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At Power Plant Approval Meeting, Paid Actors Spoke While Residents Were Locked Out

New Orleans East residents opposed to the proposed Entergy gas power plant wait outside the New Orleans City Council meeting on March 8.

We've asked the Louisiana attorney general to investigate a New Orleans City Council meeting where actors were paid to speak in favor of placing a gas plant in a neighborhood that didn't want it there.

Joven que creció rodeada de toxinas de carbón clama por salvaguardas de salud. La EPA ofrece lo contrario

Mabette Colon, de 18 años y oriunda de Puerto Rico, vive al lado de un enorme vertedero de cenizas de carbón. En una audiencia reciente de la EPA, Colon testificó sobre cómo ha perjudicado a su comunidad la constante ceniza de carbón.

El administrador de la EPA, Scott Pruitt, quiere debilitar una ley que protege a personas como Mabette Colon de los desechos tóxicos de carbón.

Meet the People Whose Culture and Economic Stability Are Tied to Klamath River Salmon

Yurok Tribe members Tseeyaba Kinney, 2, and her father, Isaac, rally outside the Burton Federal Building in San Francisco on Apr. 10, 2018.

To understand the importance of the latest court ruling, listen to those who depend on Klamath River salmon for their way of life.

Teen Who Grew up Beside a Coal Ash Pile Would Like a Word With the EPA

Mabette Colon, 18, from Puerto Rico, lives near a massive coal ash pile. She testified about how coal ash exposure has harmed her community at the Environmental Protection Agency's public hearing on proposed changes to its coal ash rule on April 24, 2018.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt wants to weaken a rule that protects people like Mabette Colon from toxic coal waste.

Court Rules Mega-Dairies Can’t Keep Spreading Mega Waste in Secret

Earthjustice is suing the state of New York for allowing huge dairy farms to pour tons of manure onto local land—waste that can runoff into waterways.

The New York Supreme Court sided with environmental groups, telling the state to revise a permit that has allowed huge industrial dairies to spread tons of manure onto nearby land without adequate safeguards.

Grassroots Activists Just Proved Big Oil Can’t Buy Its Way Into America’s Hometowns

Community organizer Linda Garcia banded together with environmental activists and union leaders to speak out against a proposed massive oil terminal in her hometown of Vancouver, Washington. Gov. Jay Inslee rejected the proposal in January, citing environ

Thanks to a grassroots uprising and Earthjustice litigation, the city of Vancouver, Washington, has delivered a huge blow to the largest oil-by-rail project proposal in North America.

Community Uprisings Against Dirty Energy Spread to New Orleans

Pat Bryant, left, leads a march against environmental racism and Entergy’s proposed New Orleans East gas plant on March 3, 2018.

With help from Earthjustice, New Orleans East communities are fighting a controversial gas-fired power plant proposal.

Una compañía de combustibles fósiles quiso instalar una planta de gas en una hermosa playa. Pero falló.

Karina Montoya, hija de una trabajadora agrícola, fue parte de los adolescentes de Oxnard, California, que se pronunciaron en contra de la propuesta para una planta de gas en su ciudad

La última decisión de los inspectores de California para rechazar la propuesta es un punto de inflexión en el futuro de la energía limpia en el estado.

Arctic Drilling Will Only Worsen Air Pollution for a Village That’s Fighting to Breathe

Oil and gas development is threatening the traditional way of life in the Alaska Native village of Nuiqsut.

Earthjustice is challenging the federal agencies that want to fling open the Western Arctic’s gates for oil and gas drilling.

A Giant Oil Refinery Wants to Hide Its Role in Creating the Nation’s Most Polluted ZIP Code

Residents are pushing back against the Suncor refinery’s attempt to evade pollution reporting requirements in their Denver neighborhood.

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At Power Plant Approval Meeting, Paid Actors Spoke While Residents Were Locked Out

Joven que creció rodeada de toxinas de carbón clama por salvaguardas de salud. La EPA ofrece lo contrario

Meet the People Whose Culture and Economic Stability Are Tied to Klamath River Salmon

Teen Who Grew up Beside a Coal Ash Pile Would Like a Word With the EPA

Court Rules Mega-Dairies Can’t Keep Spreading Mega Waste in Secret

Grassroots Activists Just Proved Big Oil Can’t Buy Its Way Into America’s Hometowns

Community Uprisings Against Dirty Energy Spread to New Orleans

Una compañía de combustibles fósiles quiso instalar una planta de gas en una hermosa playa. Pero falló.

Arctic Drilling Will Only Worsen Air Pollution for a Village That’s Fighting to Breathe

A Giant Oil Refinery Wants to Hide Its Role in Creating the Nation’s Most Polluted ZIP Code

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