A 15-year legal fight to curb toxic wastewater to protect drinking water

Toxic “forever chemicals” remain laxly regulated.

Letter comes on eve of the 14th anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill

The neurotoxic pesticide harms children and the environment. There are no safe uses for chlorpyrifos.

Proposed LNG export facility and pipeline would destroy coastal wetlands in one of the most vulnerable areas to flooding and sea level rise in the country

EPA’s proposed revisions to its LMWC Standards come over thirty years after Congress told EPA to protect the public from the harms of incinerator pollution. The Proposed Rule is a welcome, if overdue, step in the right direction towards achieving Congress’s mandate.

Inadequately controlled water pollution from slaughterhouses and rendering facilities can make water unsafe for drinking, unfit for outdoor recreation, and uninhabitable for aquatic life, posing serious risks to human health and the environment, especially in vulnerable and under-resourced communities. After more than two decades, EPA finally has begun the process of strengthening water pollution control standards for these facilities, and the Agency now proposes to adopt the weakest of three regulatory options. EPA’s preferred option is inconsistent with the CWA and other federal laws.

A group of more than 70 state and nationwide organizations and coalitions led by the Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls has submitted comments to NYS-Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) opposing permits and approvals for the proposed Saratoga Biochar Solutions LLC facility in the Town of Moreau.

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs: “This is the most right-wing court we’ve seen in almost a century, and that’s emboldening conservative legal activists to swing for the fences with legal claims that would have been laughable just a few years ago. The legal landscape has shifted, and it’s profound.”

On behalf of Center for Biological Diversity, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, Central California Environmental Justice Network, Central Valley Air Quality Coalition, and Sierra Club, we are writing to submit the following comments regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Carbon TerraVault I Project for carbon capture and storage in the Elk Hills oil field. These comments are offered to ensure that Kern County complies with the California Environmental Quality Act and CEQA Guidelines in its consideration of the CTV I Project.

Final rule improves upon status quo, but still enables companies to conceal financial risks

Requiring animal feeding operations to report their toxic emissions of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide will help community members better protect their health

Stronger standards would prevent hundreds of millions of pounds of pollution from reaching rivers and streams, helping to protect more than 22 million people

Comments submitted to the Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) by Earthjustice on behalf of Flint community organizations and individuals opposing Universal Coating’s proposal to add new tumble spray lines at its facility, which will add to the cumulative pollution affecting residents of this environmental justice community.

Earthjustice comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvements rule.

Comments on Notice of Intent for Land Management Plan Direction for Old-Growth Forest Conditions Across the National Forest System, calling for addressing major gaps on selling old growth and protecting mature forests.

AFOs emit the extremely hazardous gasses ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, and these emissions pose serious threats to people living nearby, including people living in communities of color and low-income communities. EPCRA requires facilities to report emissions of extremely hazardous substances.

In renewing an NPDES permit, the Department of Ecology must address violations of water quality standards and the harm such violations cause to people, water, and aquatic life.