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A nationwide coalition of 50 citizens’ groups and community advocacy, environmental justice, and environmental advocacy organizations, together representing tens of millions of people, in partnership with Earthjustice, petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve its oversight of water pollution from industrial-scale concentrated animal feeding operations, commonly known as Large CAFOs. The petitioning groups argue that improved oversight of Large CAFOs is necessary to satisfy the federal Clean Water Act and executive orders intended to advance environmental justice.

Civil rights complaint to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development against the City of Corpus Christi for violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

Conservationists have filed a formal notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for once again denying Montana’s Arctic grayling population Endangered Species Act protections. The parties — the Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project, and Butte resident Pat Munday — are represented by Earthjustice.

Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from the Judgment entered on October 6, 2022 (ECF No. 34), and from the Decision and Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss entered on October 6, 2022 (ECF No. 33).

Community and environmental groups have asked a court to clarify the municipal zoning authority for NorthWestern Energy’s proposed methane gas-fired power plant near Laurel, MT.

Earthjustice clients sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct two overdue review rulemakings for hazardous waste combustors standards and to respond to the D.C. Circuit court’s 2008 remand of those standards. EPA never reviewed its standards and while Earthjustice clients hoped to settle with the agency, it did not work out. Earthjustice clients will now file a sur-reply and wait for a court to decide when EPA must set the standards. The agency wants to pass a final rule in 2026, Earthjustice clients want the agency to act sooner.

Comments submitted by the Bay Mills Indian Community on the US Army Corps’ plan to assess the environmental impacts of the proposed Line 5 tunnel project in the Straits of Mackinac.

Archival research shows evidence of Genesee Township’s discriminatory intent when it approved the zoning and building permits for the Ajax asphalt plant.

National and Ohio-based community organizations and environmental groups petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revoke Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ primacy over Class II injection wells.

This report, by Earthjustice’s Community Partnerships Program, discusses flaws in implementation of California’s fenceline monitoring program and provides recommendations to fix these problems and strengthen the fenceline monitoring program so that it better serves community members.

California debe asegurar que los distritos de aire logren sus metas de la legislación – informar a miembros de la comunidad de emisiones dañinas, para identificar fuentes de contaminación en refinerías y para informar medidas para reducir emisiones.

Earthjustice, on behalf of a coalition of environmental organizations and community advocates, filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the agency to revoke the approval and order manufacturers to take off the market 600 PFAS — about half of the PFAS in commerce. EPA approved these toxic “forever chemicals” and allowed them to be sold through illegal use of exemptions in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

To Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner: request to review restricted materials permits within one mile of Ohlone Elementary, Pajaro Middle, and Hall District Elementary, and for stay pending review.

Community and environmental groups have filed a petition asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to object to the Title V air permit for Suncor’s East Plant in Commerce City.

New Jersey Audubon & Defenders of Wildlife comments

A report by by Earthjustice’s Community Partnerships Program and the Center for Progressive Reform in partnership with Citizens for Arsenal Accountability.

Letter to senators to express strong opposition to Senator Manchin’s fossil fuel permitting bill, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022, which would prioritize the interests of the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment and health of frontline and Indigenous communities, which are disproportionately communities of color and lowwealth communities. Vote NO on any and all attempts to attach this harmful legislation to the Continuing Resolution and instead pass a government spending measure free of poison pill riders.

Sanders amendment to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program to establish or expand distributed solar programs.