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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will protect the California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. The owls have seen their numbers dwindle because of logging and climate change, among other threats.

As a public health and environmental disaster unfolds following the derailment and explosion of a toxic-chemical cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, advocacy groups renewed their challenge to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) 2018 repeal of a regulation requiring electronic brake systems for trains carrying hazardous and flammable material.

Five community groups respond to Ajax in a final briefing before the Genesee County Circuit Court. The groups are appealing a decision by Michigan’s environmental agency to allow the Ajax corporation to install a toxic asphalt plant in a predominantly Black, low-income, and environmentally overburdened neighborhood.

Environmental groups urge the California Air Resources Board not to waste the opportunity to advance zero emission refuse trucks.

Commenters again call on EPA to end the preventable cycle of chemical fires, explosions, and hazardous chemical releases at U.S. industrial facilities. No massive chemical catastrophe should ever occur. EPA must strengthen and finalize the proposal to issue a strong new chemical disaster prevention rule that communities and workers can finally count on to protect their lives and their families. Fenceline communities, environmental and environmental justice groups, and scientists submit these comments to urge EPA to follow the science and the most current safety data, and to apply lessons learned in recent years on ways to prevent chemical disasters and save lives.

Joint nonprofit group comments on the EPA’s Supplemental New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) proposal

Environmental justice group comments on the EPA’s Supplemental New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) proposal.

In New York City, last-mile warehouses can currently be built directly adjacent to certain residential neighborhoods, predominantly communities of color and lower-income communities, without any review or mitigation of traffic, public safety, or air quality impacts.

Earthjustice respectfully appeals the decision of the Department of Energy / Golden Field Office (GFO) to withhold records in response to Earthjustice’s Freedom of Information Act request number GFO-2023-00170-F. Earthjustice’s FOIA request seeks “all submitted concept papers, related documents, written communications, and other information received in response to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Additional Clean Hydrogen Programs (Section 40314): Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Funding Opportunity Announcement, #DE-FOA-0002779, issued by the Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Program on September 22, 2022, with concept papers due on November 7, 2022.”

Climate and conservation groups defended the Biden administration in a brief filed responding to a lawsuit brought by North Dakota seeking to force the federal government to hold more oil and gas lease sales in the state.

The Environmental Right creates an overarching legal obligation on all government officials in the state to ensure that whenever they contemplate taking action, they consider and protect people’s right to clean water and air, and a healthful environment. As part of the New York Constitution’s Bill of Rights, the right to clean air and water and a healthful environment is now on par with our other fundamental rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to vote.

Fifty environmental, Indigenous, and justice organizations sent a letter to House Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman, Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva, and the members of the committee urging for strong mining reforms to protect people and special places from the environmental and health impacts of poorly regulated mining.

Testimony of Raul Garcia, Legislative Director for Healthy Communities, Earthjustice, before the United States House of Representatives Joint Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Legislative Hearing: “Unleashing American Energy, Lowering Energy Costs, and Strengthening Supply Chains.”

Kalo farmers and subsistence fishers from West Kauaʻi filed suit against the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources for failing to require an Environmental Impact Statement on the major hydro project being proposed for the Waimea River.

The EPA will consider closing a loophole that exempts over half a billion tons of toxic coal ash in landfills from federal oversight. The proposed consent decree would require that EPA either complete a review of 40 CFR 257.50(d) and determine that no revision is necessary, or sign a proposed rule to revise it on or before May 5, 2023. If a proposal is issued, the EPA must take final action regarding the proposed revision no later than May 6, 2024.

Complaint filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on behalf of Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) challenging the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) rule that prohibits renewables from providing ancillary services.

Conservationists sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking protections for Montana’s Arctic grayling population under the Endangered Species Act. The parties — the Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project and Butte resident Pat Munday — are represented by Earthjustice.

Earthjustice joined 35 other environmental and good governance organizations in sending a letter to members of Congress urging them to reject the Strategic Production Response Act.