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The Line 5 oil pipeline is putting at risk the Great Lakes — the world’s largest surface freshwater system. The State of Michigan can still stop the construction.

Jenny Harbine, Managing Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “Coal has been on the decline for decades, not because of federal policies, but because it’s dirty and it’s increasingly unreliable as our coal fleet ages. And it can’t compete on a level playing field with renewable energy sources.”

State leaders rally in Albany to urge the Governor to protect the life-saving clean truck standard in final budget and reject industry efforts to gut air protections

118 organizations express extreme opposition to S. 239 (Sen. Daines) / H.R. 725 (Rep. Downing) and S. 362 (Sen. Daines) / H.R. 931 (Rep. Downing). These two bills will allow Signal Peak Energy to bypass existing law and to export all of its coal to Asia.

Letter to Congress from 135 organizations, Tribes, companies and elected officials expressing strong opposition to S. 544, The Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (MRCA).

The environmental movement has made huge gains since the 1970s, and we won’t let the lawless actions of the current administration reverse our hard-won progress.

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “This is part of a larger trend of states and utilities green-lighting new fossil fuel infrastructure to enable trillion-dollar tech companies to expand their energy-intensive data centers — derailing progress toward a clean energy future.”

Tribes and environmental orgs are asking the Court to overturn a state agency’s permit

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Time is running out to stop one company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil flowing.

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: “If the Corps advances the Line 5 tunnel project through this process, we expect them to comply with the law. The truth is there is no national energy emergency, and even if there was, Line 5 is a pipeline that transports Canadian oil primarily to Canada. It will…

Comisión Federal Reguladora de Energía permitió, contrario a la ley, la expansión del terminal de gas metano en la Bahía de San Juan en manos de NFEnergía, sin consultar a las comunidades locales y sin la revisión requerida.

FERC unlawfully allowed methane gas company NFEnergía to expand its terminal infrastructure in the San Juan Bay without consulting local communities and without the required review

Regulations to reduce pollution from oil and gas and protect communities are stalled amid record-breaking heat and wildfires

15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, we’re suing the Trump administration for attempting to reopen protected areas of the Gulf coastline for oil and gas drilling.

Shannon Fisk, Director of State Electric Sector Advocacy, Earthjustice: “What they could achieve is at most a temporary lifeline for coal, not a revival of the industry. In an economically competitive market, coal is going to lose.”

Interior failed to properly evaluate the harm from billion-barrel oil lease sale

A five-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan that will be announced later in September may include 10+ additional offshore oil lease sales.

Interior Department failed to properly evaluate the harm from billion-barrel oil lease sale.