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Feb 5, 2025 | earthjustice.org

The Superior Court for the District of Columbia denied Tyson Food, Inc.’s efforts to avoid liability and allowed the case to move forward.

Jan 10, 2025 | earthjustice.org | Shirley Hao

With thousands evacuated or facing losses due to wildfires in the Los Angeles area, here are community and environmental groups you can support.

Dec 20, 2024 | earthjustice.org

How states, utilities, and regulators can address digital energy demands to strengthen the grid.

Nov 21, 2024 | earthjustice.org

Nonprofit organizations agree to drop their lawsuit once conditions are met

Oct 31, 2024 | earthjustice.org | Elizabeth Kieszkowski

This article was originally published at Honolulu Star-Advertiser and is republished by permission. The court overturned a 2021 state Water Commission decision for failing to take the initiative to return more flows to the streams after the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. plantation closed in 2016. As the ruling makes clear, Hawai‘i’s Constitution establishes a powerful public trust duty to protect water resources and Native Hawaiian water rights. This duty is affirmative — it compels action.