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All too often, companies pollute our air in violation of the law. We take these polluters to court to protect the air we breathe.
Clean air
Our country’s reliance on fossil fuels is leaving millions of Americans with polluted air to breathe.
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Circuit Court rules against ExxonMobil a third time, upholds record Clean Air Act penalty
Statement: U.S. Postal Service more than doubles its electric vehicle commitment
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New prize for cities seeking to cut red tape for solar
Judge rules for third time that ExxonMobil is responsible for its pollution
Environmental leaders ask Biden to act on Permian Basin air pollution
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Elected officials, community leaders call on Paxton to aggressively resolve pollution cases
Three years is too long, says Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, Texas environmental leaders, legislators and community members who today called on Attorney General Ken Paxton to move with greater urgency on several high-profile pollution cases.
Let states lead the way to cleaner trucks
Our Destination: Zero Carbon Campaign Director testified in front of the EPA in support of state authority to tackle truck pollution.
Statement: EU to phase out new fossil fuel cars by 2035
The European Union reached a deal on Wednesday to pass a new climate law that will require new car sales to be zero-emission by 2035.
Report: Damaging methane gas pipeline leaks happen every 40 hours in the U.S.
AUSTIN, Texas - Methane gas – commonly referred to as “natural” gas – has been piped through our communities for heating and cooking for a century, and for just as long, has been subject to dangerous leaks. On Thursday, Environment Texas Research and Policy Center, TexPIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group released a new report that finds from 2010 through nearly the end of 2021, almost 2,600 gas pipeline incidents occurred in the United States that were serious enough to require reporting to the federal government. That’s the equivalent to one every 40 hours.