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Public interest groups and state of Colorado challenge DOE’s emergency order

Public interest organizations filed a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Colorado’s Craig Unit 1, a coal-burning power plant.

Washington residents deserve cleaner air and more affordable, reliable, clean energy

Forcing the polluting coal power plants to remain open is unnecessary and threatens to increase electricity bills and pollution

Groups filed a challenge in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn illegal “emergency” orders issued by the U.S. Department of Energy forcing the F.B. Culley coal-fired power plant in Indiana to continue operating past its scheduled retirement date.

Groups filed a challenge in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn illegal “emergency” orders issued by the U.S. Department of Energy forcing the R.M. Schahfer coal-fired power plant in Indiana to continue operating past its scheduled retirement date.

Citizens Against Ruining the Environment (CARE), Earthjustice, Prairie River Network, and Sierra Club celebrate the decision to ensure better monitoring and clean-up of coal ash at the highly-polluted quarry

Under the current Trump administration, the EPA has begun to systematically gut protections that would otherwise force the coal industry to clean up its toxic coal ash.

Folks nationwide feel the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning its responsibility to protect communities, and they are speaking out.

Groups challenge disapproval of state’s widely-supported regional haze plan

The long-planned shutdown of the coal plant in Centralia, Washington, was designed to provide state residents with cleaner air and more affordable, reliable, clean energy

Earthjustice filed a petition for review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn an illegal emergency order issued by the Department of Energy forcing Washington’s last coal plant to continue operating.

Federal agency rammed through expansion, illegally skipped environmental analysis, shut out public

Conservation groups sued the Trump administration over its approval of a major expansion of the Bull Mountains Coal Mine in Montana.

The EPA finalized a repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, lifesaving regulations that drastically reduce toxic chemical emissions from the nation’s dirtiest power plants.

Advocates warn of more toxic pollution, asthma attacks, and premature deaths, especially in communities living near coal plants.

Christie Hicks, Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Taxpayers will be paying for this twice — in increased costs for electricity for the Department of Defense and the bailouts to keep those crumbling coal power plants running.”

Earthjustice responds to an Executive Order directing the Department of Defense to prioritize coal