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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

Personal declarations, Apalachicola River and Bay

Response to outgoing administration removing Endangered Species Act protections from the gray wolf

Complaint challenging the Trump administration’s promulgation of a definition for “habitat” as part of the regulations that implement
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act.

Suit against EPA letting Florida assume federal wetlands permitting

Complaint to challenge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s promulgation of a new rule implementing section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act, which strips vital protections from federal lands and other areas that the best available science indicate are necessary for the conservation of threatened and endangered species.

Complaint challenging the Trump administration’s last-minute revocation of a Clean Water Act veto to protect the Yazoo Backwater Area.

Round II MT lease sale complaint 1.12.21

A motion arguing that Danskammer has not provided an adequate explanation of how it will eventually convert its proposed gas plant to run on Renewable Natural Gas or hydrogen.

A wetlands permit for the Back Forty Mine was denied, in a legal victory for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

Plaintiffs move for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and a preliminary injunction enjoining a regulation of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), scheduled to be implemented on December 29, 2020, from going into effect. Plaintiffs also move for a stay pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 705. For the following reasons, the TRO is granted and the Court will stay the effective date of the challenged rule, until January 12, 2021, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 705, pending a hearing on the application for a preliminary injunction.

Comments on the proposed rule that would add mining as a covered sector under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41). The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council Council should withdraw this proposal

Earthjustice's Alaska regional office filed a complaint on behalf of five Alaska Native Tribes, small businesses and conservation organizations.

Before the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii. Docket No. 2018-0088