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Press Release September 25, 2023

Colorado Industrial Greenhouse Gas Rule Fails to Sufficiently Reduce Pollution Near Impacted Communities

Air Quality Control Commission adopts GHG trading system over requirements for onsite reductions by polluters

Park visitors walk along a section of Great Salt Lake that used to be underwater at Great Salt Lake State Park on August 02, 2021, near Magna, Utah. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Article September 13, 2023

We’re Suing to Save the Great Salt Lake From Going to Dust

If the lake continues to shrink, 2.5 million people could wind up breathing in toxic dust from the newly exposed lakebed.

Oil shale development in Colorado's Piceance Basin. (Ecoflight)
Press Release September 12, 2023

Enefit American Oil Abandons Lease to Mine Oil Shale in Utah’s Uinta Basin

Settlement cuts off oil shale giant’s planned mine and processing facility from water supply

In the News: Grist September 7, 2023

Environmentalists sue Utah for failing to protect the shrinking Great Salt Lake

Stu Gillespie, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “The public trust is being increasingly called upon to address this crisis, and it’s up to the courts to enforce it.”

Boat docks sit on dry cracked earth at the Great Salt Lake's Antelope Island Marina in 2021 near Syracuse, Utah. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Press Release September 6, 2023

Lawsuit Targets State of Utah for Failing to Protect the Great Salt Lake

West’s largest wetland faces ecological collapse because of Utah’s neglect

Document September 6, 2023

Great Salt Lake Complaint

Conservation and community groups sued the state of Utah for its failure to ensure that enough water reaches the Great Salt Lake to prevent ecological collapse.

Press Release August 21, 2023

Groups File Suit in CO Over Inadequate Disproportionately Impacted Community Permitting Rule

Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopted the polluter permitting rule in May

Document August 21, 2023

Colorado DIC Permitting Rule Complaint

Community and conservation groups filed suit in Colorado state court challenging an inadequate rule adopted by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) to address polluter permitting in disproportionately impacted communities (DICs).

Bears Ears National Monument. (Steven St. John for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory August 11, 2023

Court Dismisses Utah Suits, Upholds Presidential Authority to Establish National Monuments

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments remain safe

Document August 11, 2023

Utah Monuments Dismissal

A Utah federal judge dismissed two lawsuits, led by the state of Utah, that attempted to undo President Biden’s restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments and attacked the Antiquities Act as unlawful.

The Procession Panel in Bears Ears National Monument is at least 1,000 years old.
(Photo courtesy of Marc Toso)
Update August 11, 2023

Judge Throws Out Lawsuits Attacking Two Priceless National Monuments

This win advances two goals at the heart of Earthjustice’s mission: protecting public lands and facing down the destructive threat of fossil fuels.

Oil and gas operations near residential areas in Colorado. (Chris Schneider for Earthjustice)
Press Release July 20, 2023

Air Quality Control Commission, State Make Promising Progress By Adopting Consensus Rules Requiring Direct Measurement of Oil and Gas Pollution

Further action and effective enforcement will ultimately determine the success of efforts to limit harmful methane pollution

The Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City, Colorado. (Matt Nager for Earthjustice)
Press Release June 29, 2023

Colorado Water Division to Consider Enforcement Action Against Suncor Refinery

Division sent compliance advisory to Suncor for benzene and solids exceedances

Document June 29, 2023

Water Division Compliance Advisory for Suncor

Colorado’s Water Quality Control Division recently sent a compliance advisory to Suncor Energy for three benzene and two total suspended solids exceedances at the company’s Commerce City refinery between January and April of this year.

From the Experts June 7, 2023

Wyoming Court Decision Helps Provide Access to Over 8 Million Acres of Public Land

Court rules that “corner-crossing” does not constitute trespass.

Press Release June 7, 2023

As Governor Signs Ozone Bill Into Law, Groups Push For Stronger Action

Community voices must be heard in cumulative impacts rulemaking and interim session

Press Release: Victory May 30, 2023

Colorado Public Utilities Commission Adopts Ambitious Building Electrification and Energy Efficiency Targets for Xcel Energy

The investment will reduce natural gas usage by 2 million dekatherms over three years

In the News: E&E News May 24, 2023

Interior’s oil plan is coming. Here’s what to watch.

Michael Freeman, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “The federal government itself is this country’s single largest source of fossil fuels. The oil and gas rule is a prime opportunity for BLM to address our climate goals and bring the federal program into alignment with what we’re trying to do as a nation.”