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  • Judge Orders Chemours to Reduce Pollution Immediately: ‘A Victory for Public Health and the Ohio River’

    Media Contacts: Jennie Smith, jsmith@wvrivers.org, 304-602-3612 Autumn Crowe, acrowe@wvrivers.org, 304-992-6070 Nicole Funaro, nfunaro@publicjustice.net WASHINGTON, W. Va. – A federal judge has granted the West Virginia Rivers Coalition’s (WV Rivers) request for a preliminary injunction, requiring The Chemours Company FC, LLC (Chemours) to reduce discharges of HFPO-DA, a “forever chemical” also known as Gen-X, from its…

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  • 19 States and Guam Move to Intervene Against Youth in Constitutional Climate Case — a First Among 450+ Challenges to Trump-Era Executive Orders

    Media Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Andrea Rodgers, Senior Litigation Attorney, 206.696.2851, andrea@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Comms. Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Missoula, MT— In an unusual move, the State of Montana, 18 other states*, and the U.S. territory of Guam have filed a motion to intervene in…

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  • Youth Plaintiffs Seek Emergency Court Order to Halt Trump’s Fossil Fuel Executive Orders

    Media Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Andrea Rodgers, Senior Litigation Attorney, 206.696.2851, andrea@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Comms. Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Twenty-two young Americans move to block sweeping federal actions they say threaten their rights, health, and futures   Butte, MT— On No Kings Day, as people…

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  • 22 Youth Sue Donald Trump Over Executive Orders That Escalate Climate Crisis

    Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Andrea Rodgers, Senior Litigation Attorney, 206.696.2851, andrea@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Comms. Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Butte, MT— Twenty-two young Americans filed Lighthiser v. Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana—a constitutional right to life case that directly challenges…

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  • Lawsuit Aims to Clean Up Toxic Coal Ash Pollution in Pennsylvania

    Arsenic Threatens Susquehanna River, Human Health   HARRISBURG, Pa.— The Center for Biological Diversity sued Talen Energy Corporation and Brunner Island, LLC today for failing to control toxic coal ash pollution risks from a storage impoundment at their mixed coal- and natural gas-fired power plant on the banks of the Susquehanna River in York Haven,…

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  • Court Holds Republic Services Liable for 419 Clean Water Act Violations at Modern Landfill

    Contact: Ted Evgeniadis, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, 717-478-1780, Ted@lowsusriverkeeper.org Jim Hecker, Public Justice, 202-861-5225, jhecker@publicjustice.net Steve Harvey Steve Harvey Law,  215-438-6600,  steve@steveharveylaw.com Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, 203-435-1722, nfunaro@publicjustice.net On Monday, a court ruled in Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association’s favor that Republic Services’ Modern Landfill violated the federal Clean Water Act 419 times from July 2019 through…

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  • Lawsuit Challenges Eugene Water and Electric Board for Violating Endangered Species Act

    Advocates Sue to Address Harm to Bull Trout and Chinook Salmon   Media Contacts: Bethany Cotton, Cascadia Wildlands, bethany@cascwild.org 503.327.4923 John Persell, Oregon Wild, jp@oregonwild.org 503.896.6472 Jennifer Fairbrother, Native Fish Society, jennifer@nativefishsociety.org 541.602.0696 Hannah Goldblatt, Advocates for the West, hgoldblatt@advocateswest.org 503.506.5131 Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Lindsey Hutchinson, Willamette Riverkeeper, lindsey@willametteriverkeeper.org 503.223.6418 Advocates for the…

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  • WA Dept. of Ecology again ordered to rewrite industrial dairy permits to better safeguard public health, waterways, aquifers, ecosystems

    Yesterday, in response to a challenge from community and conservation groups, the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board ordered the Department of Ecology to rewrite pollution discharge permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to better protect water resources and public health. Earlier, a unanimous 2021 Washington Court of Appeals decision required the Department of…

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  • West Virginia Rivers Coalition Asks Court to Stop Chemours’ Releases of a Forever Chemical that Violate the Clean Water Act and Threaten Ohio River Drinking Water

    Contacts: Autumn Crowe WV Rivers, 304-637-7201 or acrowe@wvrivers.org Derek Teaney Appalmad, 304-646-1182 or dteaney@appalmad.org Jim Hecker Public Justice, 703-302-0507 or jhecker@publicjustice.net CHARLESTON, W. Va. – West Virginia Rivers Coalition (“WV Rivers”) today filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against The Chemours Company FC, LLC (“Chemours”) to stop its unlawful releases of a “forever chemical”…

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