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Suit Filed by NRDC to Protect Rusty Patched Bumblebee (PDF)

Legal filings
The Natural Resources Defense Council today sued the Trump Administration for illegally suspending the rule to put the rusty patched bumblebee on the endangered species list, just one day before federal protections were set to take effect. The rusty patched...

Complaint Filed by NRDC and Partners in 2 For 1 Litigation (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC, along with Public Citizen and the Communications Workers of America, sued the Trump administration today to block an executive order signed by President Trump on January 30 that directs federal agencies to repeal two federal regulations for every new...

NGO Response to Holding CPP Litigation in Abeyance (PDF)

Legal filings
A response filed by Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, and others opposing a Trump Administration request to hold a pending Clean Power Plan case in abeyance.

Motion to Enforce the Court Order on Chlorpyrifos - (PDF)

Legal filings
The Natural Resources Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network, represented in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by Earthjustice, filed a motion to enforce a previous court order and require EPA to make a decision on a...

Petition to EPA Region 9 for Dominguez Channel (PDF)

Legal filings
American Rivers, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Los Angeles Waterkeeper petitioned Region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency to make polluters accountable for stormwater runoff contamination of two Los Angeles waterways: the Dominguez Channel and the Los Cerritos Channel. Currently...

Petition to EPA Region 9 for Los Cerritos Channel (PDF)

Legal filings
American Rivers, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Los Angeles Waterkeeper petitioned Region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency to make polluters accountable for stormwater runoff contamination of two Los Angeles waterways: the Dominguez Channel and the Los Cerritos Channel. Currently...

Flint Drinking Water Lawsuit Stipulation as to Settlement (PDF)

Legal filings
Stipulation as to the settlement from the Flint, Michigan, Safe Drinking Water lawsuit requires the City of Flint and the State of Michigan to replace Flint’s lead and galvanized steel service lines within three years, while, in the meantime, providing...

Flint Drinking Water Lawsuit Settlement Agreement (PDF)

Legal filings
The settlement from the Flint, Michigan, Safe Drinking Water lawsuit requires the City of Flint and the State of Michigan to replace Flint’s lead and galvanized steel service lines within three years, while, in the meantime, providing water filter support...