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The Stop Corporate Capture Act would bring transparency, equity, and a reliance on agency expertise back to the rulemaking process

An opinion piece by Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice

Recent Supreme Court decision exposes federal protections to tidal wave of industry litigation attacking long-standing public protections

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice: “It is fundamentally changing the way EPA authority works.”

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice: “Any time the Court makes it harder for the government to regulate, and easier for businesses to challenge regulations, it makes it more likely that the industry will injure the public and the planet in search of profits. It’s basic economics.”

The SCOTUS ruling could delay challenges to harmful regulations

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice: “The Supreme Court is pushing the nation into uncharted waters as it seizes power from our elected branches of government to advance its deregulatory agenda. The conservative justices are aggressively reshaping the foundations of our government so that the President and Congress have less power to protect…

El fallo traslada el equilibrio de poder a la rama judicial

Ruling shifts balance of power to judicial branch

What you need to know about Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, and how the Court’s ruling jeopardizes the government’s ability to regulate

La Corte Suprema votó 5-4 para suspender el “Plan del Buen Vecino” de la EPA

The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to stay EPA’s “Good Neighbor Plan”

Health and environmental stakes are high as the Court ruled in favor of industrial polluters and political allies in their challenge of the EPA’s efforts to curb smog and protect communities.

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “Utah’s argument that the president may only designate small monuments centered on specific sites is just wrong. In 1920, the Supreme Court upheld President Teddy Roosevelt’s use of the Antiquities Act to protect 800,000 acres in Arizona when he declared the Grand Canyon a national monument. In…

An opinion piece by Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice

A year after Sackett v. EPA, here’s how advocates are fighting state by state to restore safeguards against pollution and habitat destruction.

Jill Tauber, VP of Litigation for Climate & Energy: “It’s not a new playbook for industry and polluters to challenge every standard that comes out. What we might be seeing that’s new is that approach getting more aggressive in light of the anti-regulatory agenda coming out of the Supreme Court.”

The United States has at least 290 million acres of wetlands, and at least 200 million miles of life-giving streams.