Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Approval of Radioactive Roads
WASHINGTON— Environmental, public health and union groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today for approving the use of radioactive phosphogypsum in roads. The groups...
Canada must deliver on climate change following Biden victory
Vancouver, B.C. – Ecojustice Climate Program Director Alan Andrews issued the following statement in response to Joe Biden’s election as the next president of...
EDF to Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Methane Standards for Oil and Gas...
Today EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed two rules that weaken or eliminate key safeguards that reduce oil-and-gas sector methane pollution, a potent greenhouse gas....
All Signs Point to an Environmental Failure for Trump’s NAFTA 2.0
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the Trump administration signed a tentative deal with Mexico and Canada to make revisions to Trump’s NAFTA 2.0. While details...
Trump to Quit Paris Accord, End U.S. Obstruction of Global Climate Progress
WASHINGTON— President Trump today will submit the official withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change. Trump’s withdrawal comes...
Trump Administration Weakens Post-Deepwater Horizon Offshore Drilling Safety Regs
Rule repeal will remove critical safeguards to prevent another well blowout and oil spill.
The Trump administration today is expected to issue a rule rolling...
EDF, NRDC Sue Trump’s EPA for Hiding Critical Analysis on the Clean Cars Rollback
(Washington, D.C. – December 3, 2018) Environmental Defense Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council are suing the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency over...
Climate Change No Longer a Hoax in the House of Representatives as New Majority...
Change in power likely means enhanced oversight, deeper commitment to environmental protection
Abigail Dillen, President of Earthjustice, released the following statement in response to the...
Scott Pruitt Shows No Remorse in Compromising Safety of American Workers, Families
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, The Hill reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt plans to repeal key parts of the Chemical Safety Rule meant to...
Ahead of Deadlines, Americans Urge the Trump Administration to Keep Oil and Gas Pollution...
Almost half a million Americans registered overwhelming opposition, as public comment periods closed late yesterday on two Trump administration proposals to tear down clean...
Statement by The Nature Conservancy Concerning the Trump Administration’s Decision on Automobile Emission Standards
The Nature Conservancy opposes the decision by the Trump Administration to roll back greenhouse gas emission standards for new light duty vehicles, as it...
Lawsuit challenges federal government’s secretive elephant trophy-import
Administration cuts public out of permit process, meets with trophy hunters
Four conservation and animal protection groups today sued the Trump administration over its secretive...
