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The Ninth Circuit reversed Guam District Court’s decision, which insulated the Air Force from accountability for violating its duty to consider environmental impacts, alternatives to blowing up hazardous waste explosives on Tarague Beach

Julian Gonzalez, Senior Legislative Counsel, Policy & Legislation Team: “You’re going from a much stronger [drinking water] regulation to a weaker one and as a result, lots and lots of children and adults and fetuses are all going to be threatened with really irreversible health harms.”

Letter urging immediate steps to protect the people of Pennsylvania from being exposed to the harmful chemicals contained in sewage sludge by instructing the Department of Environmental Protection to begin a comprehensive analysis and assessment of sludge disposal in the state that accounts for its “beneficial use” program allowing for the disposal of over 130,000 dry tons of sludge every year on farmlands around the state, where it is having a detrimental impact on communities and surrounding waterways and airways.

Adam Kron, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “This is information that the public deserves to know — what the facilities are that are near them, what types of chemicals they deal with.”

“Notwithstanding the overt cruelty of this decision, no one wants an unhealthier and more polluted America, coopted by industry.”

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “The letter is bluster with no punches, thunder with no lightning… Many of these demands have already been litigated in federal court, and industry lost. The public record reveals that nearly all coal plants have contaminated groundwater with dangerous toxic chemicals above federal standards. Any new regulation proposed…

Hillary Aidun, Attorney, Northeast Office: “Brookhaven should not release Covanta from liability for a small amount of money especially given the need for remediation and the fact that there are a number of pending lawsuits against Brookhaven resulting from the landfill.”

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “These are powerful corporations asking for the administration to do their bidding even if those actions put health and the environment at risk, which they certainly will.”

Agency modifies 2020 order allowing state to assume responsibility for federal environmental programs on tribal lands

Black plastic items may contain a deadly flame retardant. We’re suing the government to keep it out of our homes.

Earthjustice will use the power of the law to defend the right to a healthy environment.

We’ve come too far on strengthening lead protections to back down. Communities drinking contaminated water because of lead pipes should not have to wait decades for help.

Governor misses opportunity to lead on cutting energy costs and protecting climate and public health

Lisa Evans, Senior Counsel, Clean Energy Program: “To date, state regulators have largely failed to fill the void where federal regulations do not apply…. At the very least, information concerning the past disposal of toxic waste at these sites must be made public and available in a state database.”

Sabemos que podemos salir victoriosos ante el presidente Trump y sus aliados, porque lo hemos hecho antes.

One election will not deter us or erase the environmental progress we’ve achieved.

Meet a handful of the Earthjustice lawyers who have fought the Trump administration and won. We’re prepared to do it again.

Thanks to funding from congestion pricing, New York will place its largest order of zero-emissions buses yet