Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity sued in U.S. District Court to protect the Florida Everglades from a reckless plan for a massive detention center to confine people who are rounded up in immigration raids.
Tracking how Earthjustice is holding the Trump administration and Congress accountable — while making progress in states, in public utility commissions, and overseas.
This Remedy Phase Settlement Agreement resolves the Remedy Phase of the Hui Mālama Honokōhau complaint against the County of Hawai‘i alleging violations of the federal Clean Water Act.
Katherine O’Brien, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health, Earthjustice: “I would say it’s a victory with vigilance required. We are certainly keeping an eye out for a new decision that would reapprove any of these chemicals.”
Hawaiʻi’s largest public utility makes additional commitments to address potential threats to seabirds from power lines on Maui and Lāna‘i, while pursuing permits under the federal Endangered Species Act and state law
Habitat destruction is the number one cause of extinction. This lawless proposal would eliminate the Endangered Species Act’s core protections against it.
