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EPA Proposes First Drinking Water Standards for Toxic PFAS
2023-03-29 (or before) in Earthjustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyerEPA's proposal would regulate six widely used chemicals within the class of thousands of PFAS
Tagged under: PFAS aka Forever Chemicals
Breaking Down Toxic PFAS
2023-03-29 (or before) in Earthjustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyerWhat PFAS are, why they’re harmful, and what we can do to protect ourselves from them.
Tagged under: PFAS aka Forever Chemicals
EPA Moves to Reject Six Coal Plants’ Applications to Keep Toxic Coal Ash Dumps Open
2023-01-26 (or before) in Earthjustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyerEPA found that the six plants failed to prove that their coal ash ponds were not leaking and not contaminating groundwater
Tagged under: Coal
Victory – Finally – Against the Longest Oil Spill in U.S. History
2022-07-15 by in Earthjustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyerAfter trying various scorched-earth tactics to avoid accountability, Taylor Energy is now liquidating to pay over $400 million in cleanup costs.
Court Finds Massive Offshore Oil Lease Sale in Gulf Based on Faulty Legal Analysis
2022-01-27 in Earthjustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyerToday, the D.C. District Court invalidated the Department of Interior's decision to offer 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, marking a pivotal victory in the fight to defend Gulf communities and the planet from the worsening climate crisis. The court held that Interior failed to accurately disclose and consider the greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the lease sale, violating a bedrock environmental law.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases
The Most Cost-Effective Climate Solution Available: Keep Forests Where They Are
2021-09-20 in Earthjustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyerWe're calling on the Biden administration to conserve all mature and old-growth trees throughout our federal forests.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Trees
Lawsuit Filed After Biden Opens 80 Million Acres of Gulf of Mexico for Oil Leasing
2021-08-31 in Earthjustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyerImmediately following the Biden administration’s decision to offer 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, environmental and Gulf groups today filed a challenge to the lease sale in court.
Tagged under: Joe Biden
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