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The Tribe is suing BLM to protect their sacred hot spring from mining

We’re celebrating a booming clean economy, lower energy costs, a path forward to reducing harmful pollution, and more than 334,000 new clean energy jobs so far.

Senate Bill 674 is a critical step for public health and quality of life for fenceline communities

“Two years after President Biden signed the biggest climate investment in history, the Inflation Reduction Act is transforming communities, our economy, and the global fight on climate change.”

Low-income families will receive the greatest relief from mounting energy costs

Based in Washington, D.C., Rachel is the managing attorney of the Community Partnerships program.

Mae Manupipatpong, Attorney, International Program: “The environmental harms don’t just stop at arbitrary borders, and cultural rights don’t really either.”

Senate Bill 674 is a critical step for public health and quality of life for fenceline communities

Refinery operator continues to exceed federal limitations on hazardous air pollution, threatening the health of surrounding residents

The Hualapai Tribe represented by Earthjustice and Western Mining Action Project has sued the Interior Department and the Bureau of Land Management to stop the drilling of dozens of test holes by a company searching for lithium.

The 2024 short session produced several key wins benefiting the environment and Washington’s communities — and some foreshadowing for 2025.

Canada’s decision effectively silences Tribes as slew of gold and copper mines upriver in British Columbia threaten ecological hotspot

The Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC), consisting of Alaska Tribes rooted along Canada’s transboundary rivers, requests that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights call on Canada and B.C. to adopt and implement precautionary measures to prevent irreparable harms to SEITC resulting from the impending approval and construction of the Eskay Creek Revitalization Project, a large gold and silver mine in the transboundary Unuk River in British Columbia.

This bill may have a different name, but it’s the same fossil fuel giveaway we’ve seen before, consistently putting profits over communities.

Candice Youngblood, Associate Attorney, California Regional Office: “When San Bernardino County approved the Bloomington business park specific plan, its environmental review was missing critical information on the environmental impacts of the project. And the county also failed to meaningfully engage the Bloomington community throughout its process. The remedy in these cases isn’t stopping the project…

“President Biden is correctly sounding the alarm and calling for court reform.”

Advocates point to bill’s role in beginning implementation of deeply unpopular Project 2025 agenda

Over 360 groups oppose the Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024.