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Former U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin has been picked to lead the EPA by President-elect Donald Trump. (Matt Rourke / AP)
Update November 13, 2024

Trump Prioritizes Allegiance over Qualifications with EPA Pick

By prioritizing loyalty above actual qualifications, Trump is signaling disinterest in the mission of the EPA and an intention to weaken the agency.

Close-up of Tattoo artist tattooing right arm of cauasian man. (Michael Krinke / Getty Images)
Article November 12, 2024

What I Wish I’d Known Before Getting a Tattoo

Many of the chemicals used in tattoo ink are carcinogens, heavy metals, and allergens. The FDA could do more to ensure its safety.

A water researcher tests a sample of water for PFAS at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response in Cincinnati. (Joshua A. Bickel / AP)
Article November 12, 2024

Project 2025 Means More Toxic Chemicals. We’ll Fight Back.

We are prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office.

Emissions from a stack at the Mitchell Power Plant, a coal powered plant, in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Article November 12, 2024

What Project 2025 Would Do to the Environment – and How We Will Respond

The policy playbook from the Heritage Foundation would strip away our rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet.

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release November 12, 2024

Earthjustice Statement on Announcement of Lee Zeldin to Head Environmental Protection Agency

It is clear President-elect Trump is prioritizing loyalty above actual qualifications to address our current and future environmental concerns.

Esther Green, a Yup’ik Elder, preserves salmon in a fishing camp on the Kuskokwim River. (Diane McEachern)
Press Release November 11, 2024

Court Hearing: Southwest Alaska Tribes and Cook Inletkeeper Challenge Donlin Gold Mine’s State Permits

Plaintiffs argue key state permits authorizing the world’s largest gold mine are illegal

El presidente Donald Trump le entrega el bolígrafo que utilizó para firmar una orden ejecutiva al presidente, director y director ejecutivo de Dow Chemical, Andrew Liveris, mientras otros líderes empresariales aplauden en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca en Washington el 24 de febrero de 2017. La orden ejecutiva fue parte de su esfuerzo por reducir las regulaciones del gobierno federal. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)
Article November 6, 2024

Trump Está Más Preparado Esta Vez. Nosotros También.

Usaremos nuestra experiencia legal para enfrentar los ataques ambientales de Trump. Nos basaremos en nuestro historial de victorias contra su última administración.

Donald Trump. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
Article November 6, 2024

Trump Is More Prepared This Time. We Are Too.

We’ll use our legal expertise to take on Trump’s environmental attacks – and we’ll build on our winning record against his last administration.

Devon Hall of REACH (Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help) speaks during a recent meeting of the group in Warsaw, North Carolina. (Justin Cook for Earthjustice)
Article October 29, 2024

North Carolina Communities’ Battle Against Animal Factory Pollution

Overburdened communities in North Carolina face the harshest impacts of industrial animal production. Now, they’re taking a stand.

document October 29, 2024

Comments on PVSC Significant Modification Title V Draft Permit

On behalf of the Ironbound Community Corporation, Earthjustice submits the following comments on the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s draft modification of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s (PVSC) Title V operating permit that would allow PVSC to operate a new methane gas-fired Standby Power Generating Facility at the PVSC facility located at 600 Wilson Avenue, Newark, Essex County, NJ 07105.

In the News: The New York Times October 24, 2024

E.P.A. Toughens Requirements to Remove Lead Paint Dust Around Children

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation, Earthjustice: “This long-overdue action is a game changer in the fight against lead exposure, a silent threat that endangers lives at even the smallest trace.”

Press Release: Victory October 24, 2024

Cualquier Cantidad de Polvo con Plomo en Hogares, Escuelas y Guarderías es Peligrosa, Anunció EPA

La norma final de la agencia establece requisitos más estrictos para identificar y limpiar la pintura con plomo

A bungalow classroom door at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood has a red tape sign indicating a presence of lead in the paint. As a result, this room and others were sealed off until they can be fixed.  (Boris Yaro / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory October 24, 2024

EPA Announces Any Lead Dust in Homes, Schools, and Daycares is Hazardous

Agency’s final rule places stronger requirements for identifying and cleaning up lead paint

Lead-based paint disintegrates over time and contaminates dust throughout homes or schools; lead in soil around these buildings also leads to children’s exposure. (M.R. / CC BY-ND 2.0)
Update October 24, 2024

EPA Adopts New Rule That Will Help Protect Kids from Lead Dust

After a decades-long battle, the EPA has adopted a rule that would deem any amount of lead dust found in schools, daycares, and homes to be a “lead hazard.”

High-density polyethlyene containers treated with fluorinated compounds can leach PFAS into pesticides and other liquid products (Shutterstock)
Update October 17, 2024

EPA Takes First Steps to Regulate Long-Hidden Source of Toxic PFAS

PFAS, toxic chemicals linked to a host of health harms, are found in a variety of everyday goods, including in plastic containers holding consumer products.

Children in Flint, Michigan, have been poisoned by lead in the city's tap water.
(Ceyhun (Jay) Isik/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
case October 15, 2024

Lead and Copper Rule: Protecting Communities from Lead in Drinking Water

The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements rule requires the proactive replacement of most lead service lines nationwide within the next 10 years, improves sampling methods to more accurately measure lead levels, and will force more water systems to take immediate action to address lead contamination.

From the Experts October 9, 2024

Toxic Coal Ash Used in Neighborhoods Poses Health Risks Even Decades Later

The use of toxic coal ash as a substitute for clean soil in construction and landscaping remains largely unregulated despite the risks.

Workmen prepare to replace old water pipes with new copper pipes in Newark, New Jersey in 2021. The city replaced nearly all of its 23,000 lead service lines with new copper pipes. (Seth Wenig / AP)
Article October 9, 2024

Toxic Lead Is Still Contaminating Our Drinking Water, But Change Is Coming

After years of advocacy by Earthjustice and our partners, a newly updated EPA rule requires almost all lead pipes in the U.S. to be replaced within a decade.