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

Toxic “forever chemicals” remain laxly regulated.

With more than a dozen major environmental rules recently finalized, here’s what the administration should do as soon as possible to secure a lasting impact.

Professors argue public trust doctrine requires the state to intervene on excessive water use

The new rule will cut permitting time in half for major transmission projects while maintaining strong environmental standards.

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

Major cities saw simultaneous economic growth and cleaner air over the last decade.

Falls short on climate; restores critical funding for water infrastructure

Assembly kills NY HEAT Act in final budget deal, the leading policy to address energy affordability and climate change

The Biden administration’s updates bring certainty and clarity to project sponsors, while strengthening upfront community engagement

The new standards will require action to clean up drinking water for tens of millions of people nationwide

Despite significant industry pushback, EPA takes important step to regulate steel production, one of the worst sources of toxic heavy metal air pollution

These protective standards keep communities safe and help make climate progress

Adam Kron, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “This is an incredibly significant rule that will curtail some of the nation’s biggest drivers of cancer risk.”

Standards will tackle major sources of climate pollution and protect public health

Biden administration falls short of fully restoring ESA

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.”

The updates will reduce more than 6,000 tons of the nation’s most harmful air pollution, including the carcinogens ethylene oxide and chloroprene