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Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “What has been proven over and over again is that the industry can deploy the best science and the best technology, continue to have a very profitable business model, while affording us all of the collective benefits, including economic benefits, of a clean and healthy environment.”

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “Utilities have gamed the system at some plants by designing monitoring systems that intentionally miss detecting leakage from a coal ash dump.”

Six Tribes end cooperation with U.S. Army Corps over “Energy Emergency” plans

Marvin C. Brown IV, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “EPA is losing the E and the P from its name. It seems like the agency is really giving up on protecting the environment and human health. People will die from the unnecessary amounts of pollution.”

Six Michigan Tribes withdrew from Line 5 federal discussions after learning that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will likely fast-track its approval for Enbridge’s massive oil tunnel project, in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order declaring an “energy emergency.”

The executive order aims to provide funding and loans for projects as well as accelerate permitting processes under the guise of the Defense Production Act

Shannon Fisk, Director of State Electric Sector Advocacy, Clean Energy Program: “Just coming in with a sledgehammer and destroying it all makes absolutely no sense and will be terrible for the public.”

Lawmakers want to over turn a life-saving ban that phases out the potent carcinogen trichloroethylene (TCE)

We respectfully submit the following brief in the name of the Earthjustice Oceans Program in response to the call for inputs on oceans and human rights in preparation of a thematic report to be presented to the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Here’s what the plans mean for air, water, climate, and more.

Groups send letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin

Harley M. Broyles, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office: “Rodrigues’s withdrawal is only the first step to correct the Green Administration’s legal missteps. Now the Governor needs to follow through and appoint one of the other nominees he’s already been given through the legally mandated process.”

Waterways across the U.S. poised to lose even more protections from pollution and reckless development

NYS Senate’s and Assembly’s Budget Bills Offer Opportunities for Climate and Environmental Leadership

Congress has introduced a CRA that could permanently remove protections safeguarding communities from some of the most toxic air pollution

Lifesaving New York regulation is under attack; Opposition aims to kill clean air state action to succumb to wealthy corporate interests

Half the U.S. population lives in harm’s way as Trump’s EPA says it’s starting over again on safety

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a rulemaking process after corporate lobbyists pressed the agency to dismantle safeguards against chemical disasters.