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Grizzly 399 and three of her cubs walk down Pilgrim Creek Road in Grand Teton National Park on May 19, 2013.
(Courtesy of Tom Mangelsen)
Press Release October 24, 2024

Earthjustice Statement on the Death of Grizzly 399, Caused by an Auto Collision

If 399’s death is not to be in vain, we should work to better protect grizzlies through better wildlife management practices

Press Release: Victory October 24, 2024

Cualquier Cantidad de Polvo con Plomo en Hogares, Escuelas y Guarderías es Peligrosa, Anunció EPA

La norma final de la agencia establece requisitos más estrictos para identificar y limpiar la pintura con plomo

A bungalow classroom door at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood has a red tape sign indicating a presence of lead in the paint. As a result, this room and others were sealed off until they can be fixed.  (Boris Yaro / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory October 24, 2024

EPA Announces Any Lead Dust in Homes, Schools, and Daycares is Hazardous

Agency’s final rule places stronger requirements for identifying and cleaning up lead paint

Lead-based paint disintegrates over time and contaminates dust throughout homes or schools; lead in soil around these buildings also leads to children’s exposure. (M.R. / CC BY-ND 2.0)
Update October 24, 2024

EPA Adopts New Rule That Will Help Protect Kids from Lead Dust

After a decades-long battle, the EPA has adopted a rule that would deem any amount of lead dust found in schools, daycares, and homes to be a “lead hazard.”

First light strikes the summit of Mount Moran, painting the sky orange as a female grizzly wades a shallow bend in the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of Thomas D. Mangelsen)
feature October 23, 2024

“A Lens Into Their Lives”: The Grizzlies of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Grizzly 399, an iconic bear matriarch in the Greater Yellowstone region, has died due to a vehicle strike. Earthjustice has worked for decades to safeguard grizzlies from threats to their survival. Today we are mourning Grizzly 399’s loss and reflecting on these observations of her that legendary photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen shared in 2020.

Activists march in protest at the front gate to Southern California Gas Company's Ventura Compressor Station in Ventura, California. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).
Press Release October 22, 2024

California Regulators Rein in SoCalGas’ Use of Customer Funds for Lobbying

Proposed decision from the California Public Utilities Commission cuts utility’s requested costs for lobbying and hydrogen projects and comes after years of utility charging customers for political fights against climate measures

Uinta Basin in northeast Utah.
(Photo courtesy of Jared Hargrave)
Update October 22, 2024

We’re Defending a Bedrock Environmental Law at the Supreme Court

We’re standing up for the principle that the government must consider predictable environmental harms before it acts.

Louie Wagner Jr. casts for ooligan on the Unuk River, as his family has for generations. (Sonia Luokkala / SEITC)
feature October 22, 2024

Timeline: SEITC Actions on British Columbia Mines

Learn about the major events and where we are now in this fight

A horseshoe crab in the Delaware Bay near Fortescue, N.J. (Aristide Economopoulos for Earthjustice)
Press Release October 21, 2024

Fisheries Commission Once Again Rejects Female Horseshoe Crab Harvest Proposal for Delaware Bay, Extending a Lifeline for Migratory Shorebirds

Shorebird populations, which rely on crab eggs for food, remain vulnerable

(James Olstein for Earthjustice)
feature October 21, 2024

Right To Zero: Building a Zero-emissions Future

We’re creating a zero-emissions reality from coast to coast.

So many oil and gas wells have been developed in the Uinta Basin that air pollution levels rival those of big cities. (WildEarth Guardians / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release October 18, 2024

Environmental and Public Health Groups File Brief Opposing Utah Oil Train’s U.S. Supreme Court Appeal

Environmental and public health groups defending the nation’s landmark environmental law

document October 18, 2024

Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County: Brief

Environmental and public health groups defended the National Environmental Policy Act in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging the law’s scope.

High-density polyethlyene containers treated with fluorinated compounds can leach PFAS into pesticides and other liquid products (Shutterstock)
Update October 17, 2024

EPA Takes First Steps to Regulate Long-Hidden Source of Toxic PFAS

PFAS, toxic chemicals linked to a host of health harms, are found in a variety of everyday goods, including in plastic containers holding consumer products.

Press Release October 17, 2024

Polis Administration Gives Oil and Gas Industry Roadmap for Expanding Neighborhood Drilling in Disproportionately Impacted Communities

State oil and gas agency adopts rules that undercut 2024 legislation to better protect disproportionately impacted communities and address cumulative impacts

document October 16, 2024

Resolutions Opposing an Izembek Land Exchange and Road

Resolutions opposing a proposed land exchange and road in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, adopted by the Native Village of Hooper Bay, Sea Lion Corporation, Native Village of Paimiut, Chuloonawick Native Village, Native Village of Saint Michael, Chevak Traditional Council, Evansville Tribal Council, and Native Village of Tyonek.

Children in Flint, Michigan, have been poisoned by lead in the city's tap water.
(Ceyhun (Jay) Isik/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
case October 15, 2024

Lead and Copper Rule: Protecting Communities from Lead in Drinking Water

The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements rule requires the proactive replacement of most lead service lines nationwide within the next 10 years, improves sampling methods to more accurately measure lead levels, and will force more water systems to take immediate action to address lead contamination.

Press Release October 14, 2024

Florida Supreme Court declines to review overwhelming statewide vote that directed tax dollars to conservation land-buying for future generations

State agencies using accounting gimmicks, improperly spending land-buying tax money

In the News: Canary Media October 14, 2024

California could lock in disastrous dairy methane rules, advocates warn

Nina Robertson, Attorney, California Regional Office: “The point we’re making is not that it’s precluding CARB’s ability to regulate, because they do have that authority. The point is that the potency and effectiveness of the regulation will be eliminated.”