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Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen issues statement

El supremo anula método de 50 años de antigüedad para la aprobación gubernamental de proyectos potencialmente dañinos

We will continue standing up for the principle that the government must consider predictable environmental harms before it acts.

Court sweeps aside 50-year-old method for government approvals of potentially harmful projects

Waterways across the U.S. poised to lose even more protections from pollution and reckless development

Sam Sankar, Senior VP of Programs, Earthjustice: “The majority is saying EPA can still protect water quality if it just invests more staff time. I guess they haven’t heard that Trump is gutting the agency.”

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

Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “It was clear from the plaintiff’s arguments that they’re hoping to get the cases to the U.S. Supreme Court quickly and attack the monument designations themselves and perhaps the Antiquities Act itself.”

The EPA’s Legacy CCR Surface Impoundment Rule extends safeguards to hundreds of coal ash dump sites that had been left unregulated

The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. ET; audio will be livestreamed.

Here’s why we remain confident that the courts are a place where we can mount an effective defense of the environment.

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

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.

Isaac Moriwake, longtime environmental attorney at Earthjustice, reflects on recent cases that now have potential to improve on the status quo.

Amici from broad and varied interests will help Supreme Court understand the legal and practical consequences of undoing lower court ruling

Environmental and public health groups defending the nation’s landmark environmental law

Environmental and public health groups defended the National Environmental Policy Act in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging the law’s scope.

“President Biden is correctly sounding the alarm and calling for court reform.”