Legal Actions
Take Action: Protect Maryland Communities from Industrial Pollution
Increasing rainfall due to climate change is supercharging the pollution coming off of industrial sites, leading to serious health impacts ...
Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back on Track for Endangered Species Protection
In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge found today that the U.S. Fish and ...
In Response to Lawsuit, EPA Announces Timeline for First Revisions to Slaughterhouse Water Pollution Standards in Nearly Twenty Years
Victory: EPA agrees to strengthen standards for the nation’s largest industrial source of phosphorus pollution—and second-largest industrial source of nitrogen ...
Virginia Supreme Court Decision Ensures Equitable Access to Courts
Hanover County residents’ challenge of Wegmans’ distribution center can go forward Takoma Park, MD (February 6) In a victory for ...
Environmental Organizations File Lawsuits Against Flawed Maryland Industrial Stormwater Permit
Deficient permit will not protect waterways and fails to address environmental justice issues As a result of major flaws in ...