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Fight for Proper Permitting Reform
Congress is once again in the throes of debating numerous ‘permitting reform’ proposals aimed at speeding up permit approvals for large projects, particularly those that deal with how we get our energy.
Thank Senator Bennet for Voting to Protect Forests
The fight for our forests is far from over, but Senator Bennet’s no vote on the Fix Our Forests Act helped.
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The fight for our forests is far from over, but Senator Schiff’s no vote on the Fix Our Forests Act helped.
Latest News & Updates
Earthjustice Action Blasts Republican-Led Effort to Sacrifice Boundary Waters for Dirty Mining
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 140, a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn a Biden-era mineral withdrawal protecting approximately 225,000 acres of land in the Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area from new mining. The resolution aims to invalidate the mineral withdrawal to allow for a major mining project to open…
Republican-Led Efforts to Undermine Clean Air Act Favor Industry Interests Over Public Health
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce is holding a markup of a package of bills, including a number that would weaken the Clean Air Act. Taken together, the bills would diminish health protections afforded under the law and increase pollution, including by undermining national air quality standards and creating exemptions to fast-track…
House Republicans Surrender to Chemical Lobby’s Wishlist
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, House Republicans introduced a discussion draft of a bill that would eviscerate the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), our nation’s primary chemical safety law. An overwhelming bipartisan majority of Congress rewrote TSCA less than a decade ago – strengthening the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect the public from the thousands of new and existing chemicals in the…