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January 17, 2020 | Feature

Three Years Battling the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Our Health and Environment

A special report describing how federal courts have checked some of the Trump administration’s worst environmental attacks, but harm continues.

January 14, 2020 | Explainer

What You Should Know About Liquefied Natural Gas and Rail Tanker Cars

Under current federal law, it’s considered too dangerous to carry liquefied natural gas in tank cars. The Trump administration is attempting to change that.

December 16, 2019 | Feature

2019: A Year in Earthjustice

What you helped achieve, in these defining moments for our country and our climate.

December 5, 2019 | Feature

Insider Briefing: 2019 - The Year in Review

President Abigail Dillen looks back at the work Earthjustice has done over the past year, the strides we’ve made and the impact our work has had on driving the transition to clean energy — while simultaneously battling the Trump administration’s efforts to overreach and impede our progress.

November 26, 2019 | Feature

Water Bandits: How one company almost got away with draining the Mojave Desert

Thankfully, the arm of the law is longer today than it was a century ago.

November 22, 2019 | Explainer

The Trump Administration’s Hazy Plans to Weaken Car Pollution Standards Won’t Work. Here’s Why.

Earthjustice attorney Paul Cort explains why Trump’s EPA chief is careening way outside his lane in trying to undo a key provision of the 1970 landmark Clean Air Act.

November 21, 2019 | Feature

Stopping Toxic Cages

An unprecedented collection of government documents regarding Fort Bliss sheds light on the process that the Trump administration follows to create migrant detention centers and its disregard to human rights and public health.

November 18, 2019 | Feature

Toxic Taps

The military is running away from its legacy of PFAS-contaminated water.

November 14, 2019 | Explainer

The Clean Water Case of the Century

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to review Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui. The fate of the nation’s clean water hangs in the balance.

October 25, 2019 | Feature

Overruled: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration

Earthjustice has filed more than a hundred lawsuits to defend health and environmental protections. And in ruling after ruling, the Trump administration is losing big.

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