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Groups vow to keep fighting the wholesale termination of the grant program

Decision to defend Superfund designations contrasts with administration’s attempted rollback of PFAS drinking water protections just last week

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to keep the “Designation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substance” rule in place. EPA requests that the court order the parties to propose an amended briefing schedule.

The move continues to expose communities across the country to toxic forever chemicals in tap water

While claiming to promote health, the Trump administration removes protections from toxic chemicals in food and water

Meet some of the lawyers behind our cases, and learn how they’re defending our land, air, and water against the Trump administration’s unprecedented threats.

Earthjustice analyzed industry data to explain, state by state, how and where coal ash is disposed and which dump sites are not yet monitored or regulated.

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

Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters

Massive quantities of toxic coal ash are stored at nine power plant sites in Alabama.

A District Court judge dismissed a challenge brought by a coalition of nonprofits, Tribes, and local governments against the Trump administration for unlawfully terminating the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Grant programs despite a Congressional directive to fund them.

Yet again, polluters’ sky-is-falling predictions — this time, of permitting gridlock — prove false.

The public is letting Trump’s EPA know they expect it to do its job by protecting us from the climate crisis.

EPA has no valid reason to issue a rule without soliciting public comment first

It is past time to address the crisis of PFAS-contaminated farmland. EPA must promptly finalize its risk assessment for PFOA and PFOS in sewage sludge, publish appropriate regulations, and begin evaluating risks associated with other PFAS chemicals in sludge.

The agency’s delay keeps pollutants flowing into nearby communities

Solar for All would have brought clean, renewable energy to low-income and disadvantaged communities across the country