LDEQ air permit would allow construction of a large ammonia storage system and more than a dozen new bulk storage tanks next to communities already burdened by industrial pollution
Federal agencies analyzed a spill of 27% of the tailings dam capacity, but more analysis is needed to understand the mine’s risks and how to minimize them
Advocacy and litigation by the Duwamish River Community Coalition and Front and Centered, plus heavy metals testing requested by the community, resulted in a victory reinstating a cap on tire…
DRCC and Front & Centered, represented by Earthjustice, voluntarily dismissed their appeal of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Final Notice of Construction Permit issuance to Ash Grove's cement facility…
Patricia McKenna, Managing Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “No one is saying we don’t want companies to do well and manufacturing, but you can do it responsibly without putting people’s health at risk.”
Lakendra Barajas, Attorney, Toxic Exposure & Health Program: “There’s a lot of underestimation of the risk, and they’re ignoring different exposure pathways … and we’re definitely seeing them cite industry sources.”
Earthjustice and several organizations submitted comments to the UN Environment Program Global Framework on Chemicals Secretariat – Supporting the Proposal Nominating Chemicals Management Issues of Special Concern for Children’s Health.
Following testing that showed an increase in a toxic heavy metal due to increased tire burning at a Seattle, Washington cement facility, the regional clean air agency reinstated a limit…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld EPA's 2024 decision to list two toxic “forever chemicals” — PFOA and PFOS — as hazardous substances under the federal…
