Climate Change

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May 18, 2021 | Legal Document

Opening Brief: Groups Head to Court Against Biden Administration’s Defense of Federal Coal Leasing

Opening brief in defending coal leasing moratorium

May 18, 2021 | Press Release

Environmental Organizations Head to Court Against Biden Administration’s Defense of Federal Coal Leasing

Groups file opening salvo as Biden administration takes no action on coal

May 14, 2021 | Letter

USDA: Comments in response to Notice of Request for Public Comment on the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, 86 Fed. Reg. 14403 (Mar. 16, 2021), Docket No. USDA–2021–0003

Agriculture must be part of any solution to the climate crisis. Agriculture is vulnerable to the more extreme and variable weather that climate change is bringing and at the same time contributes substantial quantities of greenhouse gases (GHG) – equivalent to approximately a third of U.S. total GHG emissions when properly calculated to include all climate change impacts related to agriculture.

May 13, 2021 | In the News: Reuters

U.S. small towns take on energy-guzzling bitcoin miners

Mandy DeRoche, Attorney, Coal Program, Earthjustice: “They’re like a bunch of zombies. How many power plants are going to rise up from the dead before we do something?”

May 10, 2021 | In the News: E&E News

Calif. aims to cut gas use in homes, stops short of ban

Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: "We're in a climate crisis. We have to stop building gas infrastructure. Climate leadership isn't about incrementalism anymore. We need bold aggressive action to get off fossil fuels and this was a missed opportunity."

May 10, 2021 | Letter

New York: Comments on the Transportation Advisory Panel’s Recommendations to the Climate Action Council

Earthjustice respectfully submits the following comments to the Transportation Advisory Panel and the Climate Action Council, regarding the Panel’s recommendations to the CAC for a comprehensive plan to reduce emissions from New York’s transportation sector in accordance with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.