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document June 24, 2026

Memo of Law: Intervene NY Fracking

For over a decade, New York has protected its air, water, and natural areas with a prohibition on extracting gas with high-volume hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking.” Proposed Intervenors Catskill…
Un sitio de fracking en Vaca Muerta, Argentina. (Cristian Martin / Getty Images)
feature June 23, 2026

Protegiendo comunidades de los terremotos provocados por el “fracking” en la cuenca de Vaca Muerta de Argentina

Este escrito de amigo de tribunal fue preparada por el Dr. Ryan Schultz —sismólogo e investigador sénior del Servicio Sismológico Suizo en la ETH Zürich— para la Corte Suprema de Argentina.
A fracking site in Vaca Muerta, Argentina. (Cristian Martin / Getty Images)
feature June 23, 2026

Protecting Communities from Earthquakes Caused by Fracking in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Basin

The Friend of the Court submission prepared by Dr. Ryan Schultz, a seismologist and senior researcher at the Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zürich for the Supreme Court of Argentina.
document June 23, 2026

Amicus Curiae: Supreme Court of Argentina

This Friend of the Court submission was prepared by Dr. Ryan Schultz, a seismologist and senior researcher at the Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zürich for the Supreme Court of…
document June 23, 2026

Amicus Curiae: La Corte Suprema de Argentina

Este escrito de amigo de tribunal fue preparada por el Dr. Ryan Schultz —sismólogo e investigador sénior del Servicio Sismológico Suizo en la ETH Zürich— para la Corte Suprema de…
Drivers and their tanker trucks capable of hauling water and hydraulic fracturing liquid line up near a natural gas burn off flame and storage tanks in Williston, North Dakota. (Charles Rex Arbogast / AP)
Article March 27, 2026

Truck Drivers Hauling Oil’s Radioactive Waste Fight for Their Rights

Drivers exposed to several types of life-threatening oil and gas waste are now asking the Department of Transportation to enforce regulations to protect them.
In the News: Canary Media January 13, 2026

What a fracking-waste dispute says about Ohio’s energy double standard

James Yskamp, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program: “The law is very clear in our view that [the department] should be applying the rules in place at the time of permitting.”
Press Release November 7, 2025

Earthjustice Statement: NY Governor Hochul Rubberstamps Already Rejected Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline

New York rejected the water quality certification because the application failed demonstrate that the project would comply with the states’ water quality standards
Press Release July 22, 2025

Mapuche Defend Against Extractive Industry and Forced Evictions From Ancestral Lands in Argentina

Mapuche communities urge Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to further investigate abuses at nexus of extractive industry and land dispossession
New Yorkers and environmental organizations at New York City Hall in April 2025 to rally for the NY HEAT Act. (Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images)
Press Release June 16, 2025

Albany Lawmakers Repeal Outdated Requirement on Fracked Gas Infrastructure

After years of advocacy, Albany lawmakers take action that will help lower utility bills for New Yorkers and advance NY's green energy transition; Repealed "100-foot rule" is a key component…
Trucks drive along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif. (Justin Sullivan)
Press Release June 9, 2025

Truckers Petition Feds to Enforce HAZMAT Rules on Oil and Gas Waste

Truckers join environmentalists to demand safer conditions, proper training and fair pay for truckers hauling hazardous materials from oilfields
The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (Seth Wenig / AP)
Press Release June 3, 2025

Time is Running Out for New York to Pass Health and Climate Legislation as Wildfires Approach

Canada wildfires to cover Northeast skies as New York legislators return to Albany with days left in session, clean air and climate legislation remain on the table
Press Release May 30, 2025

Urgent Intervention by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Needed to Stop Eviction of Mapuche Community

Organizations ask the commission to defend the Lof El Sosneado community from forced removal in conflict with mining company on ancestral lands in Mendoza, Argentina
New Yorkers and environmental organizations at New York City Hall in April 2025 to rally for the NY HEAT Act. (Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images)
Press Release May 9, 2025

New York Assembly Passes the Buck on Top Energy Affordability Policy

NY HEAT Act would curb utility rate hikes affecting everyday families statewide, while saving people money; Senate has passed the bill TWICE — now Assembly must stop making excuses and…
An almond farmer watches oil wells that have sprouted next to almond orchards near Bakersfield, CA. Many worry that techniques being used to go after the oil, such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, could potentially damage groundwater in agricultural areas.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
case April 21, 2025

Challenging Federal Approvals for New Oil and Gas Drilling on California Public Lands

The Bureau of Land Management has never analyzed the cumulative harms of its oil and gas well approvals on nearby communities and the environment in California's San Joaquin Valley.
The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts November 26, 2024

Just More of the Same in Trump’s Tired Anti-Environmental Agenda

Republicans take power with an agenda that will benefit polluters big time at the expense of communities and weakened protections for air and water.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has been nominated to be Secretary of the Interior by President-elect Donald Trump. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Update November 15, 2024

Trump Nominates Oil and Gas Ally as Interior Secretary

By picking Burgum, who has little experience managing lands, Trump is signaling that the agency will prioritize expanding oil and gas drilling on federal lands for the next four years.
Press Release October 17, 2024

Polis Administration Gives Oil and Gas Industry Roadmap for Expanding Neighborhood Drilling in Disproportionately Impacted Communities

State oil and gas agency adopts rules that undercut 2024 legislation to better protect disproportionately impacted communities and address cumulative impacts