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Motion to intervene filed in support of President Biden’s monument designation near Grand Canyon

The California State Assembly Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement misses the mark by convening hearings on the impact of freight while focusing almost exclusively on industry needs.

The pivotal bill provides advancements in public health and clean air, prevents corporations from clustering mega-warehouses in low-income communities of color, and advances New York’s climate mandates

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.”

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

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.

Intervention defends Montana DEQ in its challenge to illegal mining at Zortman gold mine

Groups aim to defend against industry efforts to maximize offshore drilling in public waters

Intervention defends Montana DEQ in its challenge to illegal mining at Zortman gold mine

The City of Bethel is requesting permission from Alaska’s U.S. District Court to join in a federal lawsuit seeking to revise groundfish management to better protect subsistence salmon fishing in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.

Tribes granted separate motion to intervene in December

Based in San Francisco, Nirit is an associate attorney with the California Regional Office.

Celia, Cymone, Jonathan, and many other kids from across the United States shared with the Biden administration why they need clean air. On Feb. 7, 2024, the Biden administration answered — with new protections from the deadly air pollutant soot that will prevent nearly a million asthma episodes and save thousands of lives.

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Updated standard will improve public health and the economy

La norma actualizada mejorará la salud pública y la economía

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities: “We heard this in the ’70s, when lobbyists said that if we required catalytic converters for cars, the whole industry was going to collapse. Well, guess what? We’re fine. This is the same tired playbook of trying to undermine progress.”