The Latest On: Healthy Communities
Developers want to build 4,000 homes on a toxic East Bay site. Activists want a full cleanup first.
Marie Logan, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “Residents in Richmond are squeezed between multiple industrial sites and they breathe dirtier air than the rest of the Bay Area. Too many families living on the front lines in Richmond are unfairly and unjustly burdened by environmental hazards and pollution.”
Bay Mills Applauds Agency Recognition that Easement Revocation is a “Fundamental Change” to Contested Pipeline Case
EPA guidance may exempt some water polluters from Supreme Court permit mandate
David Henkin, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office, Earthjustice: “This guidance won’t even be anywhere near getting finalized before the Trump administration’s out the revolving door.”
'Ticking Time Bombs': Residents Kept In The Dark About Risks To La.'s Chemical Plants During Storms
Emma Cheuse, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office, Earthjustice: “Communities need this information and they don't have access to it. You have communities that are already overburdened by many different sources. That can turn into a ticking time bomb in a hurricane.”
Despite mounting research, EPA holds soot standards steady
David Baron, Managing Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “It’s the difference between saving thousands of lives. This is a travesty. There’s overwhelming new science that shows this pollution is dangerous to people.”
L.A. began 2020 with a clean-air streak but ended with its worst smog in decades
Regina Hsu, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: “This year, as we see one of the worst years for ozone pollution, there’s just been more and more delay of the regulations that communities have been asking for for years.”
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Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “There has been relatively little attention paid to, how can we safely dispose of the PFAS that already surround us?”