of spending the day at work or taking their kids to the beach, community members gathered to tell the Environmental Protection Agency what it is like living near large oil refineries.

A Win For Roadless Forest, Climate

Earthjustice prevailed after four years of fighting to protect the roadless forest in western Colorado from a coal mine that would deal a double whammy of damage.

Carbon Nation: Upping the Ante on EPA’s Carbon Cutting Goals

The Cheswick coal fire power plant in Springdale, PA.

The EPA recently proposed the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants, but more must be done to avoid catastrophic climate change.

Oceans Law Reauthorization Process Begins

Congress is currently beginning the process of updating the most important oceans law in the United States, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), originally enacted in 1976

Friday Finds: The Case of the Missing Plastic

Researchers have found that 99 percent of the plastic that should be in the ocean is missing.

Remembering Lac-Megantic: Devastated by Explosive Oil Trains

The crude-by-rail explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Canada in 2013.

On July 6, 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed in the town of Lac-Megantic, resulting in a fiery explosion that decimated the town and killed 47 people.