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For 30 years, 我们的国家诉讼团队已经根据《365体育彩票》将污染者直接告上法庭, Clean Air Act and other environmental laws, 赢得了超过2.5亿美元的法庭罚款和减少污染的行动. 我们准备将更多的污染者告上法庭，为我们的空气辩护, our water and the people and wildlife that depend on them.
From the Great Lakes to Texas refineries
Across the country, 许多公司继续向我们的空气和水中倾倒比法律允许的更多的污染物. 这些污染者将附近的居民暴露在致癌污染物之下, trigger asthma attacks, disrupt the body’s hormone system, and cut lives short. They have harmed wildlife, and degraded their habitat.
And yet in these cases, state and local government officials have done nothing, or too little too late, to stop the pollution and hold the polluters accountable.
幸运的是，该法律给了公民一个直接采取行动制止污染的机会. Under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other environmental laws, citizens are empowered to file suit against violators.
Acting on behalf of citizens, 并经常与其他国家和地方环保组织合作, our national litigation team has done just that. Together, 我们已经在法庭判决的罚款和减少污染行动中赢得了超过2.5亿美元, from San Francisco Bay to Boston Harbor, 从五大湖到德克萨斯州最大的化工厂附近.
Florida's Suwannee River, protected by our legal action.
Ebyabe via Wikimedia, CC-BY-2.5
Recent cases
在过去的一年里，我们的国家诉讼团队专注于以下重大案件:
- Two cases, one against ExxonMobil and one against a subsidiary of Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company, 因为他们在德州的炼油厂违反了《365体育彩票》386天, Texas, refinery and chemical plant complex. U.S. 地区法官希特纳(David Hittner)发现，埃克森美孚因拖延实施必要的污染控制措施而获利1400多万美元, 排放了超过1000万磅的非法气体. ExxonMobil has appealed the decision.
- Against Pilgrim’s Pride美国是世界第二大鸡肉生产商，污染了佛罗里达州的苏万尼河. In November 2017, the company reached an agreement to make equipment upgrades, 调查消除或大幅减少所有排入苏万尼河的污水的可能性, 并支付据信是佛罗里达州历史上《365体育彩票》公民执法诉讼中金额最大的罚款.
- Against ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel company, 因为匹兹堡地区的社区排放了大量烟尘, acidic gases and noxious odors. In December 2017, the company agreed to pay a $1.500万罚款(另一个州记录)和估计200万美元用于空气污染控制.
- Against Casella Waste Systems, a trash hauler with operations in 40 states, 垃圾填埋场污染已经用重金属和一种疑似致癌物污染了马萨诸塞州的饮用水供应. 我们的姐妹组织马萨诸塞州环境组织正在寻求一项禁令，要求卡塞拉控制或补救污染, hook up residents’ homes to a clean water supply, 并获得《365体育彩票》排放许可，或停止向湿地排放, 以及责令Casella公司为违反《365体育彩票》支付民事罚款的命令.
Ready to bring polluters to court
We’re always on the lookout for other cases of illegal pollution. 然而现在，我们担心这些病例的数量可能很快会上升. 在特朗普执政期间，环保署征收的罚款消失了 down 60 percent.
在我们成员的支持下，与当地公民和环保联盟合作, we continue to:
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继续我们目前的案件，阻止他们违反《365体育比分》, and compel them to clean up and pay for their pollution.
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研究全州和全国更多的病例，包括我们的成员向我们报告的病例.
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Mobilize the legal, 我们需要利用科学和其他技术资源将更多的污染者告上法庭, hold them accountable, clean up our air and water, protect our health, and preserve nature and our wildlife.