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Yolanda Zurita, left, and Rosa Amaro, right, victims of toxic pollution in La Oroya, Peru, are embraced after the Community of La Oroya case against the Peruvian State hearing during the 153rd session sessions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Montevideo, Uruguay in 2022. (Pablo Porciuncula / AFP via Getty Images)
From the Experts December 20, 2024

Earthjustice’s International Team Sees Glimmers of Hope Around the World at Year’s End

While negotiations to address the climate crisis fell short in 2024, other victories shine through.

Data centers being built in Leesburg, Virginia, next to the Potomac Energy Center, a gas power plant. (Gerville / Getty Images)
From the Experts December 20, 2024

Managing the Growing Energy Demands of Datacenters and Crypto Mining

How states, utilities, and regulators can address digital energy demands to strengthen the grid.

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 SoCalGas’ Climate Obstruction Efforts

Decision includes critical new transparency measures for SoCalGas’s lobbying and legal expenses

The Greenidge Generation Bitcoin mining facility, along Seneca Lake in Dresden, NY, on Jul. 30, 2022. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Press Release December 19, 2024

Cryptominer Greenidge Tries to Gift Finger Lakes Community with Years of More Litigation

Cryptominer Greenidge Generation files emergency request to delay legal proceedings within the DEC; if granted, the Finger Lakes community would be forced to endure harms of cryptomining while Greenidge stalls court proceedings without a valid air permit

Children play at Arvin's “Garden in the Sun” playground. There are several oil wells near the park. (Tara Pixley for Earthjustice)
From the Experts December 19, 2024

California’s Roadmap to Protect Communities and Public Health from Oil and Gas Drilling

A public health expert panel report gives Californians a critical new tool in the years-long fight for setbacks from oil and gas drilling.

The Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, California. (Michael Macor / San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Press Release December 18, 2024

Environmental Justice Group Sues California Agency Over Flawed Low Carbon Fuel Standard Changes

The changes would waste billions on polluting fuels over the next decade while harming refinery communities and dirtying California’s air

(Thomas Barwick / Getty Images)
Press Release December 18, 2024

EPA Approves Waiver for California’s Zero-Emissions Cars and Cleaner Trucks Standards

New rules can now be enforced, to the benefit of people breathing air and workers in the clean energy economy

The United States Postal Service Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, shown in this concept image, can be built with either a gasoline or electric drivetrain. (USPS)
Update December 16, 2024

Trump Podría Interferir en los Planes para Electrificar los Camiones del Correo Postal

La administración entrante de Trump ha amenazado con cancelar los innovadores planes del Servicio Postal de Estados Unidos (USPS) para electrificar su flota de camiones de correo, según un informe de Reuters.

Press Release December 16, 2024

Demanda Impugna Ampliación de Almacenamiento de Petróleo en el Puerto de Long Beach

Grupos toman medidas para detener la construcción de tanques de petróleo cerca de escuelas y comunidades agobiadas por la contaminación

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

document December 16, 2024

Complaint: Port of Long Beach Oil Storage Expansion

Earthjustice, representing and co-counseling with Communities for a Better Environment, sued the City of Long Beach for approving a controversial crude oil storage project at the Port of Long Beach. The project — proposed by World Oil Terminals — includes the construction of two 25,000-barrel tanks, exacerbating environmental and health harms for environmental justice communities already overburdened by industrial pollution from the second busiest port in the United States.

The United States Postal Service Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, shown in this concept image, can be built with either a gasoline or electric drivetrain. (USPS)
Update December 12, 2024

Trump May Meddle in Plans to Electrify Postal Mail Trucks

The incoming Trump administration has threatened to cancel the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) groundbreaking plans to electrify its mail truck fleet. Here’s why it can’t do that.

Press Release: Victory December 12, 2024

EPA Proposes New Rule to Reduce Cancer-Causing Air Pollution from Chemical Plants

The new rule will reduce deadly ethylene oxide emissions from chemical facilities manufacturing polyether polyols

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

Communities’ Fight Against Gas Pipeline Projects Heats Up

The courts are striking down more FERC gas approvals. But the fight isn’t over to keep gas pipelines out of our communities.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP)
From the Experts December 10, 2024

In the Face of a Trump Administration, Governor Hochul Can Advance New York’s Clean Air Goals

As the upcoming federal administration appears hostile to all environmental policies to clean our air, Governor Hochul must harness New York’s resources and market power to support life-saving regulations that tackle transportation pollution.

Press Release December 9, 2024

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Utah Oil Train in Case Challenging Scope of Nation’s Landmark Environmental Law

The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. ET; audio will be livestreamed.

“Major companies like Amazon and FedEx are sacrificing the health of New Yorkers in the name of bigger profits,” said Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes. “The lack of oversight on last-mile warehouse operations has left our marginalized communities more vulnerable to toxic air emissions and its devastating consequences. I introduced The Clean Deliveries Act (CDA) to hold these companies accountable and give them actionable steps to align with New York State’s CLCPA mandates. Our communities' health is not for sale, and if they are going to operate in our communities, they must do so with transparency.”
Press Release December 9, 2024

ElectrifyNY Coalition Launches Mega-Warehouse Watchlist

The watchlist details the top 5 NY State Senate and Assembly districts with the highest population residing in mega-warehouse traffic areas;
Tailpipe emissions from e-commerce mega-warehouse traffic pump the air with toxic pollution causing high asthma, cardio, and pulmonary disease rates in Black, Latino/Hispanic, and low-income neighborhoods

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts November 26, 2024

Just More of the Same in Trump’s Tired Anti-Environmental Agenda

Republicans take power with an agenda that will benefit polluters big time at the expense of communities and weakened protections for air and water.