Community, conservation, and Indigenous-led organizations challenged a Montana Public Service Commission protective order that shields NorthWestern Energy’s letters of intent to provide electricity service to data centers from public view.
Citizens Against Ruining the Environment (CARE), Earthjustice, Prairie River Network, and Sierra Club celebrate the decision to ensure better monitoring and clean-up of coal ash at the highly-polluted quarry
Long Beach must halt the expansion of a polluting oil storage tank at its port, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled, citing an inadequate environmental review of a project expected to emit cancer-causing chemicals like hydrogen sulfide, benzene, and other toxic chemicals near schools. The court said the City’s California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis failed to accurately describe the project and improperly rejected a feasible alternative.
Under the current Trump administration, the EPA has begun to systematically gut protections that would otherwise force the coal industry to clean up its toxic coal ash.
