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RE: Inquiries on Oakland Harbor Turning Basins Widening Project from Congresswoman Barbara Lee

New York City’s Local Law 97, enacted in 2019 as part of the Climate Mobilization Act, is groundbreaking local legislation that requires large buildings across the city to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions starting in 2024. DOB must revise the Proposed Article 320 Rules to hold building owners accountable for complying with Local Law 97 emissions limits.

Earthjustice, along with a diverse coalition of community and advocacy groups, write to express deep dismay over the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) abrupt termination of three complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) by Louisiana residents, as well as EPA’s subsequent wholly inadequate settlement of a Title VI complaint filed by residents of Flint, Michigan.

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding is specifically allocated for projects that help fight climate change. The USDA’s conservation programs are in high demand because farmers know these programs will help keep their farms running long-term. Congress must preserve IRA conservation funding for programs that reduce emissions and help farmers withstand extreme weather events.

The City of Tacoma Hearing Examiner issued a ruling siding with the City of Tacoma in upholding the permitting of a massive warehouse complex in South Tacoma without requiring an Environmental Impact Statement as required by Washington’s State Environmental Policy Act.

Orutsararmiut Native Council (ONC) and the Native Village of Eek today filed an appeal in the Alaska Supreme Court to review a lower court decision upholding 12 state water rights permits for the Donlin Gold Mine project.

Letter to the Colorado Department of Transportation requesting new public engagement process for proposed I-270 project

Community gardeners from across New York State urge Governor Kathy Hochul to sign S.629-A/A.4139-A into law, which would help to ensure that community gardens continue to promote sustainability, advance equity, and strengthen New York communities for generations to come, and make clear to New Yorkers that they can and should increase the resilience and vitality of their neighborhoods by investing in community gardens.

Organizations from across New York State urge Governor Kathy Hochul to sign S.629-A/A.4139-A into law which would support community gardens by requiring the New York State Community Gardens Task Force to assess whether community gardens on publicly owned land are eligible for designation as Critical Environmental Areas (CEAs) and to recommend CEA designation for eligible gardens.

Earthjustice analyzed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Act’s connection between offshore oil and gas leasing and renewable energy leasing. Even under Earthjustice’s strictest reading of the IRA, Interior does not need to include more than a single oil and gas sale to allow for all planned federal offshore wind leasing.

Court allows Department of Interior to delay Gulf of Mexico oil and gas auction to November 8, 2023.

Over 60 Tribal Nations represented by Earthjustice and NARF ask 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to remand Nessel v. Enbridge to state court.

September 25, 2023. Defendant County of Hawai‘i (“Defendant”) has been violating, and continues to violate, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., by continuously discharging treated sewage from the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant
(“Kealakehe WWTP”) into the Pacific Ocean—a water of the United States—via groundwater without the required National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (“NPDES”) permit.

Citing new technical analysis from University of Nevada, Earthjustice sent comments to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), urging it to exercise precaution when setting bait harvest quotas based on model that does not accurately represent the impacts of a horseshoe crab bait harvest in Delaware Bay. Relying on the result of the model’s intrinsic flaws to justify management decisions would further imperil the rufa red knot, a shorebird listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Order denies the requests of states and industry groups to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Good Neighbor Rule.” The rule, designed to address cross-state air pollution and the adverse health effects of ozone pollution, also called smog, will improve public health and air quality.

Emergency order seeks to reinstate protections before upcoming, massive offshore oil and gas sale

The case could significantly affect how federal courts review federal regulations