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Governor JB Pritzker signs into law critical legislation providing safeguards against the risks and harms of carbon capture and sequestration. (City of Decatur)
From the Experts: Victory September 13, 2024

We passed a law in Illinois to protect communities from CCS. Here’s the view from the negotiation table.

While there were certainly difficult compromises, the protections secured by Illinois advocates are a significant victory.

Carbon dioxide leaks out of a high-pressure CO2 pipeline north of Sulphur, Louisiana. Residents in a quarter mile radius of the leak were told to shelter in place. (Calcasieu Parish Police Jury)
Article September 4, 2024

A Leaking CO2 Pipeline Can Cause Suffocation Within a Minute. The Government Needs to Regulate Them, Fast

Industries are planning a massive buildout of CO2 pipelines. Here’s what to know about the health risks, and how we’re asking the government to protect communities from a lethal pipeline rupture.

The Greenidge Generation Bitcoin mining facility, along Seneca Lake in Dresden, NY, on Jul. 30, 2022. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Press Release August 15, 2024

After 3rd Air Permit Denial, Cryptominer Greenidge Files Suit to Continue Exploiting the Finger Lakes Environment and Economy

Major polluter Greenidge Generation files lawsuit in order to continue mining cryptocurrency and polluting the environment while challenging DEC’s permit denial in court

People cool off in misters along the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. It was the hottest day on record for the city at 120 degrees Fahrenheit. (John Locher / AP)
Article July 17, 2024

Summer Is Overheating. Here’s What We’re Doing About It.

Burning fossil fuels is making summer more prone to extreme weather events. Here’s how we’re tackling the climate crisis.

Power lines near Pittsburgh, Penn. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Article July 17, 2024

The Solution to a Faster Clean Energy Transition? More Power Lines.

We know that a 100% clean energy requires more electricity transmission lines. Now, the federal government has taken sweeping action to modernize and build out the grid.

View from the Newfound Gap overlook over the vast wilderness of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. (ehrlif / Getty Images)
Article: Victory July 15, 2024

New Victory Will Bring Clearer Views and Cleaner Air to National Parks

The government is acting on plans to reduce haze pollution from burning fossil fuels near national parks in 32 states.

Split view of clear and hazy days in Shenandoah National Park. (National Park Service)
Press Release: Victory July 12, 2024

U.S. District Court Finalizes Haze Pollution Consent Decree to Speed Up Protections for Public Lands

Victory will bring clearer views and cleaner air to national parks

Bitcoin mining machines in a warehouse at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, the largest in North America. Operations like this one have been boosted by China’s intensified crypto crackdown that has pushed the industry west. (Mark Felix / AFP via Getty Images)
Press Release July 11, 2024

U.S. Energy Information Administration to Advance New Survey Requiring Cryptomining Companies to Report Energy Use

“Utilities and anyone who depends on reliable, affordable electricity should support the EIA’s effort to bring transparency to this energy-intensive industry”

In the News: Texas Tribune July 10, 2024

Texas leaders worry that Bitcoin mines threaten to crash the state power grid

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “They can game the system in a few different ways for their profit.”

In the News: Time July 8, 2024

‘We’re Living in a Nightmare:’ Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Historically, Bitcoin miners go to the cheapest source of electricity with the least amount of regulation, and they do the cheapest thing possible. It’s one of the reasons why noise pollution from crypto mining tends to be so much worse than traditionally-operated data center operators.”

A bird flies by the emissions from the coal-fired Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory June 28, 2024

Federal Court Blocks Attempt by Coal Power Plants to Evade Cleaning Up Coal Ash Contaminating Water

U.S. Court of Appeals affirms that EPA regulations prohibit closing coal ash dumps with ash sitting in groundwater

In the News: WAMC Northeast Public Radio June 20, 2024

Danskammer withdraws permit application for Newburgh generation facility

Melissa Legge, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “The decision shows how the courts and the Department of Environmental Conservation are upholding that law and enforcing that law. New York does not need any more gas plants like Danskammer. What New York needs is renewables like solar and wind to come online and battery storage in order…

Danskammer Energy's methane gas plant in Newburgh, NY, could have emitted nearly 2 million tons of carbon emissions per year and contributed to air pollution in the Hudson Valley. (Halbergman / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory June 17, 2024

Danskammer Energy Abandons Plans to Construct a New Methane Gas Plant in Newburgh, NY

Construction of a new gas plant is incompatible with New York’s landmark clean energy law

Power lines near Pittsburgh, Penn. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature June 17, 2024

Impulsando la Transición hacia la Energía Limpia

Earthjustice trabaja por una transición más rápida y justa a energía limpia. Esta labor se hace ante las comisiones de servicios públicos alrededor del país.

(Maciej Toporowicz / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory June 13, 2024

D.C. Public Service Commission Says No to $672 Million Gas Pipe Replacement Program

The Public Service Commission unanimously voted not to fund Washington Gas’s ProjectPipes 3

POWER Interfaith Executive Director Bishop Dwayne Royster speaks during the Fight For Our Future: Rally For Climate, Care, Jobs & Justice on April 22, 2022 in Malvern, Pennsylvania. (Lisa Lake / POWER Interfaith via Getty Images)
Article June 11, 2024

How This Faith Group Took on a Fight for Climate Justice and Stopped Energy Bills From Skyrocketing

With legal support from Earthjustice, a faith-based group in Philadelphia took the fight for clean, cheaper energy to the public utility commission and won.

Dr. Dolores Leonard has been fighting for environmental justice in River Rouge, Michigan for decades.  (Brittany Greeson for Earthjustice)
Article June 7, 2024

Michigan’s Residents Win Relief in One of State’s Most Polluted Regions

Earthjustice advocacy at Michigan’s public service commission is shutting down dirty fossil fuel energy and making the state a clean energy leader.

In the News: Grist June 7, 2024

Illinois Legislature puts the brakes on a carbon capture boom

Jenny Cassel, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “We should not be creating more of a problem than we’re addressing with this. And that’s what this mandate will require.”