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Press Release April 2, 2026

EPA Busca Atribuirse el Mérito por Lista de Vigilancia de Contaminantes Mientras Desmantela Protecciones Existentes

Mientras afirma promover la salud, la EPA está eliminando las protecciones contra sustancias químicas tóxicas presentes en el aire, los alimentos y el agua

Almost everyone in the U.S. has traces of PFAS in their body because the chemicals have contaminated the air, soil, and water — including the drinking water for approximately 200 million people nationwide. (Cavan Images)
Press Release April 2, 2026

Zeldin’s EPA Seeks Credit for Contaminant Watchlist While Rolling Back Existing Protections

While claiming to promote health, the EPA is removing protections from toxic chemicals in air, food, and water

Nurdles, in particular, resemble fish eggs and are mistaken for food by marine wildlife.  A dead fish with plastic pellets in its mouth, washed ashore near the Wellawatte neighborhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Saman Abesiriwardana / Pacific Press via Alamy)
feature March 19, 2026

Where Do Microplastics Come From and Why Are They Polluting Our Waters?

Microplastics can now be found just about everywhere in the environment, including – most alarming – in our own bodies.

Diane Wilson gathers nurdles, or plastic pellets, in Seadrift, Texas, on Jan. 18, 2026. (Danielle Villasana for Earthjustice)
Press Release March 19, 2026

Waterkeeper Moves to Intervene in Texas’ Lawsuit Over Dow Chemical’s Plastic Pollution

Local group hopes to join the suit to ensure environmental enforcement that would prevent plastic pollution from entering San Antonio Bay

document March 19, 2026

Petition for Intervention for SABEW

This is a petition for intervention into Texas’s state lawsuit against Dow, et al., for microplastics pollution from its Seadrift Plastics facility.

document March 13, 2026

Comments to FAA on Draft Transition Plan to Unleaded Aviation Gas

Several organizations, including Earthjustice, submitted comments in response to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Draft Transition Plan to Unleaded Aviation Gasoline.

document March 9, 2026

CBE v. City of Long Beach: Final Ruling

Long Beach must halt the expansion of a polluting oil storage tank at its port, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled, citing an inadequate environmental review of a project expected to emit cancer-causing chemicals like hydrogen sulfide, benzene, and other toxic chemicals near schools. The court said the City’s California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis failed to accurately describe the project and improperly rejected a feasible alternative.

People rally outside of an EPA public hearing on coal ash in Chicago, Illinois in 2023 (Jamie Kelter Davis for Earthjustice)
Article March 5, 2026

People Are Furious About Coal Ash Deregulation

Folks nationwide feel the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning its responsibility to protect communities, and they are speaking out.

(Tanaphong Toochinda / Unsplash)
feature February 24, 2026

The Toxic Substances Control Act, Explained

A basic primer on a key environmental health law

In the News: Los Angeles Times February 17, 2026

Supreme Court may block thousands of lawsuits over Roundup weed killer

Patti Goldman, Attorney, Northwest Office: “When people use pesticides in their fields or on their lawns, they don’t expect to get cancer. Yet this happens, and when it does, state court lawsuits provide the only real path to accountability.”

document February 17, 2026

U.S. v EES Coke Ruling

A federal court ruled against DTE and EES Coke for violating the Clean Air Act by allowing a Zug Island facility to emit thousands of tons of sulfur dioxide that led to asthma and early death among residents. 

(Wesley Tingey / Unsplash)
feature February 13, 2026

La administración Trump y sus mentiras sobre MAHA

Lo que está en el reporte, lo que la comisión MAHA recomienda — y lo que la administración Trump está haciendo realmente

In the News: The Guardian February 10, 2026

Republican House bill guts laws protecting U.S. consumers from toxic chemicals

Daniel Savery, Legislative Representative, Policy & Legislation: “Industry has said it has a ‘historic opportunity’ to revise TSCA, or gut it, as we believe it to be. It’ll be interesting to see what shade of lipstick they’re going to put on this pig to sell it to their constituents, who are rightly concerned about the…

Kuskokwim River, in southwest Alaska. The Donlin mine's massive industrial operation will destroy thousands of acres of wetlands and streams and cause permanently elevated levels of dangerous metals in local water.
(Peter Griffith / NASA)
Press Release January 28, 2026

Federal Agencies Launch Court-Ordered Environmental Study for the Donlin Gold Mine in Alaska

Thanks to last year’s victory in a challenge brought by Southwest Alaska Tribes, the agencies had to supplement the mine’s environmental study to examine the risks of a larger tailings spill

document January 27, 2026

Resumen Ejecutivo: Reporte Glades

Un centro de detención para migrantes y un aire irrespirable en pleno corazón de la industria azucarera de la Florida

Press Release January 27, 2026

Another Florida Detention Center Plagued with Toxic Chemicals and Unbreathable Air, According to Report

New research documents widespread environmental and human rights concerns at Glades County Detention Center

Press Release January 27, 2026

Otro Centro de Detención de Florida Plagado de Productos Químicos Tóxicos y Aire Irrespirable, Según Informe

Una nueva investigación documenta preocupaciones generales respecto al medio ambiente y derechos humanos en el Centro de Detención del Condado de Glades

(Wesley Tingey / Unsplash)
feature January 16, 2026

The Trump Administration’s MAHA Lies

On PFAS, pesticides, food additives, and more — what the MAHA commission said in their report, what the MAHA commission recommends and what the Trump administration is actually doing