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Writing in support of the January 19, 2021, letter of the elected leaders of the Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, and Oglala Sioux Tribes requesting that the Biden administration immediately halt the construction and operation of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

A federal district court granted a temporary injunction pending appeal in a challenge to ConocoPhillips' Willow development plan. The decision enjoins gravel mining and permanent road construction until February 20, 2021.

Requesting the Biden-Harris administration immediately shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline during its court-ordered environmental review

Congressmembers Nanette Diaz Barragán, Raul Ruiz, Raúl Grijalva and Senators Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren urge President Joe Biden to order a shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) during its court-ordered environmental review.

Over 50 organizations urge the California Energy Commission to vastly strengthen building electrification measures in its proposed 2022 building energy efficiency code, or risk adding an additional three million tons of greenhouse gas pollution by 2030 and more than $1 billion of unnecessary spending on new gas infrastructure.

On Friday, a diverse coalition advocating for stronger health protections from the toxic and persistent flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for violating a federal law that requires EPA to take all practicable measures to limit exposure to some of the most dangerous chemicals in commerce. The Yurok Tribe, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Learning Disabilities Association of America, Consumer Federation of America, and the Center for Environmental Transformation are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to invalidate loopholes in EPA regulations that would expose infants and children, workers, indigenous cultural and subsistence practitioners, and communities across the country to DecaBDE for years to come and frustrate efforts to get the dangerous chemical out of consumer products and the environment. The coalition is represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice.

Prehearing Statement Of Conservation Groups (Sierra Club, Earthworks, And The Center For Biological Diversity)

D.C. Circuit Court Opinion for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, et. al., v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, Dakota Access LLC.

A new report details how Quemetco – the last remaining secondary lead smelter in California – has exploited a failed regulatory structure that does little to protect people and the environment.

Earthjustice, on behalf of California Communities Against Toxics, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club, filed a challenge to an eleventh-hour Trump Administration rule that undermines the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to protect air quality and public health. Under the regulation, the EPA will be required to prepare an extensive cost-benefit analysis before proposing any significant protections under the Clean Air Act—even when Congress has prohibited the EPA from considering costs.

Elected leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, and Yankton Sioux Tribe sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting quick, decisive action on the Dakota Access Pipeline within the first 10 days of his administration.

NAAQS petition for review

A coalition of environmental justice organizations urge the Biden Administration to pursue zero emissions truck policies to alleviate the air quality crises in frontline communities in the United States.

The legal battle continues after latest federal plan approves status quo hydro operations

Petition for Review

A coalition of civil rights and environmental groups represented by Earthjustice sued the EPA for failing to protect children’s health and the safety of the drinking water of millions of people. The lawsuit comes as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the final — but flawed —Lead and Copper Rule Revisions in the Federal Register.

Filed January 15, 2021

Apalachicola River Legal Appeal