Clean Water Act

January 23, 2020 | Article

What the Trump Administration Is Doing to Your Water

The administration is attempting to undo the landmark 1972 Clean Water Act. Read on to learn why you should be concerned.

January 23, 2020 | Press Release

La Administración Trump Anuncia Plan Para Hacer Que Las Aguas Vuelvan a Arder

La Regla de Agua Sucia amenaza la protección de casi una de cada cinco corrientes de agua

January 23, 2020 | Press Release

Trump Administration Announces Its Scheme to Make America’s Waters Burn Again

Dirty Water Rule attempt threatens protections for nearly one in every five streams

January 16, 2020 | From the Experts

EPA Sits on the Scales of Justice for Polluters With New Environmental Appeals Board Proposal

VP of Litigation Patrice Simms explains how the Trump administration is trying to institutionalize lawlessness and corporate cronyism in its most cynical form.

January 15, 2020 | Press Release

Earthjustice Endorses McCollum Legislation to Protect the Boundary Waters

Iconic wilderness, one of the most-visited in the U.S., protected from sulfide-ore mining in new bill

December 22, 2019 | In the News: KTOO

How A Legal Fight In Maui Could Shape A Mine Project In Southeast Alaska

December 18, 2019 | Article

9 Justices, 30 Minutes: Our Lawyer’s Big Moment at the Supreme Court

This fall, Earthjustice attorney David Henkin went to the Supreme Court to protect everyone’s right to clean water.

December 18, 2019 | Press Release

Public Interest Groups Sue EPA to Curb Slaughterhouse Pollution

EPA’s decision not to update pollution standards allows slaughterhouses to continue discharging unhealthy amounts of pollution into the nation’s waterways