Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs: “This is the most right-wing court we’ve seen in almost a century, and that’s emboldening conservative legal activists to swing for the fences with legal claims that would have been laughable just a few years ago. The legal landscape has shifted, and it’s profound.”

The neurotoxic pesticide harms children and the environment. There are no safe uses for chlorpyrifos.

When polluters have said these things in the past, they were also wrong.

Stronger standards would prevent hundreds of millions of pounds of pollution from reaching rivers and streams, helping to protect more than 22 million people

Federal agency cuts flows as the largest river restoration project begins

NYS Senate’s and Assembly’s Budget Bills restore clean water funding; Senate champions bold climate policies

Megan Hunter, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program: “Our courts play a critical role in overseeing agency decisions to make sure agencies do not abuse the discretion and power the law gives them. Our lawsuit asks that the court provide that critical oversight here.”

Deadlines set for EPA to take action on 33 states’ plans to reduce haze pollution

Learn about the major events, court rulings, and where we are now in this long-standing fight.

Wyoming sale was one of the largest oil and gas lease sales held on public lands

Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming Program: “Consumers are beginning to be aware of the fact that meat, and particularly beef, has a very, very high climate impact. JBS is fully aware of this, and trying to get ahead of that by telling consumers, ‘Oh, don’t worry, we’ve got it under control.’ But…

Decision bolsters competition, state-backed clean power investments

An international court ruled in favor of the people of La Oroya, Peru, finding that the government violated their right to a healthy environment.

County’s environmental review again deemed unlawful, local permitting halted

Tribes call for dam removal and restoration of healthy salmon and orca populations during emotional two-day summit.

Major cities saw simultaneous economic growth and cleaner air over the last decade.

The Court found Peru responsible for violating the rights of residents of La Oroya, who have been exposed to unsafe levels of toxic contamination for generations

For the Yurok, the fight to protect the Klamath River and the Tribe’s way of life goes back centuries.