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Communities exposed to warehouse-associated diesel truck pollution face higher levels of air-pollution-linked health problems like asthma and cardiovascular disease

Dror Ladin, Attorney, Northeast Office: “In administrative law, you’re not supposed to just reopen questions based on things that could have been raised at the time.”

A coalition of 100 organizations urges Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to uphold and fully implement the 2024 national soot pollution standard, citing its strong legal and scientific basis and its potential to save thousands of lives and deliver billions in public health benefits.

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to safeguard biodiversity, to advance a just transition to clean energy, and to protect people’s health. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

The undersigned organizations write in support of AB 914 (Garcia, R), which will equip the state of California with critical regulatory tools to clean up air pollution. This legislation affirms the California Air Resources Board’s authority to regulate “indirect sources” that attract activity from polluting vehicles and equipment. Californians breathe some of the dirtiest air in the country and ports, warehouses, and other freight hubs — with the polluting diesel trucks and equipment that serve them — are major culprits. This bill provides a crucial pathway to slash this dangerous pollution.

We’re stepping in to defend a trio of life-saving rules from a flurry of opportunistic lawsuits

A Republican-run Congress may repeal lead exposure protections, endangering millions of lives in the U.S. We are ready to fight back.

Maryland General Assembly passes new laws that will lower energy costs, rein in data centers, and help Maryland achieve its clean energy goals

State leaders rally in Albany to urge the Governor to protect the life-saving clean truck standard in final budget and reject industry efforts to gut air protections

If the Trump administration breaks the law to hold timber sales, we will see them in court.

While the Trump administration tries to drag us back to darker and dirtier days, California can forge ahead.

The Trump administration’s gutting of federal agencies will wreak havoc on laws that protect everyone’s health and the environment.

State waivers for stronger tailpipe standards are not subject to the Congressional Review Act

Lawmakers are gutting both Medicaid and environmental protections, endangering vulnerable communities.

Montana’s Colstrip plant asks Trump administration for clean air standard exemption

A huge array of environmental protections are on the chopping block.

New York should not delay its Advanced Clean Trucks rule to protect New Yorkers’ health and clean the air.

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities, Earthjustice: “The law demands that EPA control these pollutants, and demands that EPA protect families and communities. And these impacts on these communities most heavily land on the shoulders of children. Children are more susceptible to the harms from pollutants, and these pollutants are often happening right…