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

Toxic “forever chemicals” remain laxly regulated.

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

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.

Groups seek lower PFAS limits and shorter compliance schedules to help protect communities

Byron Chan, Attorney, Community Partnerships Program: “You’ll see a pattern of violating the law, paying a penalty, and then violating the law again.”

When companies burn coal in the U.S., significant amounts of mercury spew into our air. Now, that mercury is controlled, thanks to a federal rule that Earthjustice and our clients fought for, defended, and successfully expanded.

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “It does send a statement that even though we are seeing the impacts of climate change increasing every year in the state — more people being impacted by stronger hurricanes, we’re seeing sea level rise, we’re seeing hotter summers — that we don’t think that is something we should be…

Tania Galloni, Managing Attorney, Florida Office: “The bottom line is that the [Army Corps of Engineers] is open for business and the only thing standing in the way of 404 permitting now is Florida’s refusal to transfer applications.”

Falls short on climate; restores critical funding for water infrastructure

Parties point to key evidence excluded in the MPSC case

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

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

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

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. Tennessee has 29 toxic coal ash dumpsites.

These protective standards keep communities safe and help make climate progress

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. The quasi-public utility, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), has a total of 56 coal ash dumpsites in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Tania Galloni, Managing Attorney, Florida Office: “The decision is incredibly important because it goes back to the fundamentals, which is that the Endangered Species Act means what it says. The judge was on really solid ground in his ruling. He’s relying on decades of Endangered Species Act case law.”