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Press Releases

October 1, 2026

New Air Monitoring Finds Elevated Levels of Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide in Salinas, Puerto Rico

Findings come as EPA and Steri-Tech reached a proposed agreement to address Clean Air Act violations, but local communities will remain vulnerable

October 1, 2026

California Bill Exempting Metal Shredders From Hazardous Waste Protections Becomes Law, State Must Act to Protect Frontline Communities

Communities call on state agency to protect them from toxic metal shredder waste after lawmakers provide industry with legal loophole

Revillagigedo Island in Alaska.
September 30, 2026

Legal Action Seeks to Halt Old-Growth Logging Sale in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

The sale is part of the massive South Revilla old-growth logging project near Ketchikan that would harm subsistence users, jeopardize wildlife, and drain taxpayer dollars

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In the News

June 16, 2026

The New York Times

D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Pollution Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s Data Center

Laura Thoms, Director of Enforcement, Earthjustice

“It’s remarkable for the United States to intervene on behalf of a polluter in a case like this. Ordinarily, they would intervene to enforce the law.”

February 17, 2026

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court may block thousands of lawsuits over Roundup weed killer

Patti Goldman, Attorney, Northwest Office

“When people use pesticides in their fields or on their lawns, they don’t expect to get cancer. Yet this happens, and when it does, state court lawsuits provide the only real path to accountability.”

January 14, 2026

Slate

It’s Responsible for One of the Worst Oil Disasters Ever. It’s Counting On Trump to Let It Do It Again.

Sam Sankar, SVP of Programs

“The first Trump administration saw oil companies as its ‘partners.’ The second Trump administration treats them as its ‘customers.’”