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September 17, 2019 | Press Release

Friends of the Earth and Earthjustice head to court over NOAA’s lack of FOIA transparency

Lawsuit challenges the agency’s unlawful year-long failure to respond requests

September 17, 2019 | Legal Document

Legal Document: Friends of the Earth and Earthjustice head to court over NOAA’s lack of FOIA transparency

Friends of the Earth, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Maryland against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for violations of the agency’s obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.

September 16, 2019 | In the News: Gizmodo

A Year After Hurricane Florence, Coal Ash Is Still A Huge Concern For North Carolina

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Coal Program: “Every day that millions of tons of toxic waste sit in unlined pits, more and more hazardous chemicals leak into the groundwater.”

September 12, 2019 | Press Release

La EPA de la Administración Trump Elimina Regla del Agua Limpia

Este debilitamiento amenaza las fuentes de agua potable para millones de estadounidenses

September 11, 2019 | Press Release

Trump’s EPA Eviscerates the Clean Water Rule

Rollback threatens drinking water sources for millions of Americans

August 29, 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.

August 25, 2019 | In the News: Associated Press

Maui County Prepares Wastewater Dispute For Supreme Court

Mahesh Cleveland, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office, Earthjustice: “The way this case is positioned is that it has the potential to really negatively impact waters all across the United States.”

August 22, 2019 | Press Release

State Receives Over 15,000 Comments Opposing Permits for the Construction of Formosa’s Planned Petrochemical Complex in St. James Parish

Residents, activists, and local and national organizations are resisting serial polluter Formosa’s efforts to build a massive petrochemical complex in St. James Parish

August 20, 2019 | Reference

List of Plants Where Coal-Ash Contaminated Groundwater Exceeds Allowable State and/or Federal Limits

List of 136 plants in 29 states and Puerto Rico whose owners have posted notifications that the groundwater exceeds state and/or federal limits of contamination, without an alternate source demonstration, for one or more of the following toxic substances: Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Cobalt, Lead, Lithium, Molybdenum, Selenium, Thallium, and Radium 226 and 228 combined.

August 13, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

E. Coli Limits For Major D.C. Rivers Illegal, Court Rules

EPA’s pollution limits for Anacostia, Potomac and Rock Creek are too high

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Friends of the Earth and Earthjustice head to court over NOAA’s lack of FOIA transparency

Legal Document: Friends of the Earth and Earthjustice head to court over NOAA’s lack of FOIA transparency

A Year After Hurricane Florence, Coal Ash Is Still A Huge Concern For North Carolina

La EPA de la Administración Trump Elimina Regla del Agua Limpia

Trump’s EPA Eviscerates the Clean Water Rule

The Clean Water Case of the Century

Maui County Prepares Wastewater Dispute For Supreme Court

State Receives Over 15,000 Comments Opposing Permits for the Construction of Formosa’s Planned Petrochemical Complex in St. James Parish

List of Plants Where Coal-Ash Contaminated Groundwater Exceeds Allowable State and/or Federal Limits

E. Coli Limits For Major D.C. Rivers Illegal, Court Rules

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