National Environmental Policy Act

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May 3, 2022 | From the Experts

Inside the 'Climate Test'

Challenging the suspect math that lets fossil-fuel companies off the hook for locking in greenhouse gas emissions

May 2, 2022 | Report

NEPA Review of Fossil Fuels Projects: Principles for Applying a “Climate Test” for New Production and Infrastructure

An expert paper that applies both legal and scientific expertise to the challenge of counting greenhouse gas emissions from new fossil projects.

April 19, 2022 | Press Release

Earthjustice Applauds Restoration of NEPA Protections and Urges Biden Administration to Fully Reverse Trump Actions to Curtail Environmental Review and Community Engagement

The Biden administration is taking key steps to reverse the damage of the Trump administration and restore essential environmental protections under NEPA

February 14, 2022 | Press Release

175 Environmental, Environmental Justice, Civil Rights, and Allied Organizations Send Letter to House Natural Resources Committee in Support of Environmental Justice for All Act

Groups demand action on the Environmental Justice for All Act to help impacted communities

February 11, 2022 | Update

Government Acts to Protect Boundary Waters from Risky Mining Plans

The result is a major step forward for all who work to preserve unspoiled and special wild spaces within the U.S.

January 26, 2022 | In the News: The Guam Daily Post

Prutehi Litekyan files federal lawsuit against Air Force

David Henkin, Attorney, Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Earthjustice: “The whole point of the National Environmental Policy Act is to force federal agencies like the Air Force to consider the harm their proposed projects would inflict and to look at better ways to get the job done before they make a decision to proceed.”

January 24, 2022 | Press Release

CHamoru Community Group Files Lawsuit to Challenge the U.S. Air Force’s Plans to Blow Up Bombs and Other Munitions on Ancestral Lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

The Air Force violated federal law by failing to evaluate the cultural and environmental impacts from open burning and open detonation of hazardous waste munitions on Tarague Beach or consider alternative, environmentally preferred technologies for weapons disposal

January 24, 2022 | Legal Document

National Environmental Policy Act

Inside the 'Climate Test'

NEPA Review of Fossil Fuels Projects: Principles for Applying a “Climate Test” for New Production and Infrastructure

Earthjustice Applauds Restoration of NEPA Protections and Urges Biden Administration to Fully Reverse Trump Actions to Curtail Environmental Review and Community Engagement

175 Environmental, Environmental Justice, Civil Rights, and Allied Organizations Send Letter to House Natural Resources Committee in Support of Environmental Justice for All Act

Government Acts to Protect Boundary Waters from Risky Mining Plans

Prutehi Litekyan files federal lawsuit against Air Force

CHamoru Community Group Files Lawsuit to Challenge the U.S. Air Force’s Plans to Blow Up Bombs and Other Munitions on Ancestral Lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

Lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force for open detonation in Guam

Justice for the Earth and Its People

6 Places Where the National Environmental Policy Act Made The Difference

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Biden needs to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline

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