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In the News: The Washington Post July 9, 2026

Government considers unusual site for launching space missions

Steve Mashuda, Managing Attorney, Oceans Program: “Letting the oil-and-gas industry off the hook so billionaires can launch rockets and spew more toxics into our public waters is a massive insult to Gulf communities and poses a new threat to vulnerable marine life.”
In the News: Canary Media July 9, 2026

Hawaiʻi committed to 100 % clean energy. Now it’s flirting with natural gas.

Isaac Moriwake, Managing Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “The PUC takes its job very seriously. These are very technical issues.”
Trucks drive along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif. (Justin Sullivan)
Press Release July 9, 2026

EPA Continues Public Health Attacks by Weakening Pollution Standards for Trucks

The current proposal from the EPA seeks to weaken the standards and would hinder progress on cleaning up emissions
document July 9, 2026

Comanche 2: Motion to Intervene

An environmental justice coalition requested permission to intervene in a proceeding involving Public Service Company of Colorado’s proposal to further extend the December 2026 retirement deadline for Unit 2 at…
document July 8, 2026

Statement of the Northwest Park Apartments Tenants Association

Letter from Northwest Park Apartments Tenants Association, on behalf of the residents of Northwest Park Apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland, expressing continued support for the geothermal network pilot project.
Maurepas Swamp  protects South Louisiana residents from hurricanes, and is also a vibrant freshwater fishery. (Photo courtesy of Healthy Gulf)
Press Release: Victory July 1, 2026

Air Products Abandons Proposed Louisiana “Blue” Hydrogen and Ammonia Plant with Carbon Capture Scheme

Community groups celebrate the company’s decision to pull out — citing the huge risks associated with the project’s polluting facility and carbon dioxide pipeline
Regina Fred touches one of her window-mounted heat pumps in her apartment in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo)
Press Release: Victory June 30, 2026

U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds New York’s All-Electric Building Act

Decision marks the first court of appeals to confirm that states and cities have the power to enact building electrification laws, which are critical to clean energy transition; Saves New…
document June 30, 2026

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Win re: NY’s All Electric Buildings Act Appeal

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals issued their decision stating that New York’s All Electric Buildings Act is not preempted by federal law. The court also agreed with the 2025…
Press Release June 26, 2026

Montana Residents Challenge State’s Granting of Undisclosed Waiver for Bridger Pipeline Construction

Montana DEQ issued illegal waiver by ignoring requirements for public notices and hearings
document June 26, 2026

Bridger Waiver Affidavits

Montana residents challenged the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) over the approval of an undisclosed waiver that allowed the proposed Bridger Pipeline to omit required information from an application…
Activists in New York in 2012 protest fracking, before the ban. (Adam Welz / CREDO Action)
Press Release June 25, 2026

Enviro Groups Back Gov. Hochul in Defending State’s Landmark Fracking Ban

Groups seek to intervene against ill-conceived legal challenge
document June 24, 2026

Memo of Law: Intervene NY Fracking

For over a decade, New York has protected its air, water, and natural areas with a prohibition on extracting gas with high-volume hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking.” Proposed Intervenors Catskill…
Flare up at fracking well.
(wcn247 / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Press Release June 24, 2026

Environmental Groups Blast BLM Methane Gas Waste Proposal

BLM proposal is bad for climate, nearby communities, and U.S. taxpayers
Un sitio de fracking en Vaca Muerta, Argentina. (Cristian Martin / Getty Images)
feature June 23, 2026

Protegiendo comunidades de los terremotos provocados por el “fracking” en la cuenca de Vaca Muerta de Argentina

Este escrito de amigo de tribunal fue preparada por el Dr. Ryan Schultz —sismólogo e investigador sénior del Servicio Sismológico Suizo en la ETH Zürich— para la Corte Suprema de Argentina.
A fracking site in Vaca Muerta, Argentina. (Cristian Martin / Getty Images)
feature June 23, 2026

Protecting Communities from Earthquakes Caused by Fracking in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Basin

The Friend of the Court submission prepared by Dr. Ryan Schultz, a seismologist and senior researcher at the Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zürich for the Supreme Court of Argentina.
document June 23, 2026

Amicus Curiae: Supreme Court of Argentina

This Friend of the Court submission was prepared by Dr. Ryan Schultz, a seismologist and senior researcher at the Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zürich for the Supreme Court of…
document June 23, 2026

Amicus Curiae: La Corte Suprema de Argentina

Este escrito de amigo de tribunal fue preparada por el Dr. Ryan Schultz —sismólogo e investigador sénior del Servicio Sismológico Suizo en la ETH Zürich— para la Corte Suprema de…
Each of the claimants has been seriously harmed by extreme weather events, from catastrophic bushfires and heatwaves to sea level rise and flooding. (Rebecca Parker)
feature June 22, 2026

Hard Truths: The Australian Coal and Gas Exports Case

We are 10 Australians who argue the Australian Government is failing to meet its obligations under international human rights law.