The Latest On: Gas
November 23, 2020
| Press Release: Victory
Federal Court Rejects Permits for Kalama Methanol Refinery
November 17, 2020
| In the News: The Guardian
Trump Officials Rush Plans To Drill In Arctic Refuge Before Biden Inauguration
Erik Grafe, Attorney, Alaska Office, Earthjustice: “Even if leases are issued by the Trump administration, the Biden administration could seek to withdraw the leases if it concludes they were unlawfully issued or pose too great a threat to the environment.”
November 13, 2020
| Press Release
Trump Administration Invites Oil Industry to Desecrate Sacred Arctic Refuge
November 12, 2020
| In the News: CBS KPIX
San Francisco Supervisors Approve Ban On Natural Gas In New Building Construction
Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “We’re not going to be relying on fossil fuels in our buildings. There’s huge greenhouse gas-saving, public savings, and the cost of construction goes down because you don’t need to install all the gas pipelines.”
November 5, 2020
| Press Release
Environmental and Consumer Advocates Ask California Agency to Fine SoCalGas $255 Million for Abusing Funds to Subvert Climate Action
November 5, 2020
| In the News: ProPublica
Permit for Controversial $9 Billion Plastics Plant in “Chemical Alley” to Be Put on Hold
Corinne Van Dalen, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program, Earthjustice: “The agency findings are arbitrary and capricious. They are not supported by record evidence.”
November 2, 2020
| In the News: Rochester City Newspaper
Natural Gas ‘Bomb Trains’ May Be Coming To A Railroad Crossing Near You
Jordan Luebkemann, Attorney, Florida Office, Earthjustice: “I see this as an end run around the popular and political opposition to building new pipelines.”