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Lawsuit Filed to Stop Trump’s Toxic Emission Exemptions

What happened: President Trump unlawfully exempted 50 of the country’s most toxic chemical manufacturing plants from regulations that protect people against dangerous cancer-causing air pollutants, including ethylene oxide and chloroprene.

What we did: Earthjustice is representing community, health, and environmental groups in a lawsuit challenging Trump’s proclamation that for the next two years, these companies don’t need to comply with the EPA’s “Hazardous Organic National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants,” known as the HON rule.

Why it matters: This administration’s unlawful and unprecedented use of these exemptions endangers the health of communities in 13 states, including Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. “These unlawful presidential exemptions are one of the clearest examples of who matters to the Trump administration and who doesn’t,” said Adam Kron, senior attorney with Earthjustice. “Some of the wealthiest and most toxic chemical companies have received a free pass to put off long-needed controls and health protections.”

The EPA has estimated the updated protections in the 2024 HON rule would cut toxic emissions from the chemical manufacturing industry by more than 6,200 tons per year and reduce air-toxics related cancer risks near these facilities by approximately 96 percent.

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10 Tribal Nations in Michigan File Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Against Line 5 Pipeline

What happened: In 2019, the Michigan attorney general filed a lawsuit to shut down a section of Line 5, an aging pipeline operated by Enbridge that threatens to spill oil across the Great Lakes. After Michigan secured a favorable initial ruling in state court, Enbridge attempted to move the case to federal court. When the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals sent them packing, Enbridge asked the Supreme Court to intervene.

What we did: Earthjustice represents 10 Tribal Nations that filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Enbridge’s “underhanded procedural tactics.”

Why it matters: “The continued operation of Line 5 puts my Tribal Nation in grave danger,” said Whitney Gravelle, president of the Bay Mills Indian Community. “These waters are the heart of creation for the Anishinaabe — where our stories begin and our ancestors still speak. … Michigan made the right choice to end this pipeline, and we stand with the attorney general to defend our rights, our waters, and the future of the Great Lakes for the next seven generations.”

Our amicus brief highlights the experiences of two Tribes harmed by the 2010 rupture of Line 6B, another Enbridge pipeline, which spilled 840,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, causing over $1 billion in cleanup costs and long-term ecological damage. Line 5 is older and poses greater risk: While the Kalamazoo spill affected 35 miles, a spill where Line 5 runs through the Straits of Mackinac could threaten over 1,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline.

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Feature Story: An Oil Tunnel is Threatening the Great Lakes

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Time is running out to stop one company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil flowing. Read more.

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Lawsuit Filed to Halt Gas Pipeline in New York

What happened: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has resurrected the previously abandoned and vacated Transco Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) gas pipeline project spanning New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

What we did: We sued. FERC’s evaluation of the NESE project is inconsistent with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Natural Gas Act, and FERC’s own standards. Transco’s request lacked basic elements, such as 2025 cost estimates, an assessment of the project’s air quality impacts, and an explanation of how the company plans to avoid violating water quality standards.

Why it matters: “FERC’s reissuance of the NESE certificate is a bunch of sorcery,” said Moneen Nasmith, director of National Climate, Fossil Fuel Infrastructure at Earthjustice. “FERC doesn’t have the power to reanimate a zombie gas pipeline that the company abandoned years ago.”

“More than 700 senior homeowners would be significantly and irreparably harmed if the proposed NESE pipeline and its compressor station are allowed to go forward,” said Ronald Waetzman, secretary and former president of the Princeton Manor Homeowners’ Association. “This is our home. Our health, safety, and the financial viability of our community is at stake.”

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Appeal Filed to Overturn Rosebud Coal Mine Permit

What happened: The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) approved a flawed water pollution permit for the Rosebud coal mine expansion that failed to impose any numeric limits on toxic and harmful pollution, even though the massive strip mine is already contaminating surface water to an unsafe degree.

What we did: Earthjustice, representing local ranchers and environmental groups, sued to rescind the mine’s water permit in 2023. A district court recently – and wrongly – upheld the permit, so we are appealing to the Montana Supreme Court.

Why it matters: The DEQ is treating the area surrounding the mine as a sacrifice zone, illegally reclassifying a stream to avoid placing numeric limits on water pollution. The expansion permit added over 9,000 acres to the mine, of which 2,539 would be strip-mined to produce 62.3 million tons of coal.

“The water contamination that will result from this mine threatens the agricultural water quality of Rosebud Creek, which really concerns me,” said Clint McRae of Rocker Six cattle company, which has operated along Rosebud Creek for over a century.

“The Clean Water Act requires environmental regulators to limit toxic and harmful pollution from mining operations,” said Shiloh Hernandez, Earthjustice senior attorney. “The DEQ again used an unlawful loophole to exempt one of largest polluters in the state from meaningful pollution limits. We remain confident the agency will be held accountable through this appeal.”


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