Welcome

Welcome to the internet home of Plains Justice, a legal voice for clean energy and a sustainable environment in the northern plains states. We are greatly saddened by the recent loss of founding board member Pat Spears of South Dakota’s Lower Brule Sioux. Please visit the Plains Justice blog to read about Pat’s life and add your comment honoring him.

Check out the social networking site for Clean Energy Ambassadors, our peer-to-peer energy services outreach to rural electric cooperatives and municipal electric utilities.

Dig into the details of the western coal industry at our innovative CoalDiver site.

Follow news and analysis of tar sands pipeline development across the Great Plains on our Tar Sands Pipelines blog.

Read our 2010 reports on inadequate pipeline emergency response planning: “The Northern Plains at Great Risk: Oil Spill Planning Deficiencies in Keystone Pipeline System and pipeline safety: Use of Substandard Steel by the U.S. Pipeline Industry 2007 to 2009.” Contact billings at plainsjustice dot org with inquiries.