Regional Office

Gulf Office

Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice

1-800-584-6460
info@earthjustice.org

Media Inquiries

Dustin Renaud
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist
drenaud@earthjustice.org

Legal Assistance Inquiries

Contacto de Prensa

Robert Valencia
Estratega de Comunicaciones y Asuntos Públicos Hispanos/Latinos
rvalencia@earthjustice.org

The Gulf Regional Office works with communities and other partners fighting for a healthy and just future in the Gulf. We work to cut pollution, end fossil fuel expansion, protect our region’s precious places and wildlife, transition to clean energy, and drive climate solutions that work for everyone.

Our Impact

Earthjustice represents Gulf and environmental groups in lawsuits against a proposed massive petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana, and against the expansion of an oil and gas export terminal through a toxic Superfund site in Point Comfort, Texas. We stand alongside our hundreds of public-interest clients across the country, at the frontlines of the fight for justice and a healthy environment for all.

In recent years, Earthjustice and our partners have succeeded in:

Recent News
Plastic pellet (nurdle) pollution near Dow-UCC Braskem plastic production facility in Seadrift, Texas.
December 17, 2025 Press Release

Texas Waterkeeper Issues Notice of Intent to Sue for Illegal Water Pollution at Texas Plastics Plant

Notice of Intent to Sue Details Clean Water Act Violations at Seadrift, Texas, Facility Including Unpermitted Plastic Nurdle Discharges

December 17, 2025 document

60-day Notice of Intent to Sue (NOI) for Violations of the Clean Water Act at the Seadrift Operations Facility

This is a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue (NOI) for Clean Water Act violations at a plastics manufacturing facility in Seadrift, Texas, operated by Dow Hydrocarbons and Resources LLC, Union Carbide Corporation and Braskem America, Inc. on the behalf of our clients San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper with co-counsel at Environmental Integrity Project (EIP).

November 2, 2025 document

Simulated Rupture of a Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Near Sorrento Primary School / Orange Grove Subdivision in Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Modeling report of a simulated rupture of a carbon dioxide pipeline near Sorrento Primary School / Orange Grove subdivision in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. A numerical modeling using computational fluid dynamics in a five-minute valve shutoff scenario. ***The report link has been updated to reflect a revised report that also includes the simulation results of a...

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