The federal court ruling in Alaska declares that a key federal permit authorizing the construction and operation of the world’s largest pure gold mine violates environmental and subsistence protection laws
Hillary Aidun, Senior Associate Attorney, Northeast Regional Office: “As the Appellate Court made clear, people who drink water from a lake have every right to challenge decisions that could pollute that lake. We look forward to showing that that DEC has to follow it own waste management regulations and ensure that PFAS are properly handled…
Earthjustice and our partners are fighting to loosen the fossil fuel industry’s destructive grip on our world. We can win — and it will take all of us.
Environmental group accuses Tyson of capitalizing on consumers’ interest in purchasing climate-friendly foods by falsely claiming it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketing its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”
Un grupo ambientalista acusa a la compañía de aprovecharse del interés de los consumidores en comprar alimentos favorables al clima, ya que afirma falsamente que alcanzará medidas ‘cero neto’ para 2050 con la comercialización de sus productos de carne industrial como ‘climáticamente inteligentes’
Major polluter Greenidge Generation files lawsuit in order to continue mining cryptocurrency and polluting the environment while challenging DEC’s permit denial in court
This is an appeal of the Final Determination and Order of Approval for Notice of Construction Application 23NOC1606, issued by the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency on May 14, 2024, permitting Pacific Northwest Renewable Energy to construct and operate an industrial-scale, export-focused wood pellet manufacturing facility at 411 Moon Island Road in Hoquiam, Washington.
Raghu Murthy, Deputy Managing Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “Aggregated demand response is essentially a new clean energy resource, which will speed the transition to clean energy across the state. Earthjustice is fighting these prohibitions in a number of states so that everyone can benefit from demand response programs.”
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, represented by Earthjustice, filed an appeal before Washington State’s Pollution Control Hearings Board requesting West Point, the state’s largest wastewater treatment plant, install controls to limit nitrogen and phosphorus – nutrient pollutants that have long contributed to poor water quality in Puget Sound.
