Thomas Cmar, Author at Earthjustice

A power plant located next to a waterway.

April 25, 2024

EPA Finalized New Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants

By Thomas Cmar / Clean Energy Program

A 15-year legal fight to curb toxic wastewater to protect drinking water.

March 12, 2024

Cryptocurrency Miners Need to Report their Energy Use

By Mandy DeRoche & Thomas Cmar & Caroline Weinberg / Clean Energy Program

The U.S. Energy Information Administration raises concerns about energy-intensive cryptocurrency mining operations, will seek comments on reporting requirements.

A coal-fired power plant in central Wyoming.

November 2, 2020

Stopping the EPA’s Attack on Clean Water Protections

By Thomas Cmar / Clean Energy Program

Earthjustice files a new lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's giveaway to the coal power industry.

Power plants are the largest source of toxic water pollution in the U.S., but the EPA has issued new regulations that will require power plants to use affordable, state-of-the-art technologies to reduce their pollution.

September 30, 2015

EPA Updates 30-Year-Old Water Quality Standards

By Thomas Cmar / Clean Energy Program

After 30-plus years of inaction, the EPA recently issued requirements that power plants use affordable, state-of-the-art technologies to reduce their pollution—or eliminate it where feasible.

June 17, 2015

Don’t Let Dirty Industries Sell Our Health Down the River

By Thomas Cmar / Clean Energy Program

The EPA—prompted by an Earthjustice lawsuit—is considering stronger rules to keep coal-burning power plants from polluting our rivers, lakes and streams.