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Stu Gillespie, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “This proposed project is going to impact over 90,000 acres of wetlands. That’s three times the amount that EPA prohibited in the veto. For them now to reverse course and say the veto doesn’t apply is unheard of.”

The Trump administration and certain members of Congress are trying to roll back protections for lead in drinking water. But there are ways to fight back.

Three Alaska Native tribes challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a fill permit for a controversial suction dredge gold mining operation proposed about 30 miles east of Nome in Northwest Alaska.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initially rejected the mining permit but last year reversed its decision, approving harmful gold dredging that could destroy a prized estuary

State leaders rally in Albany to urge the Governor to protect the life-saving clean truck standard in final budget and reject industry efforts to gut air protections

Environmental laws have made our lives safer and healthier. Earthjustice will fight for them in court.

The settlement resolves a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed in 2023 by Earthjustice on behalf of community group Hui Mālama Honokōhau

Drew Caputo, VP of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans: “We’re in a situation where efforts to weaken clean water protections are not only terrible public policy, because all Americans need and deserve clean water, it’s also a situation where we would be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by weakening protections for clean water.”

State waivers for stronger tailpipe standards are not subject to the Congressional Review Act

This Remedy Phase Settlement Agreement resolves the Remedy Phase of the Hui Mālama Honokōhau complaint against the County of Hawai‘i alleging violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

Tribes and environmental orgs are asking the Court to overturn a state agency’s permit

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Time is running out to stop one company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil flowing.

Four Michigan Tribes and environmental groups ask the state Supreme Court to consider overturning a lower court decision that upheld the Michigan Public Service Commission’s permit for the Line 5 tunnel project.

Montana’s Colstrip plant asks Trump administration for clean air standard exemption

A huge array of environmental protections are on the chopping block.

New York should not delay its Advanced Clean Trucks rule to protect New Yorkers’ health and clean the air.

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities, Earthjustice: “The law demands that EPA control these pollutants, and demands that EPA protect families and communities. And these impacts on these communities most heavily land on the shoulders of children. Children are more susceptible to the harms from pollutants, and these pollutants are often happening right…

Jim Pew, Director of Federal Clean Air Practice, Earthjustice: “I just don’t see why forcing people to breathe toxic pollution for another two years is in the national security interests of the United States.”