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feature January 13, 2025

The Presidential Transition & The Environment

Learn about key nominees in the Trump administration’s second term, and the powers they will have.

page July 11, 2024

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Megan Kemp

As the Colorado Policy Advocate, Megan helps to develop and implement legislative strategies to achieve Earthjustice’s goals for environmental justice, climate, clean energy, and more.

staff November 14, 2024

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Mayra Reiter is a senior research and policy analyst based in Washington, D.C.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP)
From the Experts December 10, 2024

In the Face of a Trump Administration, Governor Hochul Can Advance New York’s Clean Air Goals

As the upcoming federal administration appears hostile to all environmental policies to clean our air, Governor Hochul must harness New York’s resources and market power to support life-saving regulations that tackle transportation pollution.

“Major companies like Amazon and FedEx are sacrificing the health of New Yorkers in the name of bigger profits,” said Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes. “The lack of oversight on last-mile warehouse operations has left our marginalized communities more vulnerable to toxic air emissions and its devastating consequences. I introduced The Clean Deliveries Act (CDA) to hold these companies accountable and give them actionable steps to align with New York State’s CLCPA mandates. Our communities' health is not for sale, and if they are going to operate in our communities, they must do so with transparency.”
Press Release December 9, 2024

ElectrifyNY Coalition Launches Mega-Warehouse Watchlist

The watchlist details the top 5 NY State Senate and Assembly districts with the highest population residing in mega-warehouse traffic areas;
Tailpipe emissions from e-commerce mega-warehouse traffic pump the air with toxic pollution causing high asthma, cardio, and pulmonary disease rates in Black, Latino/Hispanic, and low-income neighborhoods

Valmont Power Station in Boulder, Colo., in 2011. (Josh Schutz / Getty Images)
Press Release February 22, 2024

With Broad Public Support, Legislators to Introduce Package of Bills to Address Colorado’s Ozone Crisis

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

New York lawmakers, Bronx community members, and clean air advocates call on Governor Hochul to stay on course with the Advanced Clean Trucks rule. (Nydia Gutierrez / Earthjustice)
Press Release November 20, 2024

New York Lawmakers, Bronx Community Members, and Clean Air Advocates Call on Governor Hochul to Defend Clean Trucks

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

In the News: The Sacramento Bee November 6, 2024

Gas price hikes for biofuels? California climate policy gets backlash from environmentalists, GOP

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.”

Vast warehouses bump up against homes in Southern California. (David McNew / The New York Times)
Press Release September 11, 2024

EPA Approves Southern California’s Policy Cleaning Up Pollution from Mega-Warehouses

EPA’s approval lights the path for air agencies looking to electrify dirty goods movement operations nationwide

Climate change has already arrived in the Golden State. Firefighters battle the Coastal Fire near the intersection of Vista Montemar and Coronado Pointe in Laguna Niguel, California, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Jeff Gritchen / MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
Press Release November 9, 2024

California Regulators Ignore Environmental Community and Scientists by Locking in Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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

(James Olstein for Earthjustice)
feature October 21, 2024

Right To Zero: Building a Zero-emissions Future

We’re creating a zero-emissions reality from coast to coast.

Press Release September 20, 2024

One Million Public Comments Support Old-Growth Protections on National Forests

Comments also support protections for mature trees

The U.S. Supreme Court. (Phil Roeder / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release October 28, 2024

States, Members of Congress, Former Agency & CEQ Officials, Legal Experts, Local Communities File Amicus Briefs in Defense of NEPA in Supreme Court Oil Train Case

Amici from broad and varied interests will help Supreme Court understand the legal and practical consequences of undoing lower court ruling

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

So many oil and gas wells have been developed in the Uinta Basin that air pollution levels rival those of big cities. (WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release October 18, 2024

Environmental and Public Health Groups File Brief Opposing Utah Oil Train’s U.S. Supreme Court Appeal

Environmental and public health groups defending the nation’s landmark environmental law

page March 13, 2024

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People walk along Park Avenue and Grand Central Terminal as they are covered in a haze from Canada wildfires on June 7, 2023 in New York City. (NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx via AP)
Press Release June 7, 2024

Earthjustice Statement: Assembly Fails to Pass Most Watched Climate Policy of 2024 Session, the NY HEAT Act

Assembly allows session to close without passing the key policy before them to reduce energy bills and meet climate pollution reduction targets