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Press Release: Victory August 6, 2026

EPA Debe Reevaluar Requisitos de Calidad del Aire en el Valle de San Joaquín de California

La Agencia de Protección Ambiental no logró responsabilizar al estado a que protegiera la salud pública ante la contaminación del aire.
Children that have high levels of lead in their blood stand next to a peeling lead paint wall in their apartment in New York City. Children ingest lead paint and lead paint dust, resulting in lead poisoning, which causes irreversible brain and central nervous system damage. While lead paint was banned in housing construction in New York in 1960, buildings built before 1960 still have high amounts of lead which landlords, especially in impoverished neighborhoods, are reluctant to remove. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
Press Release August 6, 2026

Environmental Justice Groups Sue New York Department of Health for Failing to Protect Tenants from Lead Under Nation-Leading Law

As currently structured, DOH’s program risks certifying dwellings as “lead-free” even when dangerous lead hazards remain
document August 6, 2026

Aug 2026 Lawsuit: NYS-DOH Lead in Homes

As currently structured, DOH’s program risks certifying dwellings as “lead-free” even when dangerous lead hazards remain.
In the News: WXPR August 6, 2026

Michigan Line 5 ruling renews fight over Great Lakes protections

Adam Ratchenski, Attorney, Midwest Office: “This is not a case where an agency looked at 95% of the issues and the court said, ‘Just go back and do the other 5%.’ The court rejected the commission’s framework of analysis and sent this back to the drawing board. It didn’t say…
A stunning array of corals and sponges on Retriever Seamount. This high diversity and density was characteristic of what scientists saw during a deep-sea expedition. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research / Deep Connections 2019)
From the Experts August 6, 2026

Breaking Down Deep-Sea Mining Regulatory Authority

Understanding the U.S. and international laws that regulate deep-sea mining.
Press Release: Victory August 6, 2026

EPA Must Re-Evaluate Clean Air Requirements in California’s San Joaquin Valley

The Environmental Protection Agency failed to hold the state accountable to protect public health from polluted air
"The people of the Mariana Islands will fight to protect our homes and our way of life as hard as we must and for as long as we must," said Jerome Kaipat Aldan, mayor of the Northern Islands. (Pågan Island, ca. 1970. Courtesy of Cinta Kaipat)
Press Release: Victory August 6, 2026

U.S. Navy Scales Back Destructive Live-Fire Training in Northern Mariana Islands

Robust public input and disclosures hold the Navy to limited training on only one island
Summer tomato harvest at Harlem Grown, an Earthjustice partner and New York City-based community organization working to increase access to and knowledge of healthful food. (Sorangel Arlyn Liriano / Earthjustice)
From the Experts August 6, 2026

New York’s Opportunity to Lead on Values-Based Food Procurement

Let cities buy the food they value — it’s time for Good Food NY to become law.
Fish around staghorn coral colonies in the Florida Keys. (Fish and Wildlife Research Institute / Flickr)
Press Release August 6, 2026

Conservationists challenge dredging project near Port Everglades over Endangered Species Act violations

Groups file lawsuit to protect imperiled Florida corals
In the News: Wisconsin Public Radio August 5, 2026

Federal appeals court finds Enbridge trespassing on tribal lands, must remove Line 5

Stefanie Tsosie, Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program: “Each day, Enbridge operates Line 5 in illegal trespass and makes more than a million dollars in profit. We are hopeful that Enbridge will face meaningful consequences.”
In the News: MSN August 5, 2026

Washington groups challenge energy rate hikes, call for cleaner energy

Victor Zertuche, Attorney, Northwest Office: "A big investment costing at least $600 million in Centralia to convert a coal-fired plant to a gas plant that would, over 17 years, cost ratepayers an extreme amount of money."
document August 5, 2026

Motion: Preliminary Relief USDA Grants Terms and Conditions

Public Citizen Litigation Group, FarmSTAND, and Earthjustice filed a request on behalf of five nonprofit organizations for preliminary relief in their new case in the U.S. District Court for the…
Press Release August 5, 2026

Nonprofits Move for Court Stay of New USDA Rules Preventing Crucial Work To Support Farms and Hunger Relief

Plaintiffs and other grantees cannot effectively do that work while subject to the unlawful terms and conditions, we are asking the Court to put these rules on hold while the…
document August 5, 2026

Committee for a Better Arvin v EPA Opinion

The panel remanded without vacatur in a case challenging a final rule issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency concerning air quality in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
document August 5, 2026

Ft Lauderdale Dredging — Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Plaintiffs seek court order to halt dredging at Port Everglades Inlet Sand Bypass Project in Ft Lauderdale, due to flawed biological opinions by the National Marine Fisheries Service which underestimated…
From the Experts August 5, 2026

E15: Consumers and Planet Pay; Big Ag Benefits

Nothing about the case for year-round E15 adds up. It raises costs at the pump and in the grocery aisle, it requires millions of additional acres of land that make…
Smog air pollution by county. <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/soot-smog-air-map-united-states-county">See full map.</a> (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature August 5, 2026

Mapping Soot and Smog Pollution in the United States

How is the air where you live?
Soot air pollution by county. <a href="https://earthjustice.org/feature/soot-smog-air-map-united-states-county">See full map.</a> (Air Quality System Data / U.S. EPA)
feature August 5, 2026

What’s the state of soot pollution where you live?

Search by county to see the level of soot pollution in the air. Soot causes death and serious health harms.