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document July 20, 2020

Complaint: State Plaintiffs

State plaintiffs lawsuit against Interior for ending coal moratorium

document July 20, 2020

Tribes’ Joint Opposition to Stay Motion

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, along with the other three plaintiff Tribes, file their opposition to the emergency motions for stay pending appeal.

document July 17, 2020

Centreville Citizens for Change Informal Complaint to Illinois Pollution Control Board

This Informal Complaint was filed by the Metropolitan Equal Housing and Opportunity Council, Equity Legal Services, and Earthjustice on behalf of Centreville Citizens for Change.

document July 16, 2020

Trump Administration Unlawfully Rescinded Protections against Methane Waste, Court Rules

Ruling reinstates Obama administration's methane rule

document July 16, 2020

Petition for Review, Methylene Chloride Risk Evaluation

A coalition of community, labor, and environmental groups filed a petition challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final methylene chloride risk evaluation, which unlawfully determined that manufacturing, disposal, and several other uses of methylene chloride present no unreasonable risk.

document July 14, 2020

Joint Letter to NYS Senate and Assembly Calls to End Sale of Food Packaging Containing PFAS

In New York State lawmakers are considering bills (S2000B/A4739B) aimed at safeguarding our health from per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These toxic chemicals found in food packaging may damage the immune system & reduce the effectiveness of vaccines, bringing additional public health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. We urge New York State leaders to pass S2000B/A4739B to combat PFAS toxic exposure.

document July 14, 2020

SEITC B.C. Mines OAS Petition

Petition (updated in July 2020) to the Inter-American Commission On Human Rights seeking relief from violations of the rights of the members of the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission resulting from hard-rock mining in British Columbia, Canada

document July 13, 2020

Rhetoric vs. Reality: The Myth of “Renewable Natural Gas” for Building Decarbonization

A new report by Earthjustice and Sierra Club highlights the gas industry’s deceptive efforts to keep our homes and buildings tethered to gas combustion.

document July 10, 2020

Dakota Access Pipeline: Motion for Stay Pending Appeal

Filed in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals by Dakota Access, LLC

document July 8, 2020

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling: Yellowstone Grizzly Bear

Ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

document July 8, 2020

Joint Stakeholder Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Australia

37th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group July 8, 2020

document July 6, 2020

Dakota Access Pipeline: Court Decision on Remedy

The D.C. District Court issues its ruling on whether the Dakota Access Pipeline should be shut down while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts a court-ordered full environmental analysis of the pipeline.

document July 2, 2020

Wolverine Agreement: Settlement Agreement 7-2-2020

Agreement between organizations and US Fish and Wildlife Service

document July 2, 2020

Wolverine Agreement: Joint Motion to Dismiss

Agreement with conservation organizations and US Fish and Wildlife Service

document July 2, 2020

Wolverine Agreement: Proposed Order

Conservation groups agreement with US Fish and Wildlife Service for Wolverines.

document June 30, 2020

Order to Stay: Oceanic Whitetip Shark Lawsuit

In response to a lawsuit brought by Earthjustice on behalf of a local conservation group and a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner, the federal government has taken initial steps to protect a dwindling shark species that has roamed the oceans for millions of years. The parties have reached an agreement to halt further legal action in the case, as long as the government follows through on promised actions to formally recognize the species as “overfished.”

document June 30, 2020

IRS Form 990: FY2020

For July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020

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.