Three environmental advocacy groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the New York State Department of Health, accusing the agency of undermining a new state law designed to protect tenants—especially children—from lead poisoning. The suit challenges two regulations issued to implement the Proactive Lead Inspection Law, which took effect in November 2025. According…
A Louisiana family is taking their fight for environmental justice from the industrial corridor known as “Cancer Alley” to boardrooms and public stages across the country, urging banks and fossil fuel companies to end investments in projects they say are poisoning their community. Roishetta Ozane and her daughter Kamea live at the mouth of Cancer…
In a sharply worded dissent, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned that the Court’s recent decision in Diamond Alternative Energy v. Environmental Protection Agency could erode public trust and fuel perceptions that the judiciary favors “moneyed interests” over ordinary citizens. The majority opinion, authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh and joined by six other…