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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

Earthjustice attorney Yasmine Agelidis speaks at a rally for electric school buses outside the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters. The event was organized by the Los Angeles County Electric Truck and Bus Coalition. (Hannah Benet for Earthjustice)
Article November 6, 2024

There’s Still Hope on Climate

Earthjustice’s push for progress in the states and internationally means we can still make environmental progress.

El presidente Donald Trump le entrega el bolígrafo que utilizó para firmar una orden ejecutiva al presidente, director y director ejecutivo de Dow Chemical, Andrew Liveris, mientras otros líderes empresariales aplauden en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca en Washington el 24 de febrero de 2017. La orden ejecutiva fue parte de su esfuerzo por reducir las regulaciones del gobierno federal. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)
Article November 6, 2024

Trump Está Más Preparado Esta Vez. Nosotros También.

Usaremos nuestra experiencia legal para enfrentar los ataques ambientales de Trump. Nos basaremos en nuestro historial de victorias contra su última administración.

Donald Trump. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Article November 6, 2024

Trump Is More Prepared This Time. We Are Too.

We’ll use our legal expertise to take on Trump’s environmental attacks – and we’ll build on our winning record against his last administration.

Homes stand near the Drax Power Station in the rural constituency of Selby and Ainsty on June 19, 2023, in Selby, England. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
case November 3, 2024

Industrial Wood Pellets Are Not Renewable, Clean Energy

The plants that make industrial wood pellets harm people and the environment — with low-income, rural communities disproportionately affected.

A person holds wood pellets at a biomass facility at Drax Power Station near Selby, England. (Anna Gowthorpe / Getty Images)
From the Experts November 1, 2024

The Long Shadow of Drax, a Power Company Masquerading as Green

The U.K. wood pellet manufacturer pollutes low-income U.S. communities

From the Experts October 31, 2024

FERC Finalized New “Backstop” Rule for Federal Permitting of Transmission Lines

The new rule is an important — but imperfect — step toward equitable federal permitting of high-priority transmission lines.

Devon Hall of REACH (Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help) speaks during a recent meeting of the group in Warsaw, North Carolina. (Justin Cook for Earthjustice)
Article October 29, 2024

North Carolina Communities’ Battle Against Animal Factory Pollution

Overburdened communities in North Carolina face the harshest impacts of industrial animal production. Now, they’re taking a stand.

A container ship docked at the Port of Oakland in California. (Cavan Images / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory October 29, 2024

Three Billion in IRA Climate Funds Awarded to Electrify Ports Around the U.S.

Billions for the largest and most polluting ports in the nation will electrify operations, grow jobs, save lives

document October 29, 2024

Comments on PVSC Significant Modification Title V Draft Permit

On behalf of the Ironbound Community Corporation, Earthjustice submits the following comments on the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s draft modification of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s (PVSC) Title V operating permit that would allow PVSC to operate a new methane gas-fired Standby Power Generating Facility at the PVSC facility located at 600 Wilson Avenue, Newark, Essex County, NJ 07105.

The Hillcrest neighborhood near "Refinery Row" in Corpus Christi, TX. About 60% of current U.S. hydrogen demand comes from crude oil refineries. (Eddie Seal for Earthjustice)
Update October 25, 2024

Hydrogen Hubs Pose Risks to Communities and the Climate

Earthjustice and our partners are hosting a community rally in Northwest Indiana’s industrial corridor near Chicago on Nov. 16 to demand clean hydrogen and make sure community voices are heard.

Activists march in protest at the front gate to Southern California Gas Company's Ventura Compressor Station in Ventura, California. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).
Press Release October 22, 2024

California Regulators Rein in SoCalGas’ Use of Customer Funds for Lobbying

Proposed decision from the California Public Utilities Commission cuts utility’s requested costs for lobbying and hydrogen projects and comes after years of utility charging customers for political fights against climate measures

Press Release October 22, 2024

New York State Cryptomining Moratorium Expires in One Month and Still No Environmental Impact Study

The 2022 law required the DEC to produce a study into cryptomining’s environmental impacts by November 22, 2023; Without a completed environmental study, New York further delays meeting Climate Act goals

Press Release October 17, 2024

Polis Administration Gives Oil and Gas Industry Roadmap for Expanding Neighborhood Drilling in Disproportionately Impacted Communities

State oil and gas agency adopts rules that undercut 2024 legislation to better protect disproportionately impacted communities and address cumulative impacts

Drax industrial-scale wood pellet manufacturing facility located in Gloster, Mississippi. (Courtesy of Dr. Krystal Martin / Greater Greener Gloster)
From the Experts October 11, 2024

Wood Pellet Manufacturing in the South Harms Communities and the Environment

Poor, Black, and rural communities in the South are disproportionately affected.

E-Commerce Warehouses by Potential Environmental Justice Area in NYC, 2022. (Alok Disa / Earthjustice)
Press Release October 8, 2024

As the Holiday Season Begins, ElectrifyNY Calls for Cleaner Deliveries

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

document October 4, 2024

Texas Cryptomining Suit: Citizens Concerned About Wolf Hollow v. Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.

A group of Granbury community members, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in Texas State Court, Hood County, against Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc., which operates a bitcoin mine in Granbury, Texas. The lawsuit alleges that Marathon creates a private nuisance by causing and then failing to mitigate excessive noise pollution caused by their 24/7 proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining operations, resulting in sustained harm to the surrounding community.

Press Release October 4, 2024

Supreme Court Upholds Protective Limits on Methane Pollution

The oil and gas sector is the largest industrial source of methane emissions in the U.S.