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A Lucky Break for Butte Creek Salmon

Butte Creek, during the Chinook spring-run in 2014.

This year, Earthjustice and California’s Butte Creek received a major assist from an unexpected source.

FDA Needs Better Guidelines on Toxicity in Fish

Ahi tuna tends to have high levels of mercury.

When browsing your local seafood counter, there’s a good chance you don’t consider how toxic the tuna or swordfish may be.

Clean Victory for a Georgia Community

Residents of Rochelle, Georgia, who have had to live with untreated sewage overflows.

Celebrate with a community of African-American people in Rochelle, GA, who are finally going to get a sewage system that works.

Politics and Lobbying Influence EPA Rules on Coal Ash Wastewater

A mother and child near an industrial plant.

ProPublica investigation shines a light on political interference in regulatory rulemaking

EPA Hearing Reveals Health Impacts of Refineries

About 177 million Americans live in the worst-case scenario zones for a chemical disaster.

The EPA held a second public hearing Tuesday in Houston, regarding its proposed rule on oil refinery emissions.

In Florida, Toxic Algae is a Year-Round Fight

A fluorescent green toxic algae outbreak on St. Johns River on November 12, 2013.

For those of us living here in sunny Florida, noxious green slime outbreaks like the one that shut Toledo, Ohio’s, water system, are now a year-round occurrence.

Carbon Nation: Pushing for a Stronger Clean Power Plan

A flock of birds fly past a smokestack of a coal-fired power plant.

Earthjustice applauds EPA for moving forward with the proposed Clean Power Plan, and we urge EPA to set the stronger standards that we know states can achieve.

Pesticides: Stories from the Frontlines, Part 3

A cropduster sprays agricultural fields.

In this third installment of a weekly series, farmworkers share stories from the frontlines, illustrating why we need an even stronger standard than EPA proposes.

Atlantic Forage Fish Need Oversight of Industrial Trawl Fleet

Scientists and fishermen agree that the industrial midwater trawl fleet is taking a toll on many species on the Atlantic Coast. Unfortunately, an important action to rein in this damage is facing a substantial delay.