April 15, 2020
| Press Release
The Latest On: Clean Air
April 14, 2020
| In the News: Grist
Regulating While Sheltering
Patrice Simms, Vice President for Healthy Communities, Earthjustice: “The simple truth is that this is not the time to be cutting public health regulations — during a public health crisis.”
April 10, 2020
| In the News: Westword
Activists Call for Pause in I-70 Construction During Stay-at-Home Order
“It is imperative that we act now to protect the health of those sheltering in place near the I-70 Central Project until the threat of COVID-19 is behind us.”
April 10, 2020
| In the News: S&P Global Market Intelligence
U.S. EPA Allows Refuse-Burning Coal Plants To Emit More Pollution
In public comments, the environmental law group Earthjustice noted that the Scrubgrass plant was already meeting the existing MATS for acid gases when the EPA published its proposal, and the Colver, Morgantown and Grant Town plants had certified that they would be compliant by April 2019.
April 9, 2020
| In the News: Earth Island Institute
EPA’s Enforcement Shutdown During Pandemic Puts Americans At Risk
Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities, Earthjustice: “This is really a moment when the agency should be taking a pause, stepping back, focusing on immediate concerns of making sure people are well protected, that people are cared for, that people are not experiencing additional exposures to pollution at a time when they are also being challenged by everything that’s going on with respect to COVID.”
April 7, 2020
| In the News: Curbed
Breathe Cleaner Air Everywhere
Adrian Martinez, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: The best climate strategy is to meet clean-air standards. That would be a fundamental shift from a combustion-focused society to zero-emissions everywhere.”
April 5, 2020
| In the News: Billings Gazette
Montana Groups Watch As EPA Enforcement Eases During Pandemic
Timothy Preso, Managing Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: "We are prepared to take enforcement action if polluting industries abuse these EPA and DEQ decisions to unleash harmful pollution on vulnerable communities."