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May 8, 2019 | Feature

Cancer Alley Rises Up

An overburdened community unites against Big Oil’s next big play.

May 2, 2019 | Press Release

Trump Administration Weakens Post-Deepwater Horizon Offshore Drilling Safety Regs

Rule repeal will remove critical safeguards to prevent another well blowout and oil spill

May 2, 2019 | In the News: New York Times

Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon

Chris Eaton, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: “It allows another Deepwater Horizon to happen.”

April 25, 2019 | In the News: USA Today

Trump’s Massive Off-Shore Drilling Plan In Limbo After Court Ruling Upholds Exploration Ban

Erik Grafe, Attorney, Alaska Regional Office, Earthjustice: "This is welcome news and a reminder that this is a nation of laws and the Trump administration is not immune to those laws."

April 16, 2019 | In the News: The Colorado Independent

Colorado’s Vaunted Oil And Gas Rules Are Flawed And Inadequately Enforced

Joel Minor, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “If your estimate of devices is off by almost 50%, your estimate of emission numbers is going to be wrong. The rate that we are gathering information is not keeping pace with the speed of the development.”

April 10, 2019 | In the News: Seattle Times

Trump’s Order Would Make It Harder To Block Pipelines, And Projects Such As Longview Coal-Export Terminal

Kristen Boyles, Attorney, Northwest Office, Earthjustice: “[The executive order] starts a process that could undermine both state authority and environmental and public-health protections.”

April 10, 2019 | Press Release

Earthjustice Denounces Trump’s Power Grab on Pipelines

Trump’s executive orders seek to restrict public input and state authority that protect communities and their land and water

April 5, 2019 | Explainer

Inside the Legal Case: A Federal Judge Nixed Trump’s Attempt to Drill the Arctic and Atlantic

What this court ruling means for the country and the climate.

April 3, 2019 | In the News: Flathead Beacon

Interior Stands by One Lease Cancellation in Badger-Two Medicine, Steps Away from Another

March 15, 2019 | Legal Document

Motion to Intervene: Louisiana Group Defends Coast Guard Actions to Stop 14-Year Taylor Energy Oil Spill

Earthjustice on behalf of Healthy Gulf (formerly Gulf Restoration Network) moved to intervene in a suit to defend the Coast Guard’s actions to contain the ongoing Taylor Energy oil spill against Taylor’s lawsuit trying to block Coast Guard led spill control efforts. The spill from the Taylor Energy platform has been dumping thousands of gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico for more than 14 years. This is the longest oil spill in U.S. history.