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Coal-fired power plants discharge toxic chemicals into sources of drinking water for more than 30 million Americans.

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to defend the web of life, to protect people’s health, and to advance a just transition to clean energy. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

10 organizations petition federal court over EPA’s abandonment of rules to reduce pollution from meat processing industry

Environmental justice and conservation groups cut out of settlement process despite intervention

La decisión de la agencia permitirá que los mataderos y las plantas de procesamiento de alimentos sigan siendo los principales descargadores industriales de contaminación por nitrógeno y fósforo, aumentando el riesgo de que el agua no sea apta ni para beber ni para la recreación al aire libre, y que no sea habitable para la vida acuática.

EPA’s decision will allow slaughterhouses and rendering facilities to remain leading industrial dischargers of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, which can render water unsafe for drinking, unfit for outdoor recreation, and uninhabitable for aquatic life

Intervenors respectfully request that the Commission deny Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC’s (Transco) Motion for Leave, or, alternatively, grant Intervenors’ Motion for Leave and consider Intervenors’ proposed Answer to Transco’s Answer when determining how to respond to Transco’s Petition.

Comments to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – Division of Environmental Permits re: Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, LLC’s 2025 application for Water Quality Certification (WQC) for the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) project, insisting they deny it because the applicant again fails to demonstrate compliance with New York’s water quality standards.

Local group asks state and federal regulators for immediate enforcement action on potential Clean Water Act and other violations related to CP2 LNG

The Puget Soundkeeper victory is critical first step to address long-standing pollution from municipal wastewater that degrade water quality in Puget Sound

Lake Maurepas Preservation Society, RISE St. James, Concerned Citizens of St. John, Inc., Healthy Gulf, Earthworks, and Sierra Club respectfully submit these comments objecting to Air Products Blue Energy LLC’s application no. MVN-2011-03218-EDM for a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit and Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 Section 10 permit pending review by the New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Comment letter to Army Corps of Engineers for Air Products’ Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit on behalf of Lake Maurepas Preservation Society, RISE St. James, Concerned Citizens of St. John, Inc., Healthy Gulf, Earthworks, and Sierra Club.

“Las iniciativas de ‘reforma de permisos’, lideradas por los republicanos, no son más que un caballo de Troya para debilitar leyes ambientales fundamentales como la Ley de Agua Limpia y la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinción”.

“Republican-led ‘permitting reform’ efforts are nothing more than a trojan horse for weakening bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act.”

A comprehensive fact sheet on Air Products Blue Energy LLC’s pursuit of an Army Corps Clean Water Act permit and Louisiana Coastal Use Permit.

The progress we have secured is a testament to the fact that the law and science are on our side. It also reflects the desire of most people across the country for a safer and cleaner world. Our shared wins represent decades of painstaking work, culminating in concrete measures that will save lives across the country. We’re celebrating our victories and the many opportunities ahead.

Air Products is in pursuit of an Army Corps’ Clean Water Act 404 permit and a Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources’ Coastal Use Permit (CUP) that would allow for the construction of a carbon sequestration facility.

EPA and Army Corps illegally approved costly project without considering practicable alternatives