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The rule comes just days before a deadline for owners to report on previously unregulated coal ash dumping at power plant sites

Suit challenges the fourth extension of air permit based on an outdated analysis

Petition to ask the Court to reverse LDEQ’s decision and vacate the extension for the PSD Permit. If Formosa Plastics wishes to pursue its project, it must instead apply for a new PSD permit likely requiring it to reduce the Chemical Complex’s emissions to meet the NAAQS.

The administration wants to repeal a key scientific finding on climate change, limiting the government’s ability to protect us from climate pollution.

New research documents widespread environmental and human rights concerns at Glades County Detention Center

The National Parks Conservation Association, Montana Environmental Information Center and Sierra Club filed a challenge to EPA’s approval of Montana’s “regional haze” plan.

Isocycloseram was approved for use on golf courses, lawns, and a host of food crops

Thom Cmar, Deputing Managing Attorney, Midwest Regional Office: “It’ll cost all of us in the long run because it will encourage more expensive, dirty coal plants to continue operating for longer and it will mean more arsenic, mercury and lead in our waterways.”

EPA’s proposal creates confusion for state and tribal nations to protect water quality

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities: “EPA uses the idea of ‘uncertainty’ here to justify its decision not to provide any monetized benefits of reducing pollution. But the result of this decision is effectively to assign a benefit of zero dollars to reducing these pollutants.”

Trump administration continues to undermine Colorado’s efforts to turn the page on coal

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “EPA never reviewed these demonstrations. If they did, I am confident that they would likely find that each of the plants are ineligible for an extension.”

See how well you understand what the Trump administration is up to

Mychal Ozaeta, Attorney, Clean Energy Program: “These 13 are the most dangerous coal ash ponds in the U.S. because they’re leaking. They’ve been doing so for decades.”

Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice: “They’ve projected that they’re going to do a lot of this stuff. They’re not getting to the point of finalizing or even taking final action that’s actually in the courts yet.”

EPA issues rule to allow ongoing release of toxic chemicals into sources of drinking water for more than 30 million Americans

Exemptions for toxic coke oven facilities leave communities vulnerable to harmful air pollutants

Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program, Earthjustice: “When you have chemicals that are this ubiquitous and this toxic, they really call out for strong regulations. You really need the government to do its job and provide protections.”