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Election Day was Tuesday, Nov. 5. Up for your votes were President of the United States, all 435 House seats, 34 Senate seats, governors of 11 states and two U.S. territories, and many city mayors, state representatives, state supreme court justices, and state and local measures.

Hawaiʻi’s largest public utility makes additional commitments to address potential threats to seabirds from power lines on Maui and Lāna‘i, while pursuing permits under the federal Endangered Species Act and state law

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

At oral argument in Sackett v. EPA, some justices struggled to square simplistic industry arguments with science and common sense.

Tania Galloni, Managing Attorney, Florida Office: “The decision is incredibly important because it goes back to the fundamentals, which is that the Endangered Species Act means what it says. The judge was on really solid ground in his ruling. He’s relying on decades of Endangered Species Act case law.”

A lawyer analyzes the Supreme Court’s ruling.

After a decades-long battle, the EPA has adopted a rule that would deem any amount of lead dust found in schools, daycares, and homes to be a “lead hazard.”

Learn about the major events and where we are now in this fight

Order granted in part: the FEIS violates NEPA and ANILCA by failing to consider a larger tailings spill; claims that the FEIS’s treatment of the State HIA violated NEPA and that the Section 404 permit violated the CWA is denied.

Governor Newsom’s veto delivered a blow to pollution accountability in the state

Toxic “forever chemicals” remain laxly regulated.

Transportation Department commits to bold action to achieve 2045 zero emission goals

The U.S. Energy Information Administration raises concerns about energy-intensive cryptocurrency mining operations, will seek comments on reporting requirements.

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “We see this as the first shot across the bow informing the utilities and states and stakeholders that EPA indeed does find significant noncompliance with the coal ash rule.”

Solicitan a la Gobernadora Kathy Hochul a que incluya el proyecto de ley Tránsito Verde, Empleos Verdes en el presupuesto fiscal

Assembly Members Jeffrey Dinowtiz and Karines Reyes, and Senator Sepúlveda rallied with union leaders, community members, and advocates to urge Governor Hochul to include the Green Transit, Green Jobs, Bill in Budget

Linnet Davis-Stermitz is Senior Counsel at Earthjustice. She is an appellate and administrative law expert who helps Earthjustice attorneys navigate the emerging challenges of litigating environmental cases in today’s federal and state courts. Linnet focuses on cross-cutting doctrinal issues, including questions of justiciability and jurisdiction, the scope of federal power, and judicial review of agency action.

North Port St. Joe Project Area Committee, Inc., and Pioneer Bay Community Development Corporation submit this Brief in Support of Reversal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order Declining Jurisdiction over the Nopetro LNG, LLC, liquefied natural gas export terminal in Port St. Joe, Florida.