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feature October 11, 2024

Tools for Communities: Federal Hydrogen Hub Community Guide

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

Press Release October 14, 2024

Florida Supreme Court declines to review overwhelming statewide vote that directed tax dollars to conservation land-buying for future generations

State agencies using accounting gimmicks, improperly spending land-buying tax money

feature October 11, 2024

Specific Types of Hydrogen Hub Projects That Could Impact Your Community

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

document October 10, 2024

Aquarium Fish Trade Petition: Hawaii Dept. of Land and Nat. Resources

Petition challenging the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources for a declaratory ruling, in connection with its approval of a petition for rulemaking to prohibit commercial aquarium collection in the State of Hawai‘i.

An aquarium collector takes fish from a reef in Hawai`i. (Brooke Everett)
From the Experts October 10, 2024

The Latest on Commercial Aquarium Collection in Hawai‘i

We’ve been working with reef advocates and Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners for 12 years to challenge commercial aquarium collection in court and before the state. We’ll keep at it until Hawai‘i’s reef ecosystems can thrive for generations to come.

Sharon Lavigne of RISE St. James is an Earthjustice client and partner in a case against the “Sunshine Project” — a plant proposed by the Formosa Petrochemical Corporation. (Alejandro Dávila Fragoso / Earthjustice)
Press Release June 28, 2024

Formosa Plastics Must Follow New Federal Pollution Rules Designed to Keep People Healthy

Stricter rules on soot pollution could put Formosa Plastics in danger of losing its permits to operate

People enjoy a sunny afternoon in a Los Angeles park with a view of the downtown skyline. (Chris Delmas / AFP via Getty Images)
From the Experts October 10, 2023

Putting Industry Claims to Rest: Data Reveals Economic Success Amidst Clean Air Rules

Major cities saw simultaneous economic growth and cleaner air over the last decade.

document September 23, 2024

NY-PSC Earthjustice Comments Draft Clean Energy Standard Biennial Review

Earthjustice urges the NY-PSC to take the steps detailed in comments to rapidly increase renewable energy development, and to omit from the Final Review any conclusion that the State might miss the 2030 deadline.

document September 3, 2024

Aquarium Fish Trade Challenge: Petition for a contested case hearing

Petition for a contested case hearing – State Board of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources; aquarium pet trade challenge.

People enjoy a sunny afternoon in a Los Angeles park with a view of the downtown skyline. (Chris Delmas / AFP via Getty Images)
Update March 29, 2024

We’re on Our Way to Court to Defend a New Standard That Protects Us from Deadly Air Pollution

After hearing from the public, including 32,000 Earthjustice supporters, the EPA delivered stronger air quality protections.

Freight trucks line up outside of a warehouse on Cyber Monday in San Bernardino. (Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice)
Press Release: Victory September 24, 2024

Judge Orders San Bernardino County To Redo Environmental Review of Bloomington Business Park

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

document September 23, 2024

60 Org Letter to NY-PSC re: Draft Clean Energy Standard Biennial Review

We must meet the statutory, and moral, obligations of the CLCPA’s environmental justice statutory protections. Evidence shows that new clean energy is nearly always the lowest-cost electricity to meet our needs. And New York must also take better advantage of all cost savings and leverage federal funding to usher in a clean energy transition that benefits all New Yorkers.

document August 19, 2024

Valero: Title V Permit Petition

Petition to the Environmental Protection Agency to object to Title V permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for Valero Houston refinery.

Press Release July 11, 2024

EPA Grants Petition to Regulate PFAS Found in Plastic Containers

The federal agency will start a rulemaking process to address toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in more than 100 million fluorinated plastic containers

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.

Fishing skiffs tied up on the riverbank along the Kuskokwim River in the village of Akiachak, Alaska. (Design Pics Inc / Alamy)
Article October 1, 2024

Alaska Tribes Win Legal Fight Against Gold Mine

The massive Donlin Gold Mine, if built, would pose grave risks to Kuskokwim River communities.

An expansive view of the Bull Mountains in Montana. (Northern Plains Resource Council)
Press Release: Victory August 21, 2024

Federal Court Clarifies 2023 Changes to National Environmental Policy Act For First Time

Ruling denies rushed environmental review request for one of largest underground coal mines in nation

Press Release September 4, 2024

As GOP AGs Target Title VI, 40+ Groups Rally to Defend Civil Rights

Coalition presses EPA to stand firm on civil rights protections amid new legal challenges