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When companies burn coal in the U.S., significant amounts of mercury spew into our air. Now, that mercury is controlled, thanks to a federal rule that Earthjustice and our clients fought for, defended, and successfully expanded.

Service will begin process to ensure that industrial dredging does not conflict with wildlife protection, according to settlement agreement with traditional shellfish harvesters and conservationists

With more than a dozen major environmental rules recently finalized, here’s what the administration should do as soon as possible to secure a lasting impact.

Standards will tackle major sources of climate pollution and protect public health

A 15-year legal fight to curb toxic wastewater to protect drinking water.

Coal ash is what is left behind when power plants burn coal for energy, It is a toxic mix of carcinogens, neurotoxins, and other hazardous pollutants.

The EPA’s finalized rule will yield billions of dollars in public health benefits for nearby environmental justice communities, who are overexposed to toxic pollution.

The rule doesn’t reduce taconite facilities’ dangerous mercury emissions enough

Toxic “forever chemicals” remain laxly regulated.

Motion to intervene filed in support of President Biden’s monument designation near Grand Canyon

Legislation will focus on permitting reform, air quality enforcement, additional measures to cut harmful pollution in Colorado

The United States Government Commitments, developed as part of a lengthy mediation process, pledge the federal government to continued support for the recovery of healthy and abundant salmon populations in the Columbia River Basin, provide significant federal funding to the Northwest, assist region-wide efforts and planning to address climate change, and set the region on a path to breach the four lower Snake River dams.

James Pew, Attorney, Washington, D.C., Office: “That just isn’t enough. The EPA could fix this.”

What PFAS are, why they’re harmful, and what we can do to protect ourselves from them

SPP failed for a second time to accurately accredit its generating resources, continues to discriminate against cleaner resources

Three Americans living near power plants share how they will be harmed by the gutting of the Mercury & Air Toxics Standards.

The rule would reduce taconite, or iron ore, mercury emissions from processing plants

Ruling will mean a free-flowing Puyallup River for fish for the first time in more than 100 years