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document January 10, 2025

Line 5 Tunnel Project Media Backgrounder

A backgrounder on the proposed Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac.

In the News: Canary Media January 8, 2025

New York to make major greenhouse gas emitters pay for past pollution

Liz Moran, Policy Advocate, Northeast Office, Earthjustice: “The oil and gas industry blames the consumer for the climate crisis. They say, ​‘You used our product. You’re at fault.’ Meanwhile, we’ve been locked into that product for decades longer than necessary because that same industry has spent billions of dollars lying to the public and preventing…

Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge threatens the habitats of a wide range of wildlife, including polar bears, Arctic foxes and wolverines. (Sarkophoto / Getty Images)
Press Release January 8, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on Lease Sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 

Department of Interior announces no bids were received

A drill ship anchored in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast in 2021.
(Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Update January 6, 2025

President Biden Permanently Protects Vulnerable Areas of the Ocean from Oil and Gas Drilling

The president used a federal law to ban future oil and gas drilling in parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, Alaska, and the Gulf of Mexico.

document January 6, 2025

Celebrating President Biden’s Withdrawals of Offshore Areas

Statements in celebration of President Biden’s historic action on January 6, 2025, to protect our ocean and coasts from offshore drilling.

Press Release January 6, 2025

Earthjustice Aplaude Acción del Presidente en Retirar Territorio de Alta Mar Para Futuro Desarrollo de Petróleo y Gas

El presidente Biden es el octavo mandatario en invocar la autoridad del poder ejecutivo para salvaguardar comunidades costeras y ecosistemas marinos de nuestro país

Oil drilling infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. (Brad Zweerink for Earthjustice)
Press Release January 6, 2025

Earthjustice Applauds White House Withdrawal of American Offshore Territory from Future Oil-and-Gas Development

President Biden is the eighth President to invoke Executive Branch authority to safeguard U.S. coastal communities and marine ecosystems

In the News: CNN January 3, 2025

Biden plans to ban some offshore drilling in a way Trump would struggle to undo

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: “Every president this century has recognized that some areas of the ocean are just too risky or too sensitive to drill.”

A great blue heron on the Yellowstone River. (Charles "Chuck" Peterson / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release: Victory January 3, 2025

Montana Supreme Court Orders Analysis of Climate Impact of Methane Gas Plant

State’s high court directs state to consider lighting and climate impacts of Yellowstone County Generating Station located on the Yellowstone River

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.

Children play at Arvin's “Garden in the Sun” playground. There are several oil wells near the park. (Tara Pixley for Earthjustice)
From the Experts December 19, 2024

California’s Roadmap to Protect Communities and Public Health from Oil and Gas Drilling

A public health expert panel report gives Californians a critical new tool in the years-long fight for setbacks from oil and gas drilling.

A large liquified natural gas transport ship sits docked in the Calcasieu River on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, near Cameron, Louisiana. (Jon Shapley / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Press Release December 17, 2024

Department of Energy Studies Find LNG Export Boom Harms Climate and Consumers

LNG exports drive us deeper into the climate crisis and raise energy prices at home

document December 16, 2024

Complaint: Port of Long Beach Oil Storage Expansion

Earthjustice, representing and co-counseling with Communities for a Better Environment, sued the City of Long Beach for approving a controversial crude oil storage project at the Port of Long Beach. The project — proposed by World Oil Terminals — includes the construction of two 25,000-barrel tanks, exacerbating environmental and health harms for environmental justice communities already overburdened by industrial pollution from the second busiest port in the United States.

Youth plaintiff Kalā W. shares an emotional moment with an elder  on Jun. 24, 2024, during the celebration of the historic settlement in <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/hawaii-youth-climate-lawsuit" class="a_color--white"><em>Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation</em></a>. (Elyse Butler for Earthjustice)
feature December 13, 2024

2024: A Year in Earthjustice

Together, we achieved extraordinary wins for the earth and its people. Thank you.

document December 12, 2024

Bad River Band Petition for Contested Case – WDNR Line 5 Permit

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior is contesting the wetland and waterway permit that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources granted to Enbridge to construct the Line 5 reroute project.

document December 12, 2024

Bad River Band Petition for Judicial Review -WDNR Line 5 EIS

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for producing an inadequate final Environmental Impact Statement on Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 reroute, violating the Wisconsin Environmental Protection Act.

Protestors paddle next to the Mackinac Bridge at the Pipe Out Paddle Up Flotilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City, Michigan. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Article December 12, 2024

The Great Lakes Are Under Threat

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Now, Anishinaabe tribes are in court fighting the company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil flowing.