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The case could significantly affect how federal courts review federal regulations

In September, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians adopted a resolution in support of the Port Gamble S’Klallam, Puyallup, and Yurok Tribes’ petition to ban 6PPD.

Granting plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction motion

Decision by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to admit a petition from Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC), alleging that Canada’s failure to regulate and prevent threats from large-scale mining operations in British Columbia constitutes a violation of SEITC member Tribes’ internationally recognized human rights.

This lawsuit explains clients reasons for suing the Environmental Protection Agency for missing its statutory deadline to review its polyether polyols air toxic rule.

This complaint details the clients reasons for suing EPA for missing its risk review of 22 toxic chemicals.

Lower Snake River Dam Coalition letter urging Congress and the Administration work with Tribal Nations, stakeholders, and the Northwest to implement a comprehensive solution to restore salmon in the Columbia and Snake Rivers, provide justice for Tribes, and ensure a successful transition to a strong and robust future.

Environmental Groups Challenge EPA’s 2023-2025 Renewable Fuel Standard Rule

U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper agreed with the government and intervening groups that Twin Metals failed to raise a proper claim and that the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case, dismissing the lawsuit in full.

Conservation and community groups sued the state of Utah for its failure to ensure that enough water reaches the Great Salt Lake to prevent ecological collapse.

Plaintiffs seek a judicial declaration that Defendant Governor Josh Green acted ultra vires when he issued the July 17, 2023, Proclamation Related to Housing

A coalition of fishing and conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, have jointly agreed, with the Biden administration, Oregon, the Nez Perce Tribe and others to ask the court for an additional 60-day pause in our litigation over dam operations on the Snake and Columbia Rivers.

FERC’s Order No. 2023 will make the interconnection process faster and more efficient but Earthjustice filed a request that FERC grant rehearing and reconsider four determinations.

In the Matter of the Appeal of 350 Tacoma and South Tacoma Neighborhood Council from the April 21, 2023, Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance and Critical Area Development Permit issued by the City of Tacoma.

Plaintiffs challenge the unlawful decision by Secretary of the Interior Debra Haaland to hold Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 based on insufficient and arbitrary environmental analyses, in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.

From labor unions to the Governor of New York State Kathy Hochul re: New York State Executive Budget FY 2024-25, requesting the consideration to include the Green Transit, Green Jobs bill to fully realize the benefits of the just transition proposed by this NYS bill.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a consent decree mandating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize much-needed updates to ethylene oxide regulations by March 1, 2024. This court-enforced deadline comes as a result of years of tireless advocacy from communities across the country and a corresponding lawsuit filed by Earthjustice on behalf of California Communities Against Toxics, Clean Power Lake County, Rio Grande International Study Center, Sierra Club, and Union of Concerned Scientists.

Under a settlement agreement approved in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, federal agencies will seek better ways to protect the Rice’s whale — a critically endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico — and other imperiled marine species from harmful oil and gas drilling.