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A petrochemical facility in Norco, Louisiana. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release July 18, 2025

Trump Halts Clean Air Laws For Most of the Country

Proclamations let chemical companies, coal power plants, and other major polluters dodge clean air standards in at least 30 states and U.S. territories

Press Release July 17, 2025

EPA Seeks to Delay Monitoring and Clean up Requirements for Toxic Coal Ash, Adopting the Wishes of the Coal Power Industry

Across the U.S., coal ash dump sites leak dangerous levels of toxic pollutants, contaminating water and threatening health

document July 15, 2025

Opposition Letter to HR 556

Groups oppose H.R. 556 โ€” Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025 which would prohibit the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture from regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal
lands or waters.

From the Experts July 10, 2025

Sludge-lords: Reports from Coal Plants Reveal Vast Quantities of Toxic Coal Ash in Newly-Documented Hazardous Ponds

Residents should demand that the sludge-lords comply with federal law and clean up their mess

Press Release June 25, 2025

EPA Sued for Allowing Nerve-Agent Pesticides on Our Fruit and Vegetables

Lawsuit pushes for ban on organophosphates after years of government delay and known harms to children

document June 25, 2025

Court Filing: Trumpโ€™s EPA Sued for Allowing Nerve-Agent Pesticides on Our Fruit and Vegetables

Farmworker and public health groups represented by Earthjustice, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to respond to a petition to ban organophosphates pesticides, a class of chemicals used on fruits, vegetables, and field crops. In utero exposures to organophosphates are linked to autism, attention deficit disorders and impaired cognition in school-age children. They also cause countless instances of farmworker and community poisonings every year.

Emissions from a stack at the Mitchell Power Plant, a coal powered plant, in Moundsville, West Virginia. (Lauren Petracca for Earthjustice)
Press Release June 11, 2025

Trumpโ€™s EPA Abandons Its Duty to Protect Public from Power Plant Air Pollution

EPA seeks to end limits on mercury and arsenic and climate pollution, increasing harm to communities and reversing progress on climate action

The Kuskokwim River provides a critical source of wild food and serves as a bedrock of identity and cultural values for Alaska Native Tribal citizens and community members living downstream from the Donlin mine site.
Press Release: Victory June 11, 2025

Court Orders Agencies to Revise Environmental Study Underlying Key Federal Permits for the Donlin Gold Mine

The U.S. District Court in Alaska orders the mineโ€™s permitting agencies to take a more thorough look at the impacts of a tailings spill by revising the projectโ€™s environmental study

document June 2, 2025

Falling Through the Cracks: Lead Poisoning is Completely Preventable

Two-page summary fact sheet: first independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuseโ€™s preventative lead ordinance.

Press Release June 2, 2025

Falling through the Cracks: Lead Poisoning Prevention Must be a Priority for Syracuse

First independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuseโ€™s preventative lead ordinance

document June 2, 2025

Falling Through the Cracks: How Enforcement Gaps Leave Syracuse Kids Still Exposed to Lead Paint Hazards Despite Implementation of the City Lead Ordinance

First independent and in-depth report examines enforcement gaps in Syracuseโ€™s preventative lead ordinance.

Dionna Brown, the National Director of Youth Environmental Justice Policy at Young, Gifted, and Green in downtown Flint, Michigan. (Brittany Greeson for Earthjustice)
Article May 30, 2025

We Just Got a Win to Secure Safe, Lead-Free Drinking Water

A Republican-run Congress attempted to repeal lead exposure protections, endangering millions of lives in the U.S. We fought back โ€” and won.

Almost everyone in the U.S. has traces of PFAS in their body because the chemicals have contaminated the air, soil, and water โ€” including the drinking water for approximately 200 million people nationwide. (Cavan Images)
Press Release May 14, 2025

EPA Announces Illegal Plan to Eliminate Restrictions for Toxic PFAS in Drinking Water

Community leaders defending drinking water protections in court denounce Trump administrationโ€™s capitulation to utility lobbyists and chemical companies at the expense of public health

The Kuskokwim River. (Peter Griffith / NASA)
Press Release May 8, 2025

Court Hearing: Southwest Alaska Tribes Challenge Donlin Gold Mineโ€™s Federal Permits

Tribal plaintiffs are asking the court to vacate federal authorizations for the mine while federal agencies redo the flawed and illegal environmental study

Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant. (Appalachian Voices)
From the Experts May 2, 2025

Polluters can now email their way out of clean air laws, courtesy of Trump

Trump is handing out pollution waivers, leaving millions breathing more toxic air

A haze of smog covers the Port of Houston. (James Dillard)
Press Release: Victory April 28, 2025

Army Corps revokes permit and agrees to full environmental review if project is to move forward near toxic San Jacinto Waste Pits

After lawsuit, agency revokes โ€œLetter of Permissionโ€ shortcut, commits to proper environmental assessment of dredging and barge mooring risks

document April 28, 2025

Notice of Voluntary Dismissal โ€“ THEA v. USACE

Notice of Voluntary Dismissal for THEA v. USACE in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.

Strong laws and government agencies have measurably improved public health. In this 1972 photo, children play while a smelter in Tacoma, Washington, spews arsenic and lead residue. (Gene Daniels / EPA / National Archives)
Article April 28, 2025

What Our Trump Lawsuits Are All About

The environmental movement has made huge gains since the 1970s, and we wonโ€™t let the lawless actions of the current administration reverse our hard-won progress.