Gas

June 20, 2014 | Feature

Dryden: The Town That Changed The Fracking Game

When the oil and gas industry came to the small town of Dryden, NY, with plans to start fracking, things didn’t turn out quite how they expected. Find out how a group of neighbors turned the tables on a powerful industry—and changed the fracking game forever. View the photo essay.

March 15, 2019 | Legal Document

Motion to Intervene: Louisiana Group Defends Coast Guard Actions to Stop 14-Year Taylor Energy Oil Spill

Earthjustice on behalf of Healthy Gulf (formerly Gulf Restoration Network) moved to intervene in a suit to defend the Coast Guard’s actions to contain the ongoing Taylor Energy oil spill against Taylor’s lawsuit trying to block Coast Guard led spill control efforts. The spill from the Taylor Energy platform has been dumping thousands of gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico for more than 14 years. This is the longest oil spill in U.S. history.

March 12, 2019 | Blog Post

Trump Administration Waives Safety Rules Meant to Prevent Another BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Waivers and planned rollback of Well Control Rule put lives at risk.

March 1, 2019 | Press Release

Native Village, Conservation Groups Challenge Winter Oil, Gas Drilling in Western Arctic

Lawsuit targets cursory federal assessment of ConocoPhillips’ plan for drilling in Alaska petroleum reserve

February 26, 2019 | In the News: LAist

Why Environmentalists Say The $120 Million SoCal Gas Leak Disaster Settlement Falls Short

Byron Chan, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: "It's not holding them fully accountable for the entire mitigation."

February 24, 2019 | In the News: San Francisco Chronicle

Judge OKs Settlement From Nation's Largest Natural Gas Leak

Nina Robertson, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: "They get to count methane reduction that was already happening on the public dime."

February 22, 2019 | Press Release

Northwest Tribes Respond to Canada’s Continued Push for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

Canada’s Energy Board shows disregard for Tribal concerns in second decision to green-light pipeline

February 12, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Los Angeles Mayor Cancels Plans to Rebuild LA’s Gas Plants

Los Angeles clean energy coalition welcomes the decision to retire gas plants and embrace 100% clean energy

February 4, 2019 | In the News: The Times-Picayune

Entergy Power Plant Spending Forces Closer Look At City Council Revote

January 25, 2019 | Letter

Letter: Industry Favors During Government Shutdown

Letter to senior officials at the Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service from 86 organizations representing millions of members nationally and internationally, writing to express objection to the continuation of their agencies’ oil and gas development and logging activities on public lands, waters, and forests during the partial federal government shutdown.

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