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Federal Government Would Allow Exploding Rail Cars To Keep Rolling for 3 to 6 Years
The Department of Transportation has proposed long-overdue rules to improve the safety of tank cars used to ship highly volatile Bakken crude oil and other hazardous fuels across America.
Read MorePort of LA Misses Zero Emissions Boat
The Port of Long Beach, California, has shown that the freight industry can reduce its toxic air emissions. It’s time for other ports to do the same.
Read MoreProtect Honeybees, Nature's Migrant Workers
Why we are working to get bee-killing pesticides out of California fields.
Read MoreA Coal Ash Clean Up Job Not Well Done
Duke Energy cleans up only six percent of coal ash into NC river, leaves the rest
Read MoreOil Refineries Have a Moral Imperative to Address Air Pollution
Cherise Udell, founder of Utah Moms for Clean Air, describes why, despite efforts to make change happen, fixing the air pollution problem is a herculean task.
Read MorePesticides: Stories from the Frontlines, Part 1
In this first installment of a weekly series, farmworkers share stories from the frontlines, illustrating why we need an even stronger standard than EPA proposes.
Read MoreEverything You Need To Know About The Pebble Mine
Earthjustice attorney Tom Waldo answers some basic questions and lays out the facts about Friday’s big news on the Pebble mine in Alaska.
Read MoreCarbon Nation: Pollution is About Human Rights
In the United States, dirty power plants are the root of many health, civil and human rights issues.
Read MoreSmall Town Fracking Victory Makes Waves Across the Country
As NY high court rules towns can zone out oil and gas operations, trend spreads to other states
Read MoreEnd of Genitalia-Altering Pesticide
This story is proof that citizen oversight is key to enforcing our environmental laws and protecting people from untenable risks. The chemical companies and grower trade groups had EPA’s ear and it repeatedly bent to their will. But when the agency had to defend its action before judges, it realized it had to obey the law.
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