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EPA seeks to end limits on mercury and arsenic and climate pollution, increasing harm to communities and reversing progress on climate action

As EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin prepares to appear before Congress, his public claims unravel under the weight of the facts.

Meet 16 of the hundreds of species Earthjustice has gone to court to protect.

Jeffrey Stein, Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “We’re glad that U.S.D.A. recognized that its blatantly unlawful purge of climate-change-related information is harming farmers and communities across the country.”

We will continue standing up for the principle that the government must consider predictable environmental harms before it acts.

Timber industry attempt to open lands to logging fails, but designation still neglects critical marine areas, old-growth forests on state, private lands

Corinne Van Dalen, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program: “This is great news for all the groups and community members who have been fighting this ill-conceived project from the start.”

Utah sought to dismiss lawsuit over its failure to protect the Great Salt Lake

The Forest Service must center the strongest possible protections for forests, rivers, fish, and wildlife and support meaningful tribal involvement in forest management

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How the Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Reform Act will impact existing environmental law

Court upholds marbled murrelet protection in Washington, Oregon, and California

In the aftermath of the 2024 election, Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, discussed the outcomes of the election and how they will affect Earthjustice’s litigation, advocacy, and political work.

Wind provides more than 10% of U.S. power today, making it the largest source of renewable energy

With California charting a course for zero-emissions rail, some of America’s oldest monopolies are conniving to hit the brakes on clean air. Don’t believe their misinformation.

Jim Pew, Director of Federal Clean Air Practice, Earthjustice: “It’s hard to imagine how these exemptions could be lawful.”

Marbled murrelets, a unique coastal bird, and their old-growth forest habitat will remain protected

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “The most important thing to understand is that we are seeing a wholesale approach to eradicating environmental protections. This is the hatchet not the scalpel. So it’s everything from the water you drink and the air you breathe, to the food you eat and the basic products you buy. If…