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Kansas Permits Coal Power
Breaking News... Today, in a major setback for America's clean energy, the state authorized massive expansion of a highly polluting coal-fired power plant. Read More |
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 David Guest: Florida's slimy water and politicians. Read |  Monday Reads: The Musk Oxen Edition. Read |  COP16: The world takes a critical step towards combating climate change. A firsthand report from the climate change conference in Cancun. Read |
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Environmental Justice On Trial
A human rights ruling is due anytime in the case of two Mexican activists tortured and imprisoned for trying to protect their homeland from illegal logging. The group AIDA, co-founded and supported by Earthjustice, interceded on their behalf with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Read their story. Let's Unite Against Oil Pipeline
A coalition including Earthjustice is asking President Obama to refuse a permit for a pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada—endangering drinking water and the aquifer that irrigates America's breadbasket. Take action against this environmentally disastrous idea. Read More. | Keeping The Sparkle In Tahoe
The sparking clarity of California's Lake Tahoe has been dimming over the years because of human development and activity—but the pace of degradation has been slowed because of court action taken by Earthjustice and its clients. Read More. EPA Failing Salmon, Steelhead
After the EPA's repeated failure to take action, Earthjustice is back in court hoping to force the agency to start protecting West Coast salmon and steelhead from toxic pesticides. Read.
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Vote For Earthjustice Through CREDO!
If you're a CREDO member, you get to vote on how to distribute the 2010 donations funding. We're on the ballot need your votes! Go to CREDO and vote for Earthjustice. |
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 Why You'll Breathe Easier
If you like to breathe, you'll love to hear what Earthjustice attorney Jim Pew has done for your lungs. Pew's litigation recently closed a gaping air pollution loophole known as the startup, shutdown, and malfunction exemption, which allowed industrial facilities to blanket nearby communities with toxic air pollution, all without warning or accountability. Listen to this interview with Jim as he describes what this landmark victory means to you. Read More Judges Delay Destruction Of GMO Sugar Beet Crop
Destruction of a genetically modified sugar beet crop has been stayed by a 3-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court, pending a ruling on an appeal. The original order to destroy the crop was issued Dec. 1 after Earthjustice sued on behalf of farmers and conservation groups concerned about cross-contamination with other crops. The destruction order is the first-ever for a GMO crop. Read More | Court Rules For Clean Air
In a huge victory for America's clean air, a federal court swept aside attempts to keep the EPA from enforcing greenhouse gas rules for motor vehicles and stationary polluters. Read More Don't Develop More Smog, Court Says
Builders of large developments in California's San Joaquin Valley must somehow offset air pollution caused by their projects, a federal appeals court ruled. The court rejected an appeal by developers that challenged an existing rule for the valley—one of the nation's smoggiest regions. Read More Court Tightens Net On Midwater Herring Bycatch
A lethal loophole in U.S. fishery laws has been closed through court action initiated by Earthjustice. A court-ordered rule will allow inspection of all fish accidentally caught as bycatch by midwater herring trawlers. Read More |
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Take Action: My MTR Story
 Submit Your Photo; Share Your Story! Join hundreds of Earthjustice members by uploading your own photo story to help stop mountaintop removal mining. We'll present all of your photos to the Obama administration as a powerful public photo petition to stop the destruction once and for all! See all photos—and then add your own! |
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Photo Credits - 'Why You'll Breathe Easier': So-called 'malfunctions' at industrial facilities often cause fires and explosions that pollute the air in surrounding neighborhoods. Credit: Jesse Marquez.
'Environmental Justice On Trial': La Oroya is one of the most contaminated cities on the planet. Doe Run Peru's smelter emits such enormous quantities of pollution that many residents suffer from chronic respiratory illnesses and nearly all the children in the city have lead poisoning. Credit: AIDA.
'Monday Reads: The Musk Oxen Edition': Florian Schulz / visionsofthewild.com. |
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