Committing to Clean Up Their Own Messes

Earthjustice attorneys Jan Hasselman and Amanda Goodin after receiving the Green Hammer award.

America’s dirtiest industrial polluters will now be legally accountable for paying for their clean-ups thanks to the EPA’s financial assurance rules.

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En Una Gran Victoria Para El Clima, New York Rechaza Ducto Para Gas Fracturado

En Albany, el gobernador Andrew Cuomo anunció que su administración estaba negando un permiso clave para la construcción de un proyecto masivo de infraestructura para combustibles fósiles—un ducto para gas fracturado de 125 millas de longitud y conocido como Constitution.

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In a Big Win for Climate, New York Rejects Fracked Gas Pipeline

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State leaders in Albany, NY, have rejected a key permit for a large fossil fuel infrastructure project that would have created a 125-mile pipeline to transport natural gas from Pennsylvania’s hydraulic fracturing wells.

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Senate Democrats Show LEADership on Lead

Flint, Michigan, during the lead contamination crisis in January 2016.

Senate Democrats, led by Senator Cardin (D-MD), recently introduced legislation to combat lead contamination in water and housing infrastructure.

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