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Kuskokwim River, in southwest Alaska. The Donlin mine's massive industrial operation will destroy thousands of acres of wetlands and streams and cause permanently elevated levels of dangerous metals in local water.
(Peter Griffith / NASA)
Press Release October 29, 2025

Fast Tracking of Permitting for the Donlin Gold Mine Further Erodes Trust Among Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribes

A federal permitting council added the Alaska gold mine to its list of projects for expedited permitting

Empire State Building and Manhattan skyline, New York City. Buildings are the city’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. (Matteo Colombo / Getty Images)
feature October 22, 2025

Northeast Regional Report Fall 2025

In the Northeast, our work is helping to keep us moving forward in the fight for environmental and climate justice, clean air and water, and the right to a healthy environment for all.

The Mitchell Power Plant, a coal-fired power station, along the Ohio River in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
From the Experts October 10, 2025

Trump Administration Theatens Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants

Coal-fired power plants discharge toxic chemicals into sources of drinking water for more than 30 million Americans.

document September 29, 2025

FERC Rehearing Request for Transco’s NESE Gas Pipeline

Groups filed a rehearing request to FERC in September 2025 requesting that it rescind its reissuance of the NESE certificate, require Transco to file a new application for the project, and properly evaluate the project’s environmental harms.

The Gallatin Range in Southwest Montana. (Jared Lloyd / Getty Images)
feature September 23, 2025

The Intermountain West: Regional Spotlight

Our teams in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, have spent decades fighting to defend the web of life, to protect people’s health, and to advance a just transition to clean energy. We’re pleased to share highlights of our progress, and a glimpse at what’s next.

Cape Fear Riverkeeper Kemp Burdette collects water samples in the Cape Fear River near the Smithfield slaughter house in Tar Heel, N.C. (Justin Cook for Earthjustice)
Press Release September 16, 2025

Advocates Take Legal Action Over Trump Administration’s Backtracking on Slaughterhouse Water Pollution

10 organizations petition federal court over EPA’s abandonment of rules to reduce pollution from meat processing industry

The Suncor refinery in North Denver. (Martin do Nascimento / Earthjustice)
Press Release September 15, 2025

Colorado Reaches Backroom Deal with Suncor to Avoid Key Water Permit Provisions

Environmental justice and conservation groups cut out of settlement process despite intervention

Press Release September 3, 2025

EPA Detiene Elaboración de Normas para Reducir la Contaminación del Agua de los Mataderos, Exponiendo a Millones de Estadounidenses

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.

Press Release September 2, 2025

EPA Halts Rulemaking to Reduce Water Pollution from Slaughterhouses, Leaving Tens of Millions of Americans at Risk

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

document August 20, 2025

Motion: NESE for Leave and Answer

Intervenors respectfully request that the Commission deny Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC’s (Transco) Motion for Leave, or, alternatively, grant Intervenors’ Motion for Leave and consider Intervenors’ proposed Answer to Transco’s Answer when determining how to respond to Transco’s Petition.

document August 15, 2025

Comments: NESE WQC Application

Comments to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – Division of Environmental Permits re: Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, LLC’s 2025 application for Water Quality Certification (WQC) for the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) project, insisting they deny it because the applicant again fails to demonstrate compliance with New York’s water quality standards.

Sediment fills waterways in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. (Courtesy of James Hiatt / For a Better Bayou)
Press Release August 13, 2025

Unauthorized Pollution and Filling of Waterways Associated with Gas Export Project Hurts Gulf Coast Shrimpers and Wildlife

Local group asks state and federal regulators for immediate enforcement action on potential Clean Water Act and other violations related to CP2 LNG

Downtown Seattle skyline. (Candice Cusack / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory August 7, 2025

Washington Board Orders Wastewater Treatment Plant to Implement Stronger Pollution Controls

The Puget Soundkeeper victory is critical first step to address long-standing pollution from municipal wastewater that degrade water quality in Puget Sound

document July 30, 2025

Air Products Blue Energy LLC Clean Water Action Section 404 Permit Application No. MVN-2011-03218-EDM

Lake Maurepas Preservation Society, RISE St. James, Concerned Citizens of St. John, Inc., Healthy Gulf, Earthworks, and Sierra Club respectfully submit these comments objecting to Air Products Blue Energy LLC’s application no. MVN-2011-03218-EDM for a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit and Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 Section 10 permit pending review by the New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

document July 30, 2025

Comment Letter RE: Air Products Blue Energy LLC Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit Application No. MVN – 2011 – 03218 – EDM

Comment letter to Army Corps of Engineers for Air Products’ Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit on behalf of Lake Maurepas Preservation Society, RISE St. James, Concerned Citizens of St. John, Inc., Healthy Gulf, Earthworks, and Sierra Club.

Reflejo del Capitolio sobre una fuente en Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg Creative via Getty)
Press Release July 22, 2025

Declaración de Earthjustice sobre Audiencia de Reforma de Permisos del Comité de Recursos Naturales de la Cámara de Representantes

“Las iniciativas de ‘reforma de permisos’, lideradas por los republicanos, no son más que un caballo de Troya para debilitar leyes ambientales fundamentales como la Ley de Agua Limpia y la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinción”.

The U.S. Capitol is reflected in a fountain in Washington, D.C.  (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg Creative via Getty)
Press Release July 22, 2025

Earthjustice Statement on House Natural Resources Committee Permitting Reform Hearing

“Republican-led ‘permitting reform’ efforts are nothing more than a trojan horse for weakening bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act.”

document July 9, 2025

Air Products Fact Sheet – Comprehensive

A comprehensive fact sheet on Air Products Blue Energy LLC’s pursuit of an Army Corps Clean Water Act permit and Louisiana Coastal Use Permit.