Environmental and community groups argue their case against the State of Utah

Millions of people could wind up breathing in toxic dust from newly exposed lakebed.

Codes could reduce building sector emissions that contribute to poor air quality and climate change

Pinto Valley Mine’s excessive groundwater pumping puts vulnerable species at risk

This case challenges the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to approve the expansion of an open pit mine whose water pumping is drying up Pinto Creek and putting vulnerable species at risk.

A federal district court judge has granted a temporary restraining order sought by Earthjustice on behalf of the Hualapai Tribe to freeze a lithium drilling operation that is endangering their lands, including a sacred medicinal spring called Ha’Kamwe’.

The Tribe is suing BLM to protect their sacred hot spring from mining

Government has failed to take steps to protect the pygmy rabbit

Refinery operator continues to exceed federal limitations on hazardous air pollution, threatening the health of surrounding residents

Ian Coghill, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “EPA’s inspection and violation notice is a big step in the right direction, but it is just a first step. There is still a long road toward holding Suncor accountable for its many violations.”

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “Utah’s argument that the president may only designate small monuments centered on specific sites is just wrong. In 1920, the Supreme Court upheld President Teddy Roosevelt’s use of the Antiquities Act to protect 800,000 acres in Arizona when he declared the Grand Canyon a national monument. In…

Pumping would harm endangered species, reduce flows to Roosevelt Lake

Conservation groups sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for violating the Endangered Species Act in approving expanded operations at the Pinto Valley Mine, east of Phoenix.

Ian Coghill, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “The reason that we felt compelled to go in this direction is Suncor’s chronic history of exceeding the limits in its air permit.”

Ian Coghill, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “The Clean Air Act allows the most affected people to step in when the government either can’t or won’t enforce the laws sufficiently.”

Ian Coghill, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “Whatever the state is doing has not stopped Suncor from continuing its same history of these chronic exceedances. What enforcement is supposed to be about is bringing sources into compliance and deterring future violations, and what the state has done thus far clearly hasn’t been sufficient.”

Suncor ha informado más de mil excedencias o violaciones de emisiones desde 2019

Suncor has reported over 1,000 emissions exceedances or violations since 2019