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Earthjustice and our partners are working to protect children's health. (Prasit Thongdee / Getty Images)
From the Experts August 20, 2025

MAHA’s Health “Cure” Is Just Snake Oil in a Lab Coat

Leaked MAHA strategy shields corporations, not children’s health.

Earthjustice and our partners are working to protect children's health. (Prasit Thongdee / Getty Images)
From the Experts August 19, 2025

Chemical Lobbyists are Asking for a License to Pollute, Here’s How We Protect Kids Instead

Across America, the warning signs of chemical danger never seem to stop.

A spreader applies sewage sludge to a farm field in Wellston, Okla. (Joshua A. Bickel / AP)
From the Experts August 15, 2025

Federal Action on PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge Is Long Overdue

It is past time to address the crisis of PFAS-contaminated farmland. EPA must promptly finalize its risk assessment for PFOA and PFOS in sewage sludge, publish appropriate regulations, and begin evaluating risks associated with other PFAS chemicals in sludge.

document August 14, 2025

EPA Comments: Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)

Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning the Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for PFOA and PFOS, urging EPA to finalize the risk assessment and regulate PFOA and PFOS in sewage sludge.

Press Release August 12, 2025

Groups Sue EPA Over Toxic Coke Oven Emissions

The agency’s delay keeps pollutants flowing into nearby communities

Downtown Seattle skyline. (Candice Cusack / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory August 7, 2025

Washington Board Orders Wastewater Treatment Plant to Implement Stronger Pollution Controls

The Puget Soundkeeper victory is critical first step to address long-standing pollution from municipal wastewater that degrade water quality in Puget Sound

document August 6, 2025

West Point Pollution Control Hearings Board Order

Washington State’s Pollution Control Hearings Board ruled on an appeal to a West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant permit, requiring King County to limit nutrient pollutants like nitrogen and phosphorous from the water treatment plant.

document July 30, 2025

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities – Motion for Summary Vacatur or a Stay Pending Judicial Review

Community groups and organizations in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, Earthjustice challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent action to delay air pollution compliance rules for steel mills.

Press Release July 30, 2025

Groups Legally Challenge EPA’s Latest Attack on Clean Air Protections

EPA’s recent action leaves communities vulnerable to dangerous, toxic pollutants

Press Release July 28, 2025

Community Members Condemn EPA’s Lack of Drinking Water Protections

EPA announced plans to roll back PFAS drinking water protections, affecting communities across the country in states including, North Carolina, New York, and Maine

Press Release July 28, 2025

Coalition Files Legal Petition to Demand the EPA Address Syracuse Lead Water Crisis

Local, national organizations call for action after over a year of poisoned water

document July 28, 2025

Final Syracuse EPA Petition (July 2025)

Families for Lead Freedom Now, a community group representing families directly affected by childhood lead poisoning in Syracuse, along with partners, filed a legal petition urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to force New York State and the City of Syracuse to address the city’s lead water crisis. In July 2024, city tests revealed extraordinarily high levels of lead in drinking water, prompting residents and advocates to call for a state of emergency. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Earthjustice, Legal Services of Central New York (LSCNY), and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) have filed the petition on behalf of Families for Lead Freedom Now.

A petrochemical facility in Norco, Louisiana. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release July 18, 2025

Trump Halts Clean Air Laws For Most of the Country

Proclamations let chemical companies, coal power plants, and other major polluters dodge clean air standards in at least 30 states and U.S. territories

Press Release July 17, 2025

EPA Seeks to Delay Monitoring and Clean up Requirements for Toxic Coal Ash, Adopting the Wishes of the Coal Power Industry

Across the U.S., coal ash dump sites leak dangerous levels of toxic pollutants, contaminating water and threatening health

document July 15, 2025

Opposition Letter to HR 556

Groups oppose H.R. 556 — Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025 which would prohibit the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture from regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal
lands or waters.

From the Experts July 10, 2025

Sludge-lords: Reports from Coal Plants Reveal Vast Quantities of Toxic Coal Ash in Newly-Documented Hazardous Ponds

Residents should demand that the sludge-lords comply with federal law and clean up their mess

Press Release June 25, 2025

EPA Sued for Allowing Nerve-Agent Pesticides on Our Fruit and Vegetables

Lawsuit pushes for ban on organophosphates after years of government delay and known harms to children

document June 25, 2025

Court Filing: Trump’s EPA Sued for Allowing Nerve-Agent Pesticides on Our Fruit and Vegetables

Farmworker and public health groups represented by Earthjustice, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to respond to a petition to ban organophosphates pesticides, a class of chemicals used on fruits, vegetables, and field crops. In utero exposures to organophosphates are linked to autism, attention deficit disorders and impaired cognition in school-age children. They also cause countless instances of farmworker and community poisonings every year.