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document September 30, 2024

Federal District Court ruling in lawsuit targeting California’s zero-emissions rail standard

Today, a federal district judge ruled in favor of the State of California, as well as community and environmental groups, by pausing an industry challenge to California’s In-Use Locomotive Regulation until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decides whether to approve the rule under the federal Clean Air Act.

In the News: The Intercept September 30, 2024

The Dirty Business of Clean Energy: The U.K. Power Company Polluting Small Towns Across the U.S

Ashley Bennett, Attorney, Northwest Regional Office: “People are extremely concerned about this because they know what communities are going through in the Southeast with the wood pellet industry, and they just don’t want those problems.”

Trains pass through the heart of downtown Barstow, California. (Matt Gush / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory September 30, 2024

California and Environmental Groups Successfully Defend Zero-Emissions Rail Rule in Latest Court Ruling

Environmental justice groups joined California Attorney General to defeat legal challenge from rail industry

Press Release September 27, 2024

Suncor East Plant Draft Air Permit Comment Period Begins

Environmental and community groups to review to ensure strongest possible protections from air pollution

Grizzly bear near Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone National Park. (A. Falgoust / NPS)
Article September 27, 2024

Project 2025 Means Gutting Key Environmental Laws. We’ll Fight Back.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

Senior Attorney, Dror Ladin speaks to press after the Congestion Pricing motion to dismiss hearing on September 27, 2024.
Press Release September 27, 2024

Corte Suprema de Nueva York Rechaza Moción de Desestimación Presentada por la Gobernadora Hochul en Demanda por Bloqueo de la Tarifa de Congestión

El caso avanza y los demandados tienen hasta el 15 de octubre para responder a las reclamaciones

Senior Attorney, Dror Ladin speaks to press after the Congestion Pricing motion to dismiss hearing on September 27, 2024.
Press Release September 27, 2024

New York Supreme Court Denies Motion to Dismiss by Gov. Hochul on the Congestion Pricing Block Lawsuit

The case advances and the defendants have until October 15 to respond to the claims; the Congestion Pricing Program signed into law in 2019 to fund public transportation improvements, improve air quality, reduce traffic, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Flaring at a refinery located next to homes in Wilmington, CA. (Jesse Marquez)
From the Experts September 26, 2024

California’s Leadership on Fossil Fuel Pollution Undermined by SB 674 Veto

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

Freight trucks line up outside of a warehouse on Cyber Monday in San Bernardino. (Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice)
Press Release: Victory September 24, 2024

Judge Orders San Bernardino County To Redo Environmental Review of Bloomington Business Park

Warehouse project bringing 1,300 diesel truck trips per day in “diesel death zone” must undergo further scrutiny before development begins

An aerial shot of a shipping yard at the Port of Long Beach, California. (halbergman / Getty Images)
From the Experts September 24, 2024

No More Delays: Clean Up SoCal Port Pollution

It’s time for SoCal’s air regulators to build the political will and shape an Indirect Source Rule to shift port operations to zero emissions

Press Release September 20, 2024

Rethink Route 17 Alternatives: Highway Expansions Induce Demand

STATEMENT: 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

Press Release September 20, 2024

Supreme Court Should Deny Shadow Docket Requests to Block Methane Pollution Limits

Health, environmental, community groups urge court not to stay vital climate, health protections

document September 19, 2024

NY Supreme Court: Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Congestion Pricing Lawsuit

Governor Hochul has maintained a blockade of the Congestion Pricing Program. While the Program was set to begin delivering results for New Yorkers on June 30, hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of toll-collecting infrastructure instead sits idle and hundreds of thousands of vehicles sit caught in gridlocked Manhattan.

Press Release September 18, 2024

Lawsuit Challenges California Dirty Hydrogen Project

Port of Stockton Plant would pollute air, climate in community burdened by high pollution

Smokestacks loom up from a hazy sky, tinged with orange, at sunset.
(Shutterstock)
Press Release September 18, 2024

Earthjustice Blasts Efforts to Undermine Life-Saving Protections on Soot, Power Plants, and Heavy-Duty Vehicles

“We urge Congress to stand firm in rejecting these attacks on standards that are saving lives and helping us meet our climate goals.”

View of Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake. (Nick Pedersen / Getty Images)
Article September 17, 2024

Why We’re in Court to Protect the Great Salt Lake

Millions of people could wind up breathing in toxic dust from newly exposed lakebed.

Vast warehouses bump up against homes in Southern California. (David McNew / The New York Times)
Press Release September 11, 2024

EPA Approves Southern California’s Policy Cleaning Up Pollution from Mega-Warehouses

EPA’s approval lights the path for air agencies looking to electrify dirty goods movement operations nationwide

Press Release September 10, 2024

Environmentalists Seek Legal Intervention to Defend Denver’s Strong Energy Codes

Codes could reduce building sector emissions that contribute to poor air quality and climate change