WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this week, a trade tribunal dismissed the NAFTA-legacy case brought by TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) against the United States for $15 billion over President Biden’s revocation of the Keystone XL Pipeline permit.
Vance’s Assault on Clean Air Safeguards Come as Southeastern Ohio Plant Kills 240+ Americans Every Year
Today, the US Court of Appeals for the DC District agreed that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission failed to fully and adequately assess the cumulative and direct environmental and health impacts that would be caused by air pollution from Commonwealth LNG, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act and Natural Gas Act. While the court stopped short of vacating FERC’s approval of the project, it returned the decision to FERC for reconsideration.
SAN FRANCISCO – A coalition of environmental groups and consumer advocates—Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, Utility Consumers’ Action Network and Climate Action Campaign—filed a motion today with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to dismiss five utility pilot projects that aim to mix hydrogen into existing gas lines. The Sierra Club is represented by Earthjustice in this proceeding.
Washington, DC – Today, Donald Trump announced that he has selected fellow climate denier Sen. JD Vance as his running mate in the 2024 election.
EPA will be required to decide – no later than May 30, 2025 – if the plan submitted by TCEQ complies with the Clean Air Act’s Regional Haze Rule. EPA could either approve the do-nothing state plan, partially approve it, or reject it and then issue a federal plan to limit haze emissions.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Biden Administration launched a process that could result in additional protections for untouched landscapes in the Western Arctic
In response to legal action by Earthjustice, Environment Integrity Project, National Parks Conservation Association, and Sierra Club, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia signed a consent decree today that includes deadlines for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take action on 32 states’ plans to reduce haze pollution that harms air quality in many of our most treasured national parks and wilderness areas.
Environmental and community groups filed a letter this morning with the Department of Energy urging the department not to rush to approve Energy Transfer's flawed application to export gas from the planned Lake Charles LNG export terminal.
Lake Tahoe — During the evening of July 10th, the U.S. Senate passed the Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act. Originally passed in 2016, the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act gave $114 million in federal dollars to protect Lake Tahoe from wildfires, plastic pollution, and traffic congestion. Now, the Senate has approved the reauthorization of those funds, to be allocated to the same place as the 2016 law. The legislation will now move to the U.S. House of Representatives, being co-sponsored by representatives from Nevada and California.