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

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.”

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

Trapping and snaring will no longer be allowed during non-denning periods

Northern Cheyenne Tribe and conservation groups urge Interior Department to act on coal

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Pō‘ai Wai Ola and Nā Kia‘i Kai raised concerns about the energy project’s impact on the Waimea River

Wyoming sale was one of the largest oil and gas lease sales held on public lands

Court rules that “corner-crossing” does not constitute trespass.

Kristen Boyles, Managing Attorney, Northwest Office: “It’s been many years now of litigation, fighting to protect this remarkable place, and phew, we’re done. The monument and its expansion, it’s now the law of the land. People should go visit this summer. It’s a beautiful place.”

Es tanta la luz solar que recibe Puerto Rico en el transcurso de un año que puede generar más energía de la suficiente para satisfacer su demanda.

Puerto Rico receives an abundance of sunlight year-round that can generate more than enough energy to meet demand.

Massive proposed petrochemical complex would exacerbate toxic pollution in predominantly Black communities

Gavin Kearney, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “The whole overarching point (of the federal rules) is that groundwater contamination is a big problem; it’s really unsafe, and we have to prevent it. You can’t let water in (to a coal ash impoundment); you can’t let water out; you can’t let water just sit inside…

Megan Hunter, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program: “Our courts play a critical role in overseeing agency decisions to make sure agencies do not abuse the discretion and power the law gives them. Our lawsuit asks that the court provide that critical oversight here.”

County’s environmental review again deemed unlawful, local permitting halted

The decision protects the health of farmworkers who would otherwise face heightened risk of antibiotic-resistant infections, pollinators, and imperiled species

New statewide building codes incentivizing heat pumps will take effect in mid-March