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Earthjustice’s Senior Vice President of Programs, Sam Sankar, and Director of Strategic Legal Advocacy, Kirti Datla, pose for a portrait in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Melissa Lyttle for Earthjustice)
Article January 20, 2025

Mientras Trump Asume La Presidencia Nuevamente, Earthjustice No Cede Terreno

Sabemos que podemos salir victoriosos ante el presidente Trump y sus aliados, porque lo hemos hecho antes.

Earthjustice’s Senior Vice President of Programs, Sam Sankar, and Director of Strategic Legal Advocacy, Kirti Datla, pose for a portrait in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Melissa Lyttle for Earthjustice)
Article January 20, 2025

As Trump Takes Office Again, Earthjustice Is Ceding No Ground

One election will not deter us or erase the environmental progress we’ve achieved.

Data centers being built in Leesburg, Virginia, next to the Potomac Energy Center, a gas power plant. (Gerville / Getty Images)
From the Experts December 20, 2024

Managing the Growing Energy Demands of Datacenters and Crypto Mining

How states, utilities, and regulators can address digital energy demands to strengthen the grid.

Solar panels.
(Guenter Guni / iStockphoto)
Press Release: Victory December 20, 2024

Energy Justice Advocates Win Largest Utility Solar Project to Date in Pennsylvania

PECO agrees to commission a new 25MW solar project

The Hillcrest neighborhood near "Refinery Row" in Corpus Christi, TX. About 60% of current U.S. hydrogen demand comes from crude oil refineries. (Eddie Seal for Earthjustice)
Update November 25, 2024

Hydrogen Hubs Pose Risks to Communities and the Climate

Earthjustice and our partners are held a community rally in Northwest Indiana’s industrial corridor near Chicago to demand clean hydrogen and make sure community voices are heard.

The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (Seth Wenig / AP)
From the Experts September 23, 2024

On Renewable Energy, It’s Up to You, New York

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

Vast warehouses bump up against homes in Southern California. (David McNew / The New York Times)
Press Release September 11, 2024

EPA Approves Southern California’s Policy Cleaning Up Pollution from Mega-Warehouses

EPA’s approval lights the path for air agencies looking to electrify dirty goods movement operations nationwide

(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Article August 20, 2024

Two Years Ago, We Passed the Biggest Climate Spending Bill Ever. Here’s What It Has Achieved.

We’re celebrating a booming clean economy, lower energy costs, a path forward to reducing harmful pollution, and more than 334,000 new clean energy jobs so far.

From the Experts August 5, 2024

Growing crops for fuel is not a climate solution. Sustainable agricultural practices aren’t going to change that.

Earthjustice and partners urge USDA to consider the full climate impact of crop-based biofuels when evaluating the potential benefits of using sustainable growing practices for biofuel production

Power lines near Pittsburgh, Penn. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Article July 17, 2024

The Solution to a Faster Clean Energy Transition? More Power Lines.

We know that a 100% clean energy requires more electricity transmission lines. Now, the federal government has taken sweeping action to modernize and build out the grid.

Vast warehouses bump up against homes in Southern California. (David McNew / The New York Times)
From the Experts June 24, 2024

California Reins in Its Smoggy Warehouse Problem

A new approach to mega warehouse pollution is showing early success in the fight against diesel pollution. Everyone should be talking about Indirect Source Rules.

Downtown Anchorage, Alaska. (Jacob Boomsma / Getty Images)
From the Experts May 20, 2024

As Alaska Runs Out of Gas, It’s Time to Conserve Energy and Invest in Renewables

Earthjustice’s client seeks to hasten the transition to clean energy amid a high-stakes gas shortage in Cook Inlet.

Power lines near Pittsburgh, Penn. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Article May 14, 2024

The Solution to a Faster Clean Energy Transition? More Power Lines.

We know that a 100% clean energy requires more electricity transmission lines. Now, the federal government has taken sweeping action to modernize and build out the grid.

Volunteers with the group Comunidad Guayamesa Unidos por tu Salud install a solar power system in the home of community member in the Puente de Jobos neighborhood of Guayama, P.R., on Mar. 20, 2021. (Erika P. Rodríguez for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 22, 2024

Earthjustice Applauds EPA’s Solar for All Investments

Solar for All grants will unlock access to rooftop and community solar for low-income families

In the News: Grist March 8, 2024

How changes to Hawaiʻi’s home battery program could hinder its clean energy transition

Isaac Moriwake, Managing Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “You ought to consider the big picture of how not only individual systems, but the aggregate, are able to respond to grid needs on call, and respond to emergencies. There’s big-time value there.”

In the News: Honolulu Civil Beat February 20, 2024

Proposed HECO Bailout Bill Could Force The Utility Company To Restructure

Isaac Moriwake, Managing Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “I appreciate what the legislators are trying to do here in stepping up and protecting the ratepayer and public and adding some balance to a deal that was originally stacked 100% in the utility’s favor.”

In the News: PV Magazine February 12, 2024

Hawaii legislation seeks to undo “massive momentum killer” for rooftop solar

Isaac Moriwake, Managing Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “In my 15 years working with this Commission, this decision is the most drastic misstep I have seen — up there with slamming the curtain on net metering eight years ago, but with potentially more disastrous results.”

In the News: Fast Company January 31, 2024

Hawaii is at the forefront of clean energy (or is it?)

Isaac Moriwake, Managing Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “Rooftop solar is our No. 1 success story. It jumpstarted our renewable energy growth and also captured the public’s imagination. We’ve made progress on the electric side, but we are not making progress overall. We are not going to get to our overall decarbonization goals unless we confront the…