On his very first day in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders that will undermine any efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to protect clean air and water and curb climate change. While Trump’s nominee to head the agency, former Congressman Lee Zeldin, told Senators during his confirmation hearing that he believes…
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue Talen Energy Corporation and Brunner Island, LLC, for failing to mitigate toxic pollution risks from a coal ash storage pond in York Haven, Pennsylvania. Today’s notice charges that Brunner Island Steam Electric Station failed to comply with a 2015 Environmental…
Public Justice and The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) applauded today’s ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals upholding a county’s right to limit the size of large animal feedlots operating within its borders. The ruling confirms an earlier state District Court’s decision that there was “no actual evidence of bias” when Winona County denied Daley…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— A federal judge has found HRK Holdings LLC liable for a major pollution event in 2021. HRK’s Piney Point facility was linked to a massive fish kill after 215 million gallons of toxic wastewater were discharged into Tampa Bay to avert the catastrophic collapse of a waste impoundment. The Wednesday afternoon…
Dan Snyder joined Public Justice in 2023 as a senior attorney for the Environmental Enforcement Project. He is now the Director of the Environmental Enforcement Project. Dan has been practicing public interest environmental law since he graduated from University of Oregon Law School. He represents the interests of individuals, local grassroots organizations, and national non-profits…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 20, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Nora Apter, Oregon Environmental Council noraa@oeconline.org | 971.275.6179 Salem, OR – The Court of Appeals today found that Oregon’s cornerstone Climate Protection Program was invalid on procedural grounds after the oil and gas industry and their allies challenged the rule. A coalition of environmental justice, climate, and…
For immediate release: September 26, 2023 Media Contact: Jessica King, jessica.king@sierraclub.org Lucy Sears, lsears@publicjustice.net Washington, D.C. — Today Sierra Club, Public Justice, and several other environmental and public health organizations filed a petition for rulemaking with the EPA, calling upon the agency to stop harmful coal pollution from open-top trains carrying coal by requiring coal train operators to obtain a permit…
For Immediate Release May 1, 2023 Contact: Ragan Whitlock, Center for Biological Diversity, (727) 426-3653, rwhitlock@biologicaldiversity.org Lucy Sears, Public Justice’s Environmental Enforcement Project, (240) 676-4499, lsears@publicjustice.net Justin Bloom, Tampa Bay Waterkeeper, (941) 275-2922, jbloom@suncoastwaterkeeper.org Glenn Compton, ManaSota-88, (941) 966-6256, manasota88@comcast.net Problematic Site Has Operated Without Permitting for More Than 20 Years ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following litigation,…
For Immediate Release August 11, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In a major victory for the health of the lower Locust Fork and the Black Warrior River, a federal judge in Birmingham has granted the request by Black Warrior Riverkeeper and its attorneys, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Public…