Amanda Goodin, Attorney, Northwest Office, Earthjustice: “These cleanups are enormously expensive, and companies basically never set aside enough money to fully remediate a site.”

Earthjustice lawsuit challenged EPA’s decision on behalf of conservationists and community advocates

Quienes contaminan más en el país deben pagar por sus desechos tóxicos, sin escapar de las ciudades, ni dejar a los contribuyentes con la cuenta.

EPA Administrator stymied proposed rule limiting taxpayer burden for hazardous mine remediation

Agency decision leaves communities at risk and taxpayers footing multi-billion dollar bill for toxic releases

After decades of delay, financial assurance regulations will push polluters to clean up their toxic messes in a timely manner and encourage companies to avoid making messes in the first place.

America’s dirtiest industrial polluters will now be legally accountable for paying for their clean-ups thanks to the EPA’s financial assurance rules.

A court has ordered the EPA to create financial assurance rules, providing hope to communities living near coal ash lagoons that companies will pay to clean up their toxic spills.

The Chevron Molycorp mine has tainted water supplies in northern New Mexico for decades, and taxpayers could end up on the hook for a large portion of the clean-up costs.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to stop letting polluters off the financial hook for contamination they caused.

After decades of delay “financial assurance” regs will prevent polluters from leaving staggering cleanup cost to the public

Tras décadas de retrasos, regulaciones sobre “garantías financieras” evitarán que los contaminadores le pasen al público los costos de saneamiento

Earthjustice on behalf of Idaho Conservation League, Earthworks, Sierra Club, Amigos Bravos, Great Basin Resource Watch, and Communities for a Better Environment filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to issue key rules mandated by the Superfund Act (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or CERCLA). The rules that EPA has…

Earthjustice on behalf of Idaho Conservation League, Earthworks, Sierra Club, Amigos Bravos, Great Basin Resource Watch, and Communities for a Better Environment filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to issue key rules mandated by the Superfund Act (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, or CERCLA).

Thirty years of delay and exorbitant costs borne by public are unacceptable

The men behind the poisoning of West Virginia’s drinking water begin anew.

Move comes as pollution from mining operations comes under increased scrutiny

In closing 25-year loophole, court protects public from hazardous waste sites and could save taxpayers billions