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At a Glance: In The News Trip: Prop 23 Wolf Foes unEARTHED In The Win Take Action "We don't have all that much money." -Valero Energy spokesman explains why oil company only gave $4 million to support CA's Proposition 23. On The Ballot: Clean vs Dirty Energy America's strongest laws that regulate global warming emissions are in danger of being vetoed by voters in California. The passage of Proposition 23 could devastate clean energy efforts across the nation, warns Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen. Read More In The Election Aftermath... On Nov. 9, when the dust finally settles from the mid-term elections, join our conference call to hear an election assessment from Marty Hayden, VP for Policy and Legislation. The call starts at noon (PT). Go here for further details and to register.

Wolf Foes Arise in Congress A pack of congressmen and senators are taking aim at the Endangered Species Act after northern gray wolves were protected from hunting by the ESA. They've introduced legislation to remove ESA protections and restore hunting seasons. These are clear attempts to avoid a court order obtained by Earthjustice. Read the full story | Comment Support Us Wolves back in the crosshairs! Help save them. New legislation in Congress seeks to strip federal protections from the wolves of the northern Rockies.

Vote for Earthjustice! With elections coming up, Earthjustice is the candidate that really needs your vote. Help us advance to the next round of Free Range Studio's 2010 Youtopia contest. You can read more about our contest idea and cast up to 3 votes to help us advance here: Vote Today! From Earthjustice's blog: Liz Judge: Oil, dispersants, water and mystery mix six months after Gulf oil spill. Read More The Zuke: Denying climate change one straw at a time. More David Guest: Friends are foes in Florida water war. More

Around the world of Earthjustice: The Dangers of Protecting Mexico Torture, imprisonment and threats are seriously impeding efforts to protect Mexico's environment from harmful exploitation, according to a report issued by AIDA a partner organization of Earthjustice that works on behalf of the environment throughout the Americas. The report was presented to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights "to help strengthen protection of the right to a healthy environment in Mexico and safeguard the people who defend this human right."  Read More A Stormy Q and A Earthjustice attorney Jan Hasselman talks about why cleaning up stormwater pollution in Washington State is crucial to preserving the livelihood of the Pacific Northwest.  Read More Feds: Ignorance No Bar to Arctic Drilling A key federal agency apparently believes ignorance is no reason to not allow oil drilling in the Arctic.  Read More

Earthjustice and its allies won advances—or outright victories—across a broad front: Clean The Air, EPA Warns Valley Yielding to persistent advocacy by Earthjustice, the EPA has told the air district in the smoggy San Joaquin Valley that it has 18 months to fix a regulation that did nothing to clean up facilities that burn coal, petcoke, tires, biomass and municipal solid waste all of which significantly contribute to the valley's major air pollution issues. Read More Better Deal For Cleaning Everglades Earthjustice has won a better solution to keeping polluted runoff out of Florida's Everglades. A court is recommending that the state use large quantities of former sugar cane land to filter polluted runoff, instead of a $700 million reservoir project in the southern Everglades Agricultural Area. Read More Hawaii Shines Light On Solar Rooftops Hawaii's PUC has ordered the state's biggest utility to start rewarding homeowners and businesses that install rooft-top solar panels. This means that the utility must pay for any electricity sent from those rooftops to the grid. Read More Recommendation To Veto Spruce Mine Permit After years of watching their streams buried and waters contaminated by mountaintop removal mining, the people of Appalachia have received good news from the EPA a recommendation to veto a permit for one of the biggest mines has been sent to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. Read More Dimming Unfriendly Lights in Hawaii Threatened and endangered seabirds in Kauai, Hawaii are getting a break through an agreement reached between a resort and Earthjustice clients. The St. Regis Princeville Resort agreed to reduce disruptive lighting and to fund programs aimed at restoring populations of threatened Newell's Shearwaters and endangered Hawaiian Petrels. Read More Lake Tahoe Development Stopped A development plan that would have greatly increased the number of piers, ramps and other facilities around Lake Tahoe has been thrown out by a federal judge two years after Earthjustice sued to stop development. Read More

Take Action Take Action: Clock is ticking on cleaning up coal ash... The coal and power industries don't want to clean up the coal ash mess they've made. We still have time to comment on the first-ever federal rule for coal ash disposal. Tell the EPA to set strong, federally enforceable safeguards against this hazardous waste! Take action today! Connect Join us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Watch us on YouTube! Earthjustice. Because the earth needs a good lawyer. Earthjustice is the nation's leading, non-profit law firm for the environment. To learn more about our work, visit our website, http://www.earthjustice.org. Photo Credits - Hawai'i Solar: Pink Dispatcher. Coal ash: © jerrygreerphotography.com. ©2010 Earthjustice | 426 17th Street, 6th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 | 510-550-6700 | enews@earthjustice.org