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feature September 16, 2024

2024 Elections: A Voting Guide

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Up for your votes are President of the United States, all 435 House seats, 34 Senate seats, governors of 11 states and two U.S. territories, and many city mayors, state representatives, state supreme court justices, and state and local measures.

View of Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake. (Nick Pedersen / Getty Images)
Article September 17, 2024

Why We’re in Court to Protect the Great Salt Lake

Millions of people could wind up breathing in toxic dust from newly exposed lakebed.

One of the American West’s great natural ecosystems, the Great Salt Lake in Utah — and the species who depend on it — are facing serious threats. (© Ecoflight)
Press Release September 17, 2024

Court Hearing Today: The Future of the Disappearing Great Salt Lake

Environmental and community groups argue their case against the State of Utah

From the Experts August 1, 2024

Wins from Washington’s 2024 legislative session, plus a look ahead to next year

The 2024 short session produced several key wins benefiting the environment and Washington’s communities — and some foreshadowing for 2025.

document August 10, 2023

Attachments for Letter to HUD & EPA

Includes nearby sources to Ajax Facility, Flint Facilities Inspection Summary, and EGLE response to AJAX Asphalt Title VI Complaint.

feature April 25, 2024

Coal Ash in the United States: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Earthjustice analyzed industry data to explain, state by state, how and where coal ash is disposed and which dump sites are not yet monitored or regulated.

The aftermath of the devastating coal ash spill at the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant near Kingston, Tenn., in 2008. More than 1 billion gallons of toxic coal ash sludge burst from a dam, sweeping away homes and contaminating two rivers. (Dot Griffith/ Appalachian Voice via United Mountain Defense)
feature April 25, 2024

Coal Ash Contaminates Our Lives

Coal ash is what is left behind when power plants burn coal for energy, It is a toxic mix of carcinogens, neurotoxins, and other hazardous pollutants.

Power lines near Pittsburgh, Penn. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature June 3, 2024

Powering up the Clean Energy Transition

See how Earthjustice makes the case before public utility commissions for a faster, fairer transition to clean energy.

Commissioner John A. Tuma, left, speaks during a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission meeting in 2018, in St. Paul, Minn. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii / Star Tribune via AP)
feature May 15, 2024

Want to Lower Your Power Bills and Help Your State Fight Climate Change? Here’s Who to Talk to

In public utility commissions, Earthjustice is helping communities push for clean, affordable electricity for all.

Earthjustice’s successful litigation led to critical protections for Teshekpuk Lake, one of the most ecologically important wetlands in the Arctic. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
page August 15, 2024

Legacy Giving: Find an Estate Planner

Estate planning is an important way to protect your family and ensure your wishes are respected.

(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Article August 20, 2024

Two Years Ago, We Passed the Biggest Climate Spending Bill Ever. Here’s What It Has Achieved.

We’re celebrating a booming clean economy, lower energy costs, a path forward to reducing harmful pollution, and more than 334,000 new clean energy jobs so far.

Lilian Bello spoke against a proposed natural gas plant in Oxnard, California, that, if allowed, would join three existing gas plants on the city’s beach.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature May 13, 2024

A Fossil Fuel Company Tried to Put a Dirty Gas Plant on a Beautiful Coastline. It Failed.

Earthjustice’s work in state energy proceedings like California is driving the state, and the nation’s, clean energy transition.

document April 26, 2024

Great Salt Lake: Combined Opposition – Response to Motions to Dismiss

Conservation groups file a 135-page response to the numerous motions to dismiss in the Great Salt Lake lawsuit.

Earthjustice's Alaska-based legal team, in Juneau. Since 1978, the Alaska office has successfully fought destructive oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging that threatens the region’s communities, lands, waters, and wildlife. (Becca Bowe / Earthjustice)
page August 15, 2024

Legacy Giving: Donating Real Estate

By donating all or a partial interest in real property to Earthjustice, you can create a powerful environmental legacy while reducing taxes.

The George Neal North Plant in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. (Map data ©2023 Imagery ©2023 , CNES / Airbus, Landsat / Copernicus, Maxar Technologies, USDA/FPAC/GEO)
feature May 3, 2023

Toxic Coal Ash in Iowa: Addressing Coal Plants’ Hazardous Legacy

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Iowa has 61 coal ash dumpsites.

Construction on a last-mile warehouse in Syosset, New York. Concentrations of last-mile warehouses have an outsized impact on air quality and noise pollution due to higher numbers of truck trips, 24/7 operating times, and other factors. (Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)
Press Release June 6, 2024

In Final Days of Legislative Session, New York Senate Heeds Call for Cleaner Air and Corporate Accountability by Passing the Clean Deliveries Act

With Congestion Pricing indefinitely stalled by Governor Hochul in New York City, the need for traffic reduction and pollution abatement statewide has never been greater

E-Commerce Warehouses by Potential Environmental Justice Area in NYC, 2022. (Alok Disa / Earthjustice)
Press Release July 18, 2024

As Prime Day Draws Record Profits and Extreme Truck Traffic, Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes and ElectrifyNY Coalition Call for Clean Deliveries

Pivotal bill provides advancements in public health and clean air, prevents corporations from clustering mega-warehouses in low-income communities of color, and advances New York’s climate mandates

Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Mass., in 2012. (Denis Tangney Jr. / Getty Images)
From the Experts: Victory April 25, 2024

EPA Finalized New Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants

A 15-year legal fight to curb toxic wastewater to protect drinking water.