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document June 29, 2020

Petition for Emergency Rulemaking: USDA APHIS

The legal action seeks to compel the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to protect communities and the environment from dangerous pollution resulting from under-regulated and poorly monitored animal disposal during the pandemic.

document June 25, 2020

New Integrated Activity Plan for National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

On June 25, the Trump administration's Bureau of Land Management released a new management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a stunning landscape in Alaska's Western Arctic. The plan allows for more oil and gas drilling than ever before.

document June 24, 2020

Prince of Wales Decision on Remedy

In a victory for Earthjustice on behalf of 8 conservation organizations, a federal judge sent a massive timber sale back to the drawing board.

document June 23, 2020

Climate Change and World Heritage

Memorandum to the World Heritage Centre and Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee on the relationship with the UNFCCC, state party obligations, use of the List of World Heritage in Danger, and the role of adaptation.

document June 22, 2020

Legal Document: Tribes, Labor, And Environmental Advocates File Lawsuit As The Trump Administration Finalizes WOTUS (Seattle)

Earthjustice filed challenges on behalf of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Quinault Indian Nation of Washington state, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa of Minnesota, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, the Tohono O’odham Tribe of Arizona, Mi Familia Vota, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, Idaho Conservation League, and the Sierra Club. Filed in the United States District Court For The Western District Of Washington at Seattle.

document June 22, 2020

Legal Document: Tribes, Labor, And Environmental Advocates File Lawsuit As The Trump Administration Finalizes WOTUS (Tucson)

Earthjustice filed challenges on behalf of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Quinault Indian Nation of Washington state, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa of Minnesota, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, the Tohono O’odham Tribe of Arizona, Mi Familia Vota, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, Idaho Conservation League, and the Sierra Club. Filed in the United States District Court For The District Of Arizona at Tucson.

document June 19, 2020

Petition for Review EPA's rollback of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

Petition for review of EPA's MATS rollback

document June 19, 2020

Motion to Intervene in Westmoreland Mining Holdings' Lawsuit Challenging MATS

Motion to Intervene in Westmoreland Mining Holdings' Lawsuit Challenging MATS

document June 12, 2020

OVEC v. DOE PTTG: FOIA Complaint

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition's FOIA complaint regarding the Department of Energy's financial support of the proposed PTTG petrochemical complex.

document June 8, 2020

The Australian Climate Crisis and the Great Barrier Reef

How Australia is Fueling the Destruction of the Great Barrier Reef and Other Climate-Vulnerable Australian World Heritage Properties

document June 8, 2020

Army Corps of Engineers: Final Reply Brief Regarding Remedy (Dakota Access Pipeline)

The Army Corps of Engineers files its final brief on the question of whether the Dakota Access pipeline should be shut down.

document June 8, 2020

DAPL: Final Reply Brief Regarding Remedy

DAPL files its final brief on the question of whether the Dakota Access pipeline should be shut down.

document June 4, 2020

COMPLAINT: Groups Challenge Copper Mine That Would Threaten Smith River

Challenge aims to protect water quality, important trout habitat within the watershed

document June 1, 2020

Letter to House and Senate Leadership on Federal Policing Priorities

On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect civil and human rights in the United States and the 451 undersigned organizations, we urge House and Senate leadership to take swift and decisive legislative action in response to ongoing fatal police killings and other violence against Black people across our country.

document May 28, 2020

Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper's Motion to Intervene in Levin Richmond Terminal Corporation v. City of Richmond

Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper's Notice of Motion and Memorandum to Intervene in Levin Richmond Terminal Corporation v. City of Richmond to protect significant interests in the validity of Richmond Ordinance No. 05-20 N.S., which prohibits the handling and storage of coal or petroleum coke (“petcoke”) at any facility in the City of Richmond.

document May 28, 2020

Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper's Motion to Intervene in Phillips 66 Company v. City of Richmond

Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper's Notice of Motion and Memorandum to Intervene in Phillips 66 Company v. City of Richmond to protect significant interests in the validity of Richmond Ordinance No. 05-20 N.S., which prohibits the handling and storage of coal or petroleum coke (“petcoke”) at any facility in the City of Richmond.

document May 28, 2020

Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper's Motion to Intervene in Wolverine Fuels Sales, LLC v. City of Richmond

Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper's Notice of Motion and Memorandum to Intervene in Wolverine Fuels Sales, LLC v. City of Richmond to protect significant interests in the validity of Richmond Ordinance No. 05-20 N.S., which prohibits the handling and storage of coal or petroleum coke (“petcoke”) at any facility in the City of Richmond.