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State regulators rejected a request from Puget Sound Energy to sharply increase gas and electricity rates, while taking steps to transition the utility to clean energy. This ruling by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission both moves PSE towards clean energy, while also highlighting some of the barriers to meeting Washington’s climate goals.

This investment enables transit authorities to acquire clean buses and build charging infrastructure

Climate action falls to the NYS Legislature

New standard will clean up air in portside communities and drive new clean energy technology

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

Nonprofit organizations agree to drop their lawsuit once conditions are met

The changes would waste billions on polluting fuels over the next decade while harming refinery communities and dirtying California’s air

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.

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

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

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

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

Big savings deals worsen air pollution in vulnerable communities where e-commerce mega-warehouses cluster; State bill could slash emissions from e-commerce mega-warehouse operations and advance clean air and public health for disadvantaged communities

New rules can now be enforced, to the benefit of people breathing air and workers in the clean energy economy

Isaac Moriwake, longtime environmental attorney at Earthjustice, reflects on recent cases that now have potential to improve on the status quo.

Catskill Mountainkeeper urges state and federal officials to omit Route 17 project alternatives that expand peak capacity and are misaligned with community needs and solutions

As the climate crisis threatens their land, food, and traditions, 14 youth advocates took the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation to court to spur climate action.