Clean Water Act

February 19, 2019 | Press Release

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Hawaiʻi Clean Water Act Case

The decision risks Clean Water Act protections against polluters using groundwater as sewers

February 6, 2019 | In the News: Arizona Daily Star

Second Lawsuit Filed Over Massive Vigneto Project In Benson

Stu Gillespie, Attorney, Earthjustice: “Everything would come to a standstill. You’d have gridlock delays at every intersection. It confirms that this whole notion they could develop the property without the Clean Water Act permit is baseless and unfounded.”

February 5, 2019 | Press Release: Victory

Court Ruling Clears Hurdle Toward Lasting Protections For Puget Sound Shorelines

Legal challenge targeting Corps’ failure to regulate shoreline armoring will go forward

January 31, 2019 | Legal Document

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief: Vigneto Development

Complaint challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval of permit for proposed Villages at Vigneto development project that would rely solely on groundwater, draining the San Pedro River and harming millions of migratory birds, including threatened and endangered species.

January 17, 2019 | Press Release

Menominee Tribe Files Appeal to Protect Cultural Resources and Menominee River

Back Forty Mine would irreversibly harm Menominee River, surrounding wetlands and irreplaceable cultural resources

January 3, 2019 | Feature

From the Experts: Making America’s Waters Burn Again

The Trump administration seeks to strip the Clean Water Act’s protections from an overwhelming number of our waterways. We're fighting back.

December 11, 2018 | Press Release

New Dirty Water Rule Would Trash Communities’ Drinking Water

In threat to public health, Trump administration proposes to gut protections for close to two million miles of streams and wetlands

December 4, 2018 | Feature

From the Experts: Protecting the Clean Water Rule From Trump’s EPA

Recent court decisions affirm that federal agencies can't deny protections to our nation’s waters without scientific support or input from the public.

October 22, 2018 | Feature

Insider Briefing: Meet Abigail Dillen

New President Abigail Dillen discusses her vision for Earthjustice’s future as the organization battles the assault on environmental safeguards and pushes for a rapid shift to 100% clean energy.

August 15, 2018 | Legal Document

Comment letter to EPA in Opposition to Proposed Regulations on “Transparency” in Regulatory Science

Comment letter to Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler & Office of the Science Advisor of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in opposition of the Proposed Rule, “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science,” 83 Fed. Reg. 18,768 because of its clear intent and impact to weaken, or prevent the necessary strengthening of, vital public health safeguards.

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