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Byron Chan, Attorney, Community Partnerships Program: “You’ll see a pattern of violating the law, paying a penalty, and then violating the law again.”

“People should care about what’s going on here because all of us benefit from the goods movement system — no matter where you live.”

Conservation groups file a 135-page response to the numerous motions to dismiss in the Great Salt Lake lawsuit.

Los estándares abordarán las principales fuentes de contaminación climática y protegerán la salud pública

When companies burn coal in the U.S., significant amounts of mercury spew into our air. Now, that mercury is controlled, thanks to a federal rule that Earthjustice and our clients fought for, defended, and successfully expanded.

NW Natural seeks to increase profits and expand its gas system at ratepayers’ expense

Republican attorneys general from 23 states petitioned the agency to weaken Title VI

The EPA’s denial directly addresses environmental and health concerns regarding the impacts turbines’ emissions have on people

A lifelong Port Arthur resident takes the fight for clean air and water directly to polluting industries.

James Pew, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “The steel companies mounted a real disinformation campaign about the cost of the rule that I think put pressure on EPA to take out some provisions that would have been beneficial.”

Charles McPhedran, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “This moves EPA forward.”

Deadlines set for EPA to take action on 33 states’ plans to reduce haze pollution

After hearing from the public, including 32,000 Earthjustice supporters, the EPA delivered stronger air quality protections.

An international court ruled in favor of the people of La Oroya, Peru, finding that the government violated their right to a healthy environment.

EPA’s updated soot standards under threat from legal challenges, potentially undermining air quality improvements for years to come

Health, environmental, and community organizations, represented by Earthjustice and Clean Air Task Force, filed to intervene in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent strengthening of an air standard for fine particulate matter pollution, finalized in February. This landmark standard is designed to protect public health and would address environmental injustices but is being challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by major trade associations and 25 states.

It has been over thirty years since Congress told EPA to protect the public from the harms of this incinerator pollution, and environmental justice communities are still waiting for those protections. EPA has committed to advancing equitable outcomes in environmental justice communities and building meaningful engagement with these communities. The time to deliver on those commitments is now.

James Pew, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “Just getting the EPA to use the authority it has had all along would yield huge benefits.”