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Press Release: Victory January 22, 2025

Colorado PUC Approves Black Hills Clean Heat Plan, Mandates Statewide Beneficial Electrification

Landmark decision approves portfolio of resources focused on energy efficiency and beneficial electrification

staff January 21, 2025

Michael Lenoff

Based in Washington, D.C., Michael Lenoff is a senior attorney with the Clean Energy program.

Strong winds blow embers around firefighters battling to save homes in Pasadena, Calif., from the Eaton Fire on Jan. 7, 2025. (David McNew / Getty Images)
Press Release January 20, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration’s Energy Priorities

We’ll keep fighting for the clean energy future we need

Flames rise near homes during the Blue Ridge Fire on October 27, 2020 in Chino Hills, California. (David McNew / Getty Images)
Press Release January 20, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement

Record-breaking climate emergencies will only get worse without sustained, urgent government commitment

Earthjustice’s Senior Vice President of Programs, Sam Sankar, and Director of Strategic Legal Advocacy, Kirti Datla, pose for a portrait in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Melissa Lyttle for Earthjustice)
Article January 20, 2025

Mientras Trump Asume La Presidencia Nuevamente, Earthjustice No Cede Terreno

Sabemos que podemos salir victoriosos ante el presidente Trump y sus aliados, porque lo hemos hecho antes.

Earthjustice’s Senior Vice President of Programs, Sam Sankar, and Director of Strategic Legal Advocacy, Kirti Datla, pose for a portrait in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Melissa Lyttle for Earthjustice)
Article January 20, 2025

As Trump Takes Office Again, Earthjustice Is Ceding No Ground

One election will not deter us or erase the environmental progress we’ve achieved.

The crude-by-rail explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Canada, killed 47 people in 2013.
(Photo courtesy of Sûreté du Québec)
Press Release January 17, 2025

Court Strikes Down Federal Rule that Would Have Allowed U.S. “Bomb Trains”

Major rail car explosion risk now averted throughout American communities

document January 16, 2025

Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Ruling: Dockets UE-240004, UG-240005, UE-230810

State regulators rejected a request from Puget Sound Energy to sharply increase gas and electricity rates, while taking steps to transition the utility to clean energy. This ruling by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission both moves PSE towards clean energy, while also highlighting some of the barriers to meeting Washington’s climate goals.

The outdoor unit of a heat pump system. (Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Press Release January 16, 2025

Washington Regulators Adopt Measures that Move the State’s Largest Utility Toward Clean Energy, But More is Needed

More progress to transition off fossil fuels will be needed to meet Washington’s climate goals; Initiative 2066 cited as a major barrier

A Mack LR Electric garbage truck operated by the New York City Department of Sanitation. (Mack Trucks)
Press Release: Victory January 15, 2025

Long Beach Commits to 100% All-Electric Garbage Trucks

Long Beach becomes second city in California to make a bold commitment to electrify its garbage trucks

The Patterson Park neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. (Matt Roth for Earthjustice)
Press Release January 14, 2025

Advocates Condemn Washington Gas Lawsuit Against Maryland’s Clean Building Standards

The lawsuit seeks to undermine the state’s efforts to cut emissions, boost energy efficiency, and reduce air pollution

Press Release January 13, 2025

A Robust Cap-and-Invest Program Can Help New Yorkers Save Money on Utility Bills, Raise Billions to Invest in Local Communities

Report finds capping emissions can fund billions in investments for local communities, help 46% of New York households upgrade to clean heat pumps by 2035, delivering up to $524 million in annual energy savings across the state

Lee Zeldin (Matt Rourke / AP). Russell Vought. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc., via Getty Images) Chris Wright (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0). Doug Burgum (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images).
feature January 13, 2025

The Presidential Transition & The Environment

Learn about key nominees in the Trump administration’s second term, and the powers they will have.

An outside unit to a heat pump system outside a home. (Michael Penn for Earthjustice)
From the Experts January 9, 2025

Pilot Project Encouraging Building Electrification Proves Popular in Washington State, Saving Customers Money While Helping Meet Climate Goals

Results from the pilot show strong customer interest in shifting away from fossils fuels toward electrification.

An Air Products and Chemicals Inc. carbon capture and blue hydrogen facility in Port Arthur, Texas. (David Goldman / AP)
Press Release January 3, 2025

Treasury Department Finalizes Hydrogen Tax Credit Guidance

Only truly clean hydrogen production should have a place in our clean energy economy

In the News: DeSmog January 2, 2025

Midwest Wins Funding for a New Hydrogen Hub. Not Everyone Is Convinced It’s ‘Clean.’

Lauren Piette, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “Hydrogen has the potential to help us decarbonize if it is made in a way that is truly clean, [but many fossil fuel companies] see hydrogen as a way to greenwash their dirty projects of the past.”

In the News: Energy News Network January 2, 2025

A symbolic gesture or Trojan horse? Ohio groups question purpose of ‘green’ nuclear bill

Megan Hunter, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program, Earthjustice: “Those constitutional protections are there for a reason. And seeing the General Assembly have blatant disregard for them again and again harms Ohioans. It deprives them of these constitutional rights.”

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.