Posts by Grace Wyner
Earthjustice Action Urges Senate to Reject Senator Mike Lee’s Attack on Roadless Forests
Amendment to nullify the Roadless Area Conservation Rule passes out of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Contact: Perry Wheeler, Earthjustice Action, pwheeler@earthjustice.org Washington, D.C. — The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today passed S.140, which included an amendment from Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) to nullify the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, or Roadless Rule.…
Read MoreEarthjustice Action Responds to Massive Cuts and Policy Riders in Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill for Upcoming Year
Fiscal year 2027: cuts to Environmental Protection Agency (20%) and national parks, mining in Boundary Waters, new fees for offshore wind, and more Contact: Jackson Chiappinelli, Earthjustice Action, jchiappinelli@earthjustice.org Washington D.C. — The House Appropriations Committee completed the mark-up of the Fiscal Year 2027 bill for the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies yesterday. The Republican-led House…
Read MoreEarthjustice Action Statement on the House Surface Transportation Bill
Media contact: Alexandria Trimble WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO-6) and Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA-2) unveiled the text of the House Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill. This draft bill sets policies and funding levels for highways, transit, rail, and other transportation infrastructure over five years. Congress last reauthorized…
Read MoreEarthjustice Action Responds to House Passage of Republican Farm Bill
Media contact: Nydia Gutiérrez, ngutierrez@earthjustice.org, (202) 302-7531 Washington, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives held a floor vote on the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (Farm Bill). After House passage of the Republican Farm Bill, Earthjustice Action Legislative Director of Healthy Communities Ranjani Prabhakar issued the following statement: “By passing this deeply flawed Farm…
Read MoreEarthjustice Action Responds to House Leadership Pulling Vote on Unprecedented Congressional Attack on Endangered Species Act
Congressman Westerman’s bill would remove urgently needed protections for imperiled wildlife Contact: Jackson Chiappinelli, Earthjustice Action, jchiappinelli@earthjustice.org Washington, D.C. — For the second week in a row, House Majority Leadership pulled Representative Westerman’s (R-AR) “ESA Amendments Act of 2025” (H.R. 1897) from going to a vote on the House floor. The proposed legislation would have…
Read MoreSen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Earthjustice Action, and Gulf Community Groups Discuss Dangers of Deepwater Drilling
In advance of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill anniversary on April 20th, legal experts and advocates to discuss BP’s new high-risk drilling project and dangerous policies in the Gulf Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) joined Earthjustice Action and community leaders from across the Gulf Coast for…
Read MoreCongress Votes to Weaken Clean Air Protections to Let Corporations Pollute More
Republican-backed bills weaken the Clean Air Act, enable polluters to release more toxic chemicals into the air Contact: Alejandro Davila, adavila@earthjustice.org WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. House of Representatives passed two Republican bills this week that would weaken Clean Air Act safeguards for public health. The FENCES Act and the RED Tape Act undermine commonsense measures to improve air…
Read MoreEl Plan del Muro Fronterizo Pone en Riesgo el Agua Potable, Tierras Privadas y el Parque Nacional Big Bend
Legisladores y residentes de Texas advierten sobre daños irreversibles a las comunidades del sur de Texas y al Río Grande Contacto de prensa: Alejandro Davila, adavila@earthjustice.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seis congresistas demócratas de Texas se unieron hoy en el Capitolio de los EE. UU. a residentes de Texas y defensores nacionales para dar la voz de…
Read MoreBorder Wall Plan Puts Lives, Private Land, and Big Bend National Park at Risk
Lawmakers and Texas residents Warn of Irreversible Harm to Texas Communities and the Rio Grande Contact: Alejandro Davila, adavila@earthjustice.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six Texas Democratic members of Congress joined Texas residents and national advocates today at the U.S Capitol to sound the alarm on the Trump administration’s $46.5 billion border wall plan, a sweeping proposal that…
Read MoreEPA Puts Good Science and Children’s Health on the Chopping Block
Shuttering the Office of Research and Development would set back years of progress and research essential to protecting Americans’ health By: Mayra Reiter, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Earthjustice Action Even during the longest government shutdown in history, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin continued recklessly dismantling the Office of Research and Development…
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