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April 22, 2021 | Case

Holding Utilities Accountable for Improperly Using Customer Money

The utility company SoCalGas improperly used customer money to fight stronger energy efficiency rules at the federal, state, and local levels in a campaign that sabotaged California’s clean energy progress.

April 22, 2021 | Press Release

California Finds Southern California Gas Company Inflicted “Appreciable Harm” in Climate Obstruction and Abuse of Funds, but Fails to Levy Penalty

Decision from the California Public Utilities Commission not nearly enough to hold SoCalGas accountable for web of deceit

April 1, 2021 | From the Experts

Electrification is Coming to D.C., Maryland, Virginia

As state and local governments look to a future free of fossil fuels, Earthjustice is organizing with our partners to help ease the transition.

February 17, 2021 | Article

What It’s Like to Be Boxed In By Amazon

As COVID-19 puts online shopping into overdrive, workers and warehouse communities are demanding solutions to protect their health and ensure a livable future.

February 15, 2021 | In the News: NPR

Northwest Natural Gas Company's Plan For A Carbon Neutral Gas System

Sasan Sadaat, Research and Policy Analyst, California Office, Earthjustice: "You don't even have enough of this gas to make more than a dent in the overall gas demand."

February 4, 2021 | Legal Document

Over 50 Organizations Urge CEC to Do Better on Building Electrification

Over 50 organizations urge the California Energy Commission to vastly strengthen building electrification measures in its proposed 2022 building energy efficiency code, or risk adding an additional three million tons of greenhouse gas pollution by 2030 and more than $1 billion of unnecessary spending on new gas infrastructure.

January 19, 2021 | Letter

Environmental Justice Letter to Biden Administration on Zero Emissions Trucks

A coalition of environmental justice organizations urge the Biden Administration to pursue zero emissions truck policies to alleviate the air quality crises in frontline communities in the United States.

January 12, 2021 | In the News: Oregon Public Broadcasting

Questions loom over the future of natural gas in Oregon

Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “This is not just a climate issue. It’s a public health issue and an air pollution issue. There are serious health impacts from this. I think it’s going to be looked back at like, ‘Why were we smoking cigarettes at home?’”