Earthjustice
Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. We bring about far-reaching change by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations, coalitions and communities.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Trump’s EPA Sued for Leaving Workers Exposed to Deadly Chemical in Paint Strippers On Friday, Latino workers, environmental and public health advocates, and the mothers of two young men who died from methylene chloride exposure sued the Trump administration for excluding workers from a rule banning methylene chloride from use in paint strippers . While the Environmental... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 16, 2019 South Africa: Activists in Mining Areas Harassed Community activists in mining areas in South Africa face harassment, intimidation, and violence, the Centre for Environmental Rights, groundWork, Earthjustice, and Human Rights Watch said in a joint report and video released today. The attacks and harassment have created an atmosphere of fear for... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 02, 2019 Conservation Groups Announce Intent to Sue to Protect Atlantic Sharks, Giant Manta Rays from Lethal Longlines, Gillnets On behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice today filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for failing to protect oceanic whitetip sharks and giant manta rays from being killed by longlines and huge nets used by U.S. fishermen in Atlantic... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, March 15, 2019 Trump’s Methylene Chloride Rule Leaves Workers Exposed to Deadly Chemical Today, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a rule that leaves workers across the United States exposed to methylene chloride, a lethal chemical used in paint strippers that has already caused dozens of worker deaths. Breaking EPA’s repeated promises to ban commercial and consumer uses of... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, March 06, 2019 Trump Administration Proposes Stripping Protections for Wolves Across the Nation Today acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced a proposal to strip federal Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across nearly the entire lower-48 states, reversing gray wolf recovery in the United States. The proposed rule would remove federal Endangered Species Act... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 28, 2019 Senate Republicans Confirm Coal Lobbyist Andrew “Wheeler-Dealer” to Head EPA The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist with extensive ties to dirty energy companies now advocating for severe rollbacks for public health protections, to head the Environmental Protection Agency this afternoon. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 28, 2019 Earthjustice Endorses FAIR Act Legislation to End Forced Arbitration Injustice In a bid to put an end to the practice of “forced arbitration,” frequently used by large corporations like credit card companies to block everyday people from bringing claims of harm before a judge and jury, legislators introduced the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act today... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, February 22, 2019 Northwest Tribes Respond to Canada’s Continued Push for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion A Canadian federal agency today formally recommended approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion, a move strongly condemned by Coast Salish Tribes on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. In November 2018, representatives from U.S. Coast Salish Tribes joined Canadian First Nations in Victoria... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 21, 2019 Trump Administration Will Abandon Negotiations with California on Vehicle Emissions Standards News reports indicate the Trump EPA will end talks with California about limits on climate pollution from cars. The Trump EPA proposed last year to roll back federal carbon pollution limits set during the Obama Administration, and also to erase state limits that have been adopted by California and... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Groups Sue Trump’s EPA Over Failure to Ban Deadly Paint Strippers Today, Latino workers and environmental organizations represented by Earthjustice, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, sued the Trump administration over its failure to ban the commercial and consumer use of methylene chloride, a highly lethal chemical in paint strippers. More than 50 people... Read more |