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While Maryland passed several vital climate bills this session, the state budget includes last-minute rollbacks of crucial policies needed to meet the state’s climate goals.

The fate of U.S. clean energy development depends on building more transmission.

Court rules against Pennsylvania coal plant operators

The new rule will cut permitting time in half for major transmission projects while maintaining strong environmental standards.

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “We’re going to see a long-awaited crackdown on coal ash pollution from America’s coal plants, and it’ll be a huge win for America’s health and water resources. They are all likely leaking toxic chemicals like arsenic into groundwater and most contain levels of radioactivity that can be dangerous…

By law, before government regulations are adopted or changed, agencies must ask the public — you — to weigh in.

Thom Cmar, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “The two rules are necessary and complementary to each other and point in the same direction, which is that they are contaminating groundwater, they’re contaminating the surface waters that run alongside them. Both standards work in complementary ways to set a high bar that points toward cleanup and environmental…

A major victory for communities living near coal ash plants, the rule closes a loophole that left over half of coal ash exempt from federal clean-up requirements.

Earthjustice, Natural Resources Defense Council, NW Energy Coalition, Southern Environmental Law Center, Sustainable FERC Project, and WEACT for Environmental Justice comments on Department of Energy proposed rule 216(h) of the Federal Power Act.

Thom Cmar, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “Power plants for far too long have been able to get away with treating our waterways like an open sewer.”

Use this map to understand where coal ash might be stored near you.

New rule will help ensure our power system can support a clean energy future

Earthjustice analyzed industry data to explain, state by state, how and where coal ash is disposed and which dump sites are not yet monitored or regulated.

Coal ash is what is left behind when power plants burn coal for energy, It is a toxic mix of carcinogens, neurotoxins, and other hazardous pollutants.

A 15-year legal fight to curb toxic wastewater to protect drinking water.

Standards will tackle major sources of climate pollution and protect public health

The EPA has announced new carbon pollution standards for power plants. Here’s what’s at stake.

Critical California legislation to keep utility lobbying and promotional advertising out of customers’ energy bills has been blocked