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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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  • 202 Members of Congress Ask the Court to Stop Trump Administration’s Destruction of USAID, Warn of Devastating Consequences for National Security

    In a Friend of the Court Brief, Lawmakers State That Only Congress Has the Power To Shutter the USAID, and Administration Knows Its Actions Violate the Law   FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE MARCH 31, 2025  Contact: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice nfunaro@publicjustice.net Washington, DC – Calling the Trump administration’s attacks on the United States Agency for International…

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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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  • Public Justice and the ACLU of Iowa File Appeal in Black Hawk County Lawsuit

    Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice media relations strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net ACLU of Iowa Communications Director Veronica Fowler, veronica.fowler@aclu-ia.org, cell: 515-451-1777 Waterloo, Iowa — Civil rights groups today filed a notice of appeal in their federal class action lawsuit to block the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office from wrongly extracting money from people before releasing them…

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  • 203 Members of Congress Call Trump Administration’s Efforts to Dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Dangerous and Illegal

    In a Friend of the Court Brief, Lawmakers State That Only Congress Has the Power To Shutter the CFPB, and That the Agency Is Critical for Preventing Future Economic Crises   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 28, 2025 Contact: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice nfunaro@publicjustice.net Washington, DC – Calling the Trump Administration’s attacks on the Consumer Financial…

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  • Advocacy Group Seeks to Preserve Protections for Pregnant and Postpartum Students 

    Lexington, Ky. — A national legal advocacy organization has asked to intervene in a federal lawsuit to defend federal protections for pregnant and postpartum students in light of the new administration’s signals that it no longer intends to do so.   Public Justice, BraunHagey & Borden LLP, and Pillersdorf Law Offices represent A Better Balance, which…

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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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  • After FCC Abandons Popular Telemarketing Rule, Consumers Take Action to Save It

    Small business owners and consumer advocates have stepped up to save a popular anti-robocall rule ContactNicole Funaro, Public Justice nfunaro@publicjustice.net Stephen Rouzer, National Consumer Law Center srouzer@nclc.org (202) 320-8394  ATLANTA  — Yesterday, four small business owners and the National Consumers League asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for permission to intervene…

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