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Senate Draft of TSCA Overhaul Protects Polluters at the Expense of Families and Communities
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released another Republican discussion draft of legislation to gut key provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), our nation’s primary chemical safety law. The bill would handcuff EPA’s ability to protect the public from new chemicals’ serious health risks. After the release of…
Earthjustice Action Response to State of the Union Address
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Earthjustice Action President Abigail Dillen issued the following statement after President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address: “In his State of the Union address, President Trump failed to take responsibility for his disastrous environmental policies and address the pain and…
Earthjustice Action Statement on Republican’s House Farm Bill
WASHINGTON, DC—This month, House Republicans released text of their version of the Farm Bill. After introduction, Earthjustice Action Vice President of Policy and Legislation Raúl GarcÃa issued the following statement:  “This hyper-partisan Republican proposal prioritizes industry interests over the real needs of farmers, communities, and our health. The bill would…
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…
Earthjustice Action Statement on Environmental Appropriations Bills
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a package of funding bills to fund the Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Department, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Following the vote, Earthjustice Action Vice President of Policy and Legislation Raúl…
Earthjustice Action Statement on House Passage of Mining Regulatory Clarity Act
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act. The bill would undermine a hard-won court victory for public lands and would create more conflict over mines by allowing mining companies to claim an indefinite number of millsites on public lands and…
Earthjustice Action Statement on House Passage of SPEED Act
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act. The bill would gut the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by limiting its scope and drastically limiting government accountability efforts when federal agencies fail to adequately…
Earthjustice Action Celebrates Reintroduction of Public Health Air Quality Act
Washington, DC — Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and U.S. Representatives Troy Carter (D-La.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) reintroduced the Public Health Air Quality Act of 2025, a landmark bill that would strengthen the nation’s air quality monitoring infrastructure and give families…