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U.S. Court of International Trade Complaint: By authorizing imports of seafood from harmful fisheries in New Zealand, the federal government is not only neglecting their duty to protect the world’s marine mammal species from decline, but facilitating the extinction of the most endangered marine dolphin in the world: the Māui dolphin.

The use of toxic coal ash as a substitute for clean soil in construction and landscaping remains largely unregulated despite the risks.

Local and national wildlife conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging federal agencies’ plans to allow increased road building in the Bitterroot National Forest that would cause harm to grizzly bears and bull trout; both of which are listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Plaintiffs Conservation Council for Hawai‘i and American Bird Conservancy hereby complain of the actions of Defendants Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Maui Electric Company, Ltd and County of Maui to defend three critically imperiled seabirds from streetlights that are native to Hawai‘i and protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Filed Nov. 19, 2024.

By law, before government regulations are adopted or changed, agencies must ask the public — you — to weigh in.

Coal ash is what is left behind when power plants burn coal for energy, It is a toxic mix of carcinogens, neurotoxins, and other hazardous pollutants.

Challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to approve a dredging and mooring project near the San Jacinto River Waste Pits (SJRWP) Superfund Site in southeast Texas.

Earthjustice partners with organizations and communities around the world to establish, strengthen, and enforce legal protections for the environment and public health.

Earthjustice, representing Yellowstone Valley Audubon Society, sued the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for allowing the state of Montana to shoot and kill migratory birds at the Miles City Fish Hatchery along the Yellowstone River. The federal lawsuit, filed in the Montana District Court, charges FWS with unlawfully allowing Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, which runs the hatchery, to kill birds in order to limit their consumption of non-native bass.

U.S. Court of Appeals affirms that EPA regulations prohibit closing coal ash dumps with ash sitting in groundwater

A major victory for communities living near coal ash plants, the rule closes a loophole that left over half of coal ash exempt from federal clean-up requirements.

Use this map to understand where coal ash might be stored near you.

Each legal matter that Earthjustice takes on is a commitment to our clients and partners — a promise to fight alongside them for however long it takes.

What to expect at EPA’s virtual and in-person hearings on the Legacy CCR Surface Impoundment Rule

Earthjustice analyzed industry data to explain, state by state, how and where coal ash is disposed and which dump sites are not yet monitored or regulated.

Applied Energy Services continues to contaminate the air, soil, and water in Puerto Rico with toxic coal ash.

Mid-Atlantic grid operator PJM’s capacity market auctions make customers pay twice for fossil fuel power

Coal ash is leaching unsafe levels of toxic pollutants into groundwater at 91% of coal plants. There are 88 coal ash dumpsites within two miles of one of the Great Lakes.