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Public interest groups and state of Colorado challenge DOE’s emergency order

Public interest organizations filed a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Colorado’s Craig Unit 1, a coal-burning power plant.

The final rule leaves communities around these facilities vulnerable to dangerous, cancer-causing air pollutants

More than 14 million people in the US live near sterilizer facilities that emit one of the most toxic air pollutants regulated by the agency

El análisis de impacto ambiental de la ciudad se consideró inadecuado, rechazó alternativas viables y ahora debe rehacerse

City’s environmental impact analysis ruled inadequate, rejected feasible alternatives, and now must be redone

Long Beach must halt the expansion of a polluting oil storage tank at its port, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled, citing an inadequate environmental review of a project expected to emit cancer-causing chemicals like hydrogen sulfide, benzene, and other toxic chemicals near schools. The court said the City’s California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis failed to accurately describe the project and improperly rejected a feasible alternative.

Groups challenge disapproval of state’s widely-supported regional haze plan

Federal agency rammed through expansion, illegally skipped environmental analysis, shut out public

Conservation groups sued the Trump administration over its approval of a major expansion of the Bull Mountains Coal Mine in Montana.

Water commission chair corrects record, confirms by letter that use of potable groundwater for turf grass irrigation has not been recognized as an existing use

Business is up, pollution is down, and Earthjustice beat Trump’s attempt to end the program.

Confirming that the Kapalua Bay and Plantation Golf Courses are not authorized to irrigate their turf grass with drinking water

Gavin Kearney, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Companies were free to store coal ash anywhere they wanted to, and oftentimes that just meant digging a hole in the ground and dumping it in.”

Motion filed for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction over unconstitutional application of H.B. 392 and S.J.R 5

Conservation and community groups filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the transfer of a landmark public trust suit to protect the Great Salt Lake to a new three judge panel.

Advocates warn of more toxic pollution, asthma attacks, and premature deaths, especially in communities living near coal plants.

The Tribe filed a petition for judicial review to halt Enbridge’s planned pipeline