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A coalition of environmental civil rights, and justice organizations sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee opposing the rescission of funding for life-saving programs investing in air monitoring and cleaning up toxic pollution in communities facing disproportionate impacts of environmental injustices.

Over 50 organizations sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee expressing opposition to language in the bill that will delay the Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP), a program established by the Inflation Reduction Act that imposed a fee on companies for each ton of wasted methane that exceeds specified thresholds.

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Crypto mines exploit all of the distributed impacts in a way that has made it really hard to regulate and hard for communities to understand. I don’t think most communities realize what they’re inviting into their community until it’s too late. With the water consumption, the fire…

Commentary from two Washington residents concerned about wood pellet plants proposed for construction in the Longview and Hoquiam communities, near where they live.

How is the air where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.

Search by county to see the level of smog pollution in the air. Smog can trigger asthma attacks and increase the risk of heart and lung diseases.

Over the last decade, the boom in online shopping and e-commerce has made massive warehouses spring up in New York faster than you can make an online purchase.

Groups oppose the coal leasing provision in the HNRC budget reconciliation bill.

Letter to House Committee on Natural Resources from groups opposing coal leasing provisions.

Trump is handing out pollution waivers, leaving millions breathing more toxic air

Majority vote to gut core Clean Air Act protections, flooding communities with cancer-causing air pollution

Abuse of Congressional Review Act veers far outside norms of the law

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.