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document December 20, 2024

Motion to Intervene: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements

Motion of Newburgh Clean Water Project, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club to intervene in support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the challenge to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements.

A cut lead pipe is pulled from a dig site for testing at a home in Royal Oak, Mich., on Nov. 16, 2021. (Carlos Osorio / AP)
Press Release December 20, 2024

Groups Seek to Defend Lead Pipe Rule Challenged by Water Utilities

Lead service lines contaminate drinking water across the country and must be replaced now

Orcas in Puget Sound. (Tifotter / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
case December 20, 2024

Protecting Salmon and Orcas from Puget Sound Wastewater Pollution

Working with four nonprofit environmental organizations — Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, RE Sources, Toxic-Free Future, and Waste Action Project — Earthjustice advocated for more stringent pollution controls for the wastewater treatment plant to help protect salmon, orcas, and people.

(Thomas Barwick / Getty Images)
Press Release December 18, 2024

EPA Approves Waiver for California’s Zero-Emissions Cars and Cleaner Trucks Standards

New rules can now be enforced, to the benefit of people breathing air and workers in the clean energy economy

Press Release December 16, 2024

Demanda Impugna Ampliación de Almacenamiento de Petróleo en el Puerto de Long Beach

Grupos toman medidas para detener la construcción de tanques de petróleo cerca de escuelas y comunidades agobiadas por la contaminación

Press Release December 16, 2024

Lawsuit Challenges Port of Long Beach Oil Storage Expansion

Groups take action to halt oil tanks near schools and overburdened communities

document December 16, 2024

The Safe Drinking Water Act at 50 – A Call for Urgent Reform

Political inaction, underfunding, and loopholes undermined the early success of our biggest drinking water protection law

Press Release December 16, 2024

Earthjustice Marks 50th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act with Urgent Call for Reform

Political inaction, underfunding, and loopholes undermined the early success of our biggest drinking water protection law.

Youth plaintiff Kalā W. shares an emotional moment with an elder  on Jun. 24, 2024, during the celebration of the historic settlement in <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/hawaii-youth-climate-lawsuit" class="a_color--white"><em>Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation</em></a>. (Elyse Butler for Earthjustice)
feature December 13, 2024

2024: A Year in Earthjustice

Together, we achieved extraordinary wins for the earth and its people. Thank you.

document December 12, 2024

Bad River Band Petition for Contested Case – WDNR Line 5 Permit

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior is contesting the wetland and waterway permit that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources granted to Enbridge to construct the Line 5 reroute project.

Press Release December 12, 2024

Bad River Band Challenges Wisconsin’s Line 5 Reroute Permits

The Canadian oil pipeline could destroy local waters, wildlife, and economy

document December 12, 2024

Bad River Band Petition for Judicial Review -WDNR Line 5 EIS

The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for producing an inadequate final Environmental Impact Statement on Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 reroute, violating the Wisconsin Environmental Protection Act.

Protestors paddle next to the Mackinac Bridge at the Pipe Out Paddle Up Flotilla Against the Line 5 pipeline in Mackinaw City, Michigan. (Sarah Rice for Earthjustice)
Article December 12, 2024

The Great Lakes Are Under Threat

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Now, Anishinaabe tribes are in court fighting the company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil flowing.

Press Release: Victory December 12, 2024

EPA Proposes New Rule to Reduce Cancer-Causing Air Pollution from Chemical Plants

The new rule will reduce deadly ethylene oxide emissions from chemical facilities manufacturing polyether polyols

The newly restored flows to Wailuku River in October 2014. (Kapua Sproat / Earthjustice)
From the Experts: Victory December 10, 2024

Hawaiʻi High Court Sides with Native Community Groups in Water Dispute

The decision bolsters Hawaiʻi’s public trust framework, a legal doctrine establishing that natural resources must be protected for public use

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts November 26, 2024

Just More of the Same in Trump’s Tired Anti-Environmental Agenda

Republicans take power with an agenda that will benefit polluters big time at the expense of communities and weakened protections for air and water.

Shipping containers pile high at the Port of Oakland.
(Image courtesy of Port of Oakland)
From the Experts November 25, 2024

Port of Oakland’s All-Electric Future is in Reach

Latest survey finds companies operating at the Port of Oakland are clamoring for all-electric equipment.

Dror Ladin, Earthjustice Senior Attorney, speaks to press after the congestion pricing motion to dismiss hearing on Sept. 27, 2024.
Press Release: Victory November 21, 2024

In Comprehensive Settlement, State Department of Transportation Agrees to Binding Obligation to Start Congestion Pricing on January 5

Nonprofit organizations agree to drop their lawsuit once conditions are met