The Latest On: Healthy Communities
October 19, 2021
| Press Release
Groups Probe Government Over Migrant Children’s Possible Exposure to Toxic Chemicals
October 18, 2021
| Press Release
New roadmap for PFAS rules good first step to curtail PFAS pollution
October 18, 2021
| In the News: Florida Phoenix
Florida wetlands and waterways face development and potential harm as vacated Trump rules linger
Christina Reichert, Attorney, Florida Office, Earthjustice: “The developer has started clearing that property. This entire area was protected under the Clean Water Act.”
October 13, 2021
| In the News: The Intercept
EPA Failed to Correct Industry Misinformation About Deadly Air Pollution at Public Meetings
Emma Cheuse, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office, Earthjustice: “It’s hard to have any confidence with industry changes to its own estimated emission numbers.”
October 13, 2021
| In the News: Grist
California’s dirty little secret: Oil wells in the backyard
Colin O’Brien, deputy managing attorney for Earthjustice’s California Regional Office, on California’s regulatory body for oil and gas, the Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) and the possible inclusion of oil and gas setbacks in their updated public health and safety rules: “The name has changed, and they have a mandate now to protect health and safety. This forthcoming rule on setbacks will demonstrate whether they take that mandate seriously.”
October 11, 2021
| Press Release
International Coalition Petitions Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Investigate Factory-Farm Abuses
October 8, 2021
| In the News: Bloomberg Law
Round Two of Environment Permit Change to Ask: Revert or Refine?
Stephen Schima, Senior Legislative Counsel, Policy & Legislation Team, Earthjustice: “Any time Congress legislates a categorical exclusion and bypasses public input and environmental review, it’s a problem, because they’re bypassing the legal process itself.”