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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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

EPA seeks to end limits on mercury and arsenic and climate pollution, increasing harm to communities and reversing progress on climate action

The U.S. District Court in Alaska orders the mine’s permitting agencies to take a more thorough look at the impacts of a tailings spill by revising the project’s environmental study

Two-page summary fact sheet: first independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuse’s preventative lead ordinance.

First independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuse’s preventative lead ordinance

First independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuse’s preventative lead ordinance.

A Republican-run Congress attempted to repeal lead exposure protections, endangering millions of lives in the U.S. We fought back — and won.

Community leaders defending drinking water protections in court denounce Trump administration’s capitulation to utility lobbyists and chemical companies at the expense of public health