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Three national advocacy organizations represented by Earthjustice, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal court, to force the agency to close illegal loopholes that let chemical plants and military bases across the United States avoid disclosing their PFAS emissions into the environment during manufacturing or use of these cancer-causing chemicals

Earthjustice and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, on behalf of Concerned Citizens of St. John and the Sierra Club, submitted a complaint to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency against the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Louisiana Department of Health for violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Black residents of St. John the Baptist Parish have been subjected to disproportionate air pollution and extremely high cancer risk caused by various manufacturing facilities, including the Denka neoprene production plant. These agencies have failed to control hazardous air pollution and mitigate its harm.

A coalition of conservation groups has warned regional fishery managers that a proposed change to the rules governing horseshoe crab removal in Delaware Bay threatens the red knot, a declining migratory shorebird whose numbers along the bay reached a record low last spring.

A summary for policymakers distinguishing fossil fuel industry spin from zero-emission solutions.

A summary for policymakers distinguishing fossil fuel industry spin from zero-emission solutions.

Plaintiff nonprofit groups East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Ironbound Community Corporation, and Sierra Club seek to compel Defendants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Michael S. Regan, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to complete the decade-late review and revision of the performance standards and other requirements for large municipal solid waste incineration units as required by the Clean Air Act.

The Department of Justice filed a brief on behalf of the Department of Interior in response to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and environmental groups challenge to the Biden administration’s decision to defend a Trump-era policy continuing coal leasing on public lands. 

In February 2018, a survey study was carried out in the communities of Miramar and Puerto de Jobos of the municipality of Guayamaby Dr. Luis Bonilla Soto, University of Puerto Rico

Confirmation of the discussion between the Environmental Protection Agency and AES Puerto Rico (AES) staff during conference call on October 1, 2021, regarding the coal combustion residuals (CCR) landfill liner project at the AES Puerto Rico power plant.

By allowing energy efficiency (EE) funds to support non-cost-effective gas appliance rebate programs, the California Energy Commission enables SoCalGas’ weaponization of EE program funds to obstruct the state’s progress toward decarbonizing its building stock. This practice need not, and should not, continue.

Memorandum in support of federal defendants’ cross-motion for summary judgment and in opposition to Citizens for Clean Energy et al. and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe’s motions for summary judgment and supporting memoranda.

The Supreme Court ruled to stop the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine-or-mask-and-test rule from going into effect.

Earthjustice letter to DEP on WOTUS Sept. 1 2021

EPA letter to DEP on wetlands permits and WOTUS 12-9-2021

Comments filing in Complaint of the Office of People’s Counsel Against Washington Gas Light Company and WGL Energy Services, Inc., Case No. 9673

Amicus Curiae en relación con el Amparo en Revisión 54/2021, en la Primera Sala de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Ironbound Community Corporation, and Sierra Club petition the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for a writ of mandamus requiring the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Michael S. Regan, in his official capacity as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate a rule updating its emission standards for large municipal solid waste incinerators. (December 2021)

Proposed decision upholding the Hawai‘i Department of Health’s emergency order in its entirety to plan to defuel the Red Hill facility in O‘ahu.