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Press Releases

August 3, 2026

Environmental Groups Urge SEC to Keep Climate Risk Disclosure Rule

The rule is a vital step forward to better protect investors and markets

The Suncor refinery in North Denver.
August 3, 2026

Tenth Circuit Decision Revives Groups’ Suncor Clean Air Act Lawsuit

Suit sent back to trial court to consider harm from Suncor refinery’s pollution violations

A man wearing a grey shirt and blue apron stands in front of an electric range top. With one hand, he is holding a white utensil to a steel saucepan. To his left (our right) is a young woman in glasses and a green t shirt. She is holding a jar of something white in one hand and with her other, she is pouring what she scooped out of the jar into the pan. To the man's right (our left) is a young man leaning on the counter beside the stove, smiling at the saucepan. In the background are two other people looking at a chopping board as if prepping ingredients.
August 3, 2026

Federal Court Upholds Village of Oak Park’s All-Electric New Construction Ordinance

Federal judge rules Oak Park ordinance requiring new buildings to be all-electric is not preempted by federal law

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June 16, 2026

The New York Times

D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Pollution Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s Data Center

Laura Thoms, Director of Enforcement, Earthjustice

“It’s remarkable for the United States to intervene on behalf of a polluter in a case like this. Ordinarily, they would intervene to enforce the law.”

February 17, 2026

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court may block thousands of lawsuits over Roundup weed killer

Patti Goldman, Attorney, Northwest Office

“When people use pesticides in their fields or on their lawns, they don’t expect to get cancer. Yet this happens, and when it does, state court lawsuits provide the only real path to accountability.”

January 14, 2026

Slate

It’s Responsible for One of the Worst Oil Disasters Ever. It’s Counting On Trump to Let It Do It Again.

Sam Sankar, SVP of Programs

“The first Trump administration saw oil companies as its ‘partners.’ The second Trump administration treats them as its ‘customers.’”