Meet some of the lawyers behind our cases, and learn how they’re defending our land, air, and water against the Trump administration’s unprecedented threats.
What’s happening: The federal government has rejected an initial proposal by BP, the company behind the worst oil spill in U.S. history, to build a new, ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision came after Members of Congress sent a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, urging the agency not to…
Utility customers will pay the steep cost of the Department of Energy’s sham “emergency” orders to prevent fossil fuel power plants from retiring as planned
This independent analysis examines the cost to ratepayers if the U.S. Department of Energy mandates that the large fossil fuel power plants scheduled to retire between now and the end of 2028 continue to operate. The analysis was prepared by Grid Strategies for Earthjustice, Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club.
Carta al Departamento de Transporte de los EE. UU. (DOT), la Administración de Ductos y Materiales Peligrosos y la Administración Federal de Seguridad de Autotransportistas (FMSCA) en nombre de Truckers Movement for Justice, Ohio Valley Allies y otras organizaciones para exigirle al DOT el cumplimiento de la ley federal de materiales peligrosos para el transporte de materiales peligrosos, especialmente desechos de petróleo y gas. Asimismo, la carta solicita a la FMSCA realizar una auditoría de seguridad formal para todos los conductores que operan en yacimientos petrolíferos alrededor de Estados Unidos.
