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

SB 1221, authored by Senator Dave Min, will enable 30 community electrification pilot projects in California as cost-effective alternatives to gas pipeline replacements

Local, state, and federal authorities must take action to ensure the safer construction and operation of CO2 pipelines.

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

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

“True forest management requires engaging communities and utilizing proven best practices, not opening our lands to more reckless logging operations.”

Sixty groups submitted a letter asking the Public Service Commission to step up efforts to meet New York’s renewable energy targets

We must meet the statutory, and moral, obligations of the CLCPA’s environmental justice statutory protections. Evidence shows that new clean energy is nearly always the lowest-cost electricity to meet our needs. And New York must also take better advantage of all cost savings and leverage federal funding to usher in a clean energy transition that benefits all New Yorkers.

Earthjustice urges the NY-PSC to take the steps detailed in comments to rapidly increase renewable energy development, and to omit from the Final Review any conclusion that the State might miss the 2030 deadline.

Letter to members of the House of Representatives, opposing the Fix Our Forests Act from House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman.

Comments also support protections for mature trees

Earthjustice and our partners are fighting to loosen the fossil fuel industry’s destructive grip on our world. We can win — and it will take all of us.

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

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

or months now, 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.

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

This Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate and Complaint for Injunctive Relief challenges the August 19, 2024 decision of the Port of Stockton and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Stockton to approve the BayoTech Hydrogen Production and Dispensing Facility Project based on an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration. Filed September 18, 2024.

We’re suing one of the largest meat companies in the world for trying to deceive consumers about its climate impact.