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January 17, 2019

D.C. Is Shut Down for the People — and Open for President Trump’s Corporate Cronies

Union members and IRS workers rallied against the federal government shutdown in Covington, Kentucky, on Jan. 10, 2019.

The government is working just fine for the oil and gas industry.

January 16, 2019

Reading Between the Lines of Wheeler’s Pro-Polluter Agenda

As acting EPA administrator, Andrew Wheeler has already pushed forward policies that favor polluters.

The EPA nominee may not give the media a climate denial sound bite, but he clearly has no intention to tackle the problem.

February 15, 2018

What’s Hiding in the Budget Bill? Sneak Attacks on Wolves, Trees and Water

Gray wolf howling in the Grand Tetons in Wyoming

Amendments pushed by polluters would override years of work from federal agencies, decisions by judges, and public comments from millions of Americans.

November 2, 2017

Trump’s latest nominees will hand out treats to polluters, play tricks on the rest of us

A new round of Trump nominees should spook anyone who cares about public health and safety.

April 21, 2017

Scott Pruitt Is Betting on Your Silence

The EPA has asked the public to comment on whether and which government safeguards should be gutted—another sign that Scott Pruitt’s “back to basics” agenda is all about taking us back to a more polluted America.

April 18, 2017

Don’t Pollute Government Spending Bills with Toxic Riders

Lawmakers are trying to sneak provisions that threaten our air, water and wildlife into urgent government spending bills.

January 13, 2017

‘Dirty Bundle’ of Regulatory Bills Threatens Vital Safeguards for Americans

Republicans are kicking off 2017 with an outrageous attempt to unravel fundamental protections for Americans.

July 15, 2016

Two Political Trainwrecks in the Making

The House and Senate are packing their environmental budget bills with poison pill riders that would harm America’s air, water and wildlife.

April 28, 2016

Congress Begins Pushing ‘Poison–Pill’ Riders Once Again

As Congress negotiates annual budget deals, members sneak ideological provisions that would never pass in their own right into important funding bills.

November 12, 2015

Poison Pills in Spending Bills Threaten Our Air, Water and Wildlife

The terms of last week's budget agreement between the Obama administration and Congress were an achievement, but the fate of environmental "ideological riders" is yet to be determined.

February 4, 2015

President Obama Hopes to Put More Green Into the Clean Energy Movement

President Obama's 2016 budget proposal allocates $7.4 billion to fund clean energy technologies.

July 19, 2013

Senate Stops Antics, Approves New EPA Chief

The partisan antics of a few in the Senate finally halted to allow confirmation of a new and well-qualified Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy.

December 19, 2012

In Memoriam: Joan Mulhern

Earthjustice mourns the passing of the strongest and bravest advocate for clean water and justice that we have ever known, our very own senior legislative counsel Joan Mulhern.

March 27, 2012

EPA Proposes Standards For Pollution From New Coal Plants

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed historic new standards to limit industrial carbon pollution from new coal-fired power plants, which is a critical step to protect the health of American children and families.

December 16, 2011

Lump of Coal (Make That a Clump of Oil) In Your Stocking

It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about the great big man in the red suit and last-minute Christmas shopping.

I’m talking about the House GOP majority trying to deliver on their year-long assault on environmental and public health protections in the last two bills that will be passed by Congress this year.

July 22, 2011

Polluters Saddle Up In Washington, D.C.

Perhaps inspired by the triple-digit heat afflicting Washington D.C., the House of Representatives is putting legislative flames to our important environmental and public health protections.

March 17, 2011

Congress v. Endangered Species - Wolves Up For A Vote

<Editor's Note: Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen has released a statement about the organization's continuing efforts to protect the gray wolf.>

The fate of gray wolves—and of the Endangered Species Act itself—may be voted on at any time in the climax of an historic struggle in Congress over budgeting and political philosophy.

February 19, 2011

House Approves Anti-Environment Spending Bill

It’s a shame that it took the House days and many late night and early morning hours to come up with a budget plan like this. And during the wee hours of 4:35 a.m. the final roll call counted a vote of 235 to 189. And just like that our elected leaders eliminated safeguards for our air, water and wildlife.

February 16, 2011

America's Values, Environment on Chopping Block in Congress

House Republicans are using the oft-repeated refrain of “fiscal restraint” as their excuse for gutting several environmental initiatives that will put the public in harm’s way. But there simply is no excuse for hacking away at health protections that will leave our air and water dirtier and our children and seniors at risk. It’s not hard to see their real agenda.

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