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April 5, 2018 | Article

Scott Pruitt Doesn’t Play by the Rules—and He Still Can’t Win

The EPA administrator's efforts to go rogue and ignore bedrock environmental law keep failing.

March 30, 2018 | Press Release: Victory

Federal Appeals Court Reaffirms Maui Clean Water Act Decision

9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Maui County’s petition for the full court to reconsider whether Maui County violated the Clean Water Act by injecting millions of gallons of treated sewage each day into wells that discharge into the Pacific Ocean

March 21, 2018 | Press Release

Earthjustice Statement on FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

Congress rejects draconian budget cuts to public health and environmental agencies

March 15, 2018 | In the News: Pacific Standard Magazine

Can The Menominee Tribe In Wisconsin Block The Back Forty Mine?

Janette Brimmer, Attorney, Earthjustice: "The federal government has consultation obligations to tribes, and there's a very specific process that's laid out in law on how that's supposed to progress. That process is not what's happening with the state."

March 8, 2018 | Article

Clean Water Rule Rider Sells Democracy Downriver

Congress is using a harmful, sneaky provision in a large must-pass spending bill to try and make it easier for EPA to repeal the Clean Water Rule without public or legal oversight.

March 7, 2018 | In the News: Pacific Standard Magazine

Inside The Fight Over Pipelines In Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin

February 26, 2018 | Article

Crawfisherman’s Fight Brings Pipeline to a Halt

Crawfisherman Jody Meche’s family has lived off Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin for generations. Now he’s fighting to protect it—and his way of life—from a destructive oil pipeline.

February 26, 2018 | In the News: Politico

Anti-Secrecy Lawsuits Soaring Against Pruitt’s EPA

Thomas Cmar, Attorney, Earthjustice: “This is not how government should work. The intent behind FOIA is that citizens are supposed to have the right to know what their government is up to, and clearly under this administration that’s not happening.”

February 15, 2018 | Article

What’s Hiding in the Budget Bill? Sneak Attacks on Wolves, Trees and Water

Amendments pushed by polluters would override years of work from federal agencies, decisions by judges, and public comments from millions of Americans.

February 14, 2018 | Press Release

White House ‘Anderson Bridge Project in Boston’ Example is Flawed – Real Roadblock to Trump’s ‘Rebuilding America’ are Facts

“It’s time for the Trump administration to come to the table with a real infrastructure plan, not one based on lies that will only line the pockets of wealthy corporations at the expense of public health.”

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