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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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  • Day One Executive Actions Imperil Clean Air & Water Efforts

    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…

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  • Lawsuit Launched to Clean Up Toxic Coal Ash in Pennsylvania

    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…

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  • Public Justice, LSP Applaud Appeals Court Ruling on Winona County CAFO

    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…

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  • Former Piney Point Owner Liable for Tampa Bay Pollution Tied to Massive 2021 Fish Kill

      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…

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  • Meet Dan Snyder: Attorney, Environmentalist, Father

    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…

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  • Fight is Not Over After Oil and Gas Industry Challenge Delays Cornerstone Climate and Community Protections

    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…

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