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Each legal matter that Earthjustice takes on is a commitment to our clients and partners — a promise to fight alongside them for however long it takes.

New Yorkers urge the governor to stand up for people, not polluters, and implement life-saving clean truck standards in full and on time to protect public health and the climate

Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “This program is funneling billions of dollars to polluting biofuels that drive deforestation and food insecurity when those dollars could be spent on accelerating deployment of electric vehicles that will improve our air.”

Here’s why we remain confident that the courts are a place where we can mount an effective defense of the environment.

Two new court decisions uphold New York’s power to enforce and implement its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) in regulating fossil-fuel generation

Proposed rule allows continued use of neurotoxic pesticide on 11 crops, despite links to irreversible harm in children

How communities can gain information about and influence over Hydrogen Hub projects, including DOE’s Community Benefits Plan requirements

Most of the program’s billions will go to a dark trifecta of false solutions: biofuels, biogas, and dirty hydrogen

Codes could reduce building sector emissions that contribute to poor air quality and climate change

Definitions of technical terms used in the Federal Hydrogen Hub Community Guide

Jenny Cassel, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “What it tells me is that when we say things can and do go wrong, we’re absolutely correct. It absolutely validates the need for additional protections if and where CCS takes place.”

Katrina Tomas, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: “This is dirty hydrogen, delivered by dirty trucks, for potentially dirty uses. If the port wants to build this project, it must do a better job explaining how it will clean up all of this pollution.”

Each Hydrogen Hub will include a wide range of projects. Potential harms and benefits from specific projects will vary significantly.

Utah sought to reactivate lawsuits then have them dismissed as moot

Legislation will focus on permitting reform, air quality enforcement, additional measures to cut harmful pollution in Colorado

It’s time for SoCal’s air regulators to build the political will and shape an Indirect Source Rule to shift port operations to zero emissions

Warehouse project bringing 1,300 diesel truck trips per day in “diesel death zone” must undergo further scrutiny before development begins

Earthjustice files amicus brief on behalf of two Michigan groups