Court allows Interior Dept. to delay Gulf oil and gas auction to November 8, 2023.

Amicus brief asks 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to remand Nessel v. Enbridge to state court

Over 60 Tribal Nations represented by Earthjustice and NARF ask 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to remand Nessel v. Enbridge to state court.

Hawai’i County must comply with the Clean Water Act to prevent discharged wastewater from contaminating Honokōhau Harbor

September 25, 2023. Defendant County of Hawai‘i (“Defendant”) has been violating, and continues to violate, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., by continuously discharging treated sewage from the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant
(“Kealakehe WWTP”) into the Pacific Ocean—a water of the United States—via groundwater without the required National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (“NPDES”) permit.

Fisheries commission urged to maintain prohibition on female crab harvest

Citing new technical analysis from University of Nevada, Earthjustice sent comments to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), urging it to exercise precaution when setting bait harvest quotas based on model that does not accurately represent the impacts of a horseshoe crab bait harvest in Delaware Bay. Relying on the result of the model’s intrinsic flaws to justify management decisions would further imperil the rufa red knot, a shorebird listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Air Quality Control Commission adopts GHG trading system over requirements for onsite reductions by polluters

Reductions in cross-state smog-forming emissions will go forward

Order denies the requests of states and industry groups to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Good Neighbor Rule.” The rule, designed to address cross-state air pollution and the adverse health effects of ozone pollution, also called smog, will improve public health and air quality.

Based in San Francisco, Nirit is an associate attorney with the California Regional Office.

Emergency order seeks to reinstate protections before upcoming, massive offshore oil and gas sale

Emergency order seeks to reinstate protections before upcoming, massive offshore oil and gas sale

The case could significantly affect how federal courts review federal regulations

The case could significantly affect how federal courts review federal regulations

There are about 50 Gulf of Mexico whales left in the world, and oil and gas development is the greatest danger to their survival.

Petition from the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC) addresses Canada’s failure to regulate and prevent threats from large-scale mining operations in British Columbia

Statewide Coalition, Labor Unions, and Elected Officials Advocate for Bill that would Reduce Planet-heating Emissions and Strengthen Manufacturing Sector