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The Clean Water Rule is a vital part of the nation's water infrastructure. (Kichigan / Shutterstock)
Press Release February 28, 2017

Earthjustice: Trump Threatens Drinking Water for One in Three People

Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen: “President Trump’s reckless order is an assault on each and every one of us, our health, and our well-being.”
Dal-Tex mountaintop removal mine near the community of Spruce Valley, Pigeon Roost Hollow West Virginia. (Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition)
Press Release February 16, 2017

Trump Signs Attack on Clean Water into Law

Refusing to hold coal companies accountable for stream destruction, contamination
Mountaintop removal is a form of strip mining in which explosives are used to blast off the tops of mountains in order to reach the coal seams that lie underneath. (Photo courtesy of OVEC)
Press Release February 2, 2017

Congress Moves to Deny Water Protections from Communities Living near Coal Mining

Leaving clean water and communities at risk
Mountaintop removal coal mining devastates the landscape, turning areas that should be lush with forests and wildlife into barren moonscapes. (Photo courtesy of OVEC)
Press Release February 1, 2017

Republican Leaders Attack Water Protections as Early Priority

House moves forward dismantling the Stream Protection Rule, Senate expected to follow
Polluter-backed members of Congress are bent on putting forth an agenda that eviscerates vital safeguards, such as protections for clean water. (Courtesy of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth)
Article January 31, 2017

Clean Water Protections Under Attack in Early Days of 115th Congress

Polluter-backed members of Congress are bent on putting forth an agenda that eviscerates vital safeguards, such as protections for clean water.
document January 27, 2017

Motion to Intervene Stream Protection Rule

Community and conservation groups file a motion to defend clean water against attacks in court. A coal company and thirteen states have filed lawsuits seeking to overturn the Interior Department’s…
(Matt Tilghman / Shutterstock)
Press Release January 27, 2017

Earthjustice Condemns Congressional Backdoor Attack on Clean Air and Water

Republican leaders turn to eviscerating public safeguards as an early priority of 2017
document January 26, 2017

Protect Clean, Safe Drinking Water from Congressional Attack

This the long-awaited Stream Protection Rule provides local communities with information they need about water contamination caused by nearby coal mining operations, and includes several important safeguards for clean water…
Rock Creek (U.S. Forest Service)
Press Release January 18, 2017

Community and Conservation Groups To Defend Clean Water Against Coal Industry Attack

A coal company and the state of North Dakota have filed lawsuits seeking to overturn the Interior Department’s Stream Protection Rule
A waterfall in the Appalachian mountains (Konstantin L / Shutterstock)
Press Release December 19, 2016

Obama Administration Finalizes Action to Protect U.S. Waterways and Communities from Destruction by Coal Industry

Stream Protection Rule offers modest updates to protect the Nation's water resources
A waterfall in the Appalachian mountains (Konstantin L / Shutterstock)
Press Release January 12, 2016

House Passes Bill That Would Undermine Stream Protection Rules

Statement and resources from Earthjustice
Sunrise in the Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee. The Stream Protection Rule will determine the level of environmental protections for streams and mountains in areas like Appalachia. (Dave Allen Photography/Shutterstock)
Article October 27, 2015

Obama’s Last Chance to Save the Appalachian Mountains?

The Stream Protection Rule will decide how much we protect mountains and streams from mountaintop removal mining.
In the past few decades, an area the size of Delaware has been flattened. Coal companies first raze an entire mountainside, ripping trees from the ground and clearing brush with huge tractors. This debris is then set ablaze as deep holes are dug for explosives. Explosive is poured into these holes and mountaintops are literally blown apart. As much as 800 to 1,000 feet are blasted off the tops of mountains order to reach thin coal seams buried deep below. (OVEC)
Press Release July 16, 2015

Groups Urge Stronger Protections in New Stream Rule

Some notable improvement alongside troubling stream buffer provision
More than half of the country's streams would be affected by a long-sought rule recently proposed by the EPA. (iStockphoto)
Article April 14, 2014

Spotlight: Threats to Waterways, Children, Species

Earthjustice litigation and policy work is targeting a number of looming or ongoing environmental threats.
Press Release March 24, 2014

Proposed Rule Will Help Clean Up America’s Dirty Waters

Rule will restore protections to the nation’s streams and wetlands
document February 20, 2014

COURT DECISION: Bush Stream Dumping Rule Struck Down, Endangered Species Claims Case

document February 20, 2014

COURT DECISION: Bush Stream Dumping Rule Struck Down, Earthjustice case ruling

Press Release February 20, 2014

Federal Court Strikes Down Bush-Era Stream-Dumping Rule

Pro-mountaintop removal measure and threat to clean water gets the axe