Charisa Gowen-Takahashi is an associate attorney with the Northwest regional office.

Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “The rule allows more than 50 percent of current methylene chloride production and use to continue, subject only to workplace exposure limits that EPA lacks the resources to enforce and that do nothing for the communities where methylene chloride is released.”

Byron Chan, Attorney, Community Partnerships Program: “You’ll see a pattern of violating the law, paying a penalty, and then violating the law again.”

A new bill to remove ESA protections needed for wolves and grizzly bears has been proposed.

El acefato ha sido vinculado a bajo coeficiente intelectual, trastornos de atención y autismo

Acephate has been linked to low IQ, attention deficit disorders, and autism 

Michael Mayer is a senior attorney in the Northwest regional office.

We don’t have time for reckless bills that continue to give handouts to polluting industries at the expense of people, our environment, and our planet.

With more than a dozen major environmental rules recently finalized, here’s what the administration should do as soon as possible to secure a lasting impact.

Service will begin process to ensure that industrial dredging does not conflict with wildlife protection, according to settlement agreement with traditional shellfish harvesters and conservationists

The Biden administration’s updates bring certainty and clarity to project sponsors, while strengthening upfront community engagement

Liz Moran, Policy Advocate, Northeast Office: “We have our state climate law on the books, and it doesn’t appear that the Assembly is committed to passing the laws we need to actually meet the mandates of the law they had once championed.”

Christina Reichert, Attorney, Florida Office: “This would be creating brand new fossil fuel infrastructure in a time where we need to be transitioning away from that.”

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “The Apalachicola River is an outstanding Florida water and it is designated by the United Nations as an International Biosphere Reserve. It’s foolish to consider drilling for oil there, especially at a time when we know we need to be moving away from fossil fuels and towards the future, which…

The agreement follows a lawsuit filed in 2023 by the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association and the Center for Food Safety, both represented by Earthjustice, challenging the Service’s decades-long failure to prevent harm from industrial shellfish dredging.

H.R. 2925, the so-called “Mining Regulatory Clarity Act,” represents an unprecedented, de facto giveaway of America’s cherished public lands to mining corporations, upending and reversing over one hundred years of public land law precedent.

H.R. 764, the “Trust the Science Act,” undermines the integrity of the Endangered Species Act by forcing the reinstatement of the Trump administration’s scientifically indefensible rule delisting the gray wolf.

“People should care about what’s going on here because all of us benefit from the goods movement system — no matter where you live.”