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Under the Clean Air Act, EPA has an obligation to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for a number of common air pollutants including ground-level ozone.
(Louis Vest / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Press Release August 29, 2024

Advocates Notify EPA of Intent to Sue Over Federal Operating Permit for Valero Houston Refinery

Local groups ask the EPA to take over to require monitoring of emissions to protect public health.

document August 28, 2024

Valero Houston Refinery: Notice of Intent Letter

Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding notice of intent to sue under the Clean Air Act over failure to take over the main Title V Permit for Valero’s Houston refinery.

An expansive view of the Bull Mountains in Montana. (Northern Plains Resource Council)
Press Release: Victory August 21, 2024

Federal Court Clarifies 2023 Changes to National Environmental Policy Act For First Time

Ruling denies rushed environmental review request for one of largest underground coal mines in nation

document August 21, 2024

Order: Federal Court Denies Rushed Environmental Review Request for One of Nation’s Largest Underground Coal Mine

Ruling in favor of conservationists clarifies 2023 changes to National Environmental Policy Act

The Development Driller III in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. (Gerald Herbert / AP)
Press Release August 21, 2024

Environmental Groups File Amicus Brief in Defense of Rulemaking Strengthening Financial Requirements for Offshore Oil-and-Gas Operators

Big Oil also defending govt. rule, opposing Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi

Loggerhead sea turtles are among the marine creatures vulnerable to seismic testing for gas and oil.
(Vladimir Wrangel / Getty Images)
Update August 20, 2024

Court Win Protects Endangered Whales and Sea Turtles From Oil Drilling

Judge strikes down federal assessment that allowed dangerous oil and gas drilling to kill imperiled wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico.

A Rice’s whale, one of Earth’s rarest whales. (Lisa Conger / Beth Josephson / Permit #21938 / NOAA Fisheries)
Press Release: Victory August 20, 2024

Court Orders Government to Protect Rare Gulf Whales, Sea Turtles, and Imperiled Marine Species from Damaging Effects of Offshore Drilling

Court rules that the official biological opinion is not adequate to protect species

document August 20, 2024

Amicus Brief in Defense of Rulemaking Strengthening Financial Requirements for Offshore Oil-and-Gas Operators

Environmental and Gulf-based groups filed an amicus brief today in defense of a federal rule that strengthens financial bonding requirements for offshore oil-and-gas projects thereby reducing the risk of leaving abandoned infrastructure in our oceans and their cleanup costs with taxpayers.

document August 19, 2024

Valero: Title V Permit Petition

Petition to the Environmental Protection Agency to object to Title V permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for Valero Houston refinery.

document August 19, 2024

Order: Gulf of Mexico Drilling Biological Opinion

Order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland striking down a flawed federal agency assessment that governs how endangered and threatened marine species should be protected from Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas drilling.

document August 19, 2024

Ruling: Gulf of Mexico Drilling Biological Opinion

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland strikes down a flawed federal agency assessment that governs how endangered and threatened marine species should be protected from Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas drilling.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)
Press Release July 31, 2024

Ahead of Senate Markup, Earthjustice Blasts Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Bill

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

Press Release: Victory July 30, 2024

Environmental Groups, Rate Advocates Win Challenge To FERC’s Flawed Pipeline Approval

Court reverses FERC rubber stamp of unnecessary fossil fuel infrastructure

document July 30, 2024

REAE Court Decision

Court decision in favor of a coalition of environmental organizations backed by eight state Attorneys General and the New Jersey Ratepayer Advocate on their appeal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of a Williams Co. subsidiary’s Regional Energy Access Expansion (REAE) project, which would expand and allow new methane gas compressor stations and more than 36 miles of new gas pipeline.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)
Press Release July 30, 2024

360+ Climate & Environmental Organizations Urge Senate to Reject Dirty Permitting Deal

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

document July 30, 2024

Coalition Letter Opposing the Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Deal

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

document July 24, 2024

BOEM Air Quality Regulations Challenge

Environmental and Gulf groups challenge Interior Department’s outdated air quality regulations for offshore drilling