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20 August 2010

EARTHJUSTICE E BRIEF 20AUG10

GREAT stories on wolves in the northern Rockies, Maine fisheries, oil spills, EPA and air pollution controls, mountaintop mining, streams in Hawaii and Appalachia and a call to action on coal ash, click the link to participate.

e.Brief: Earthjustice's monthly e-newsletter.
Good Health Or Good Profits? Challenging Planet's Worst Oil.
Wolves Saved From Fall Hunts.
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At a Glance:
Good Health Or Good Profits?
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The EPA is preparing bold, historic actions against air pollution—setting up a showdown over how pollution is paid for: with the health of people, or with the profits of polluters. Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen explains.  Read Full Article | Comment
In The News
Challenging Planet's Worst Oil
Even as Congress was abandoning the fight against climate change, Earthjustice was stepping up its efforts. Last week in federal court, Earthjustice argued against a 1,000-mile pipeline poised to import tar sand oil from Canada—the most greenhouse gas-intensive of all crude oil. Read More | TV Report

Canadian tar sands. Credit: Jungbim. "Oil can be extracted from the tar sands only by using three times the energy required to produce a barrel of conventional oil."
-Rep. Henry Waxman
Gray wolf.Gray Wolves Saved From Fall Hunts
Wolf hunts scheduled for next month in Montana and Idaho have been scrapped by a court order reinstating Endangered Species Act protections for the northern gray wolf. Last year, hunters killed 260 wolves after protections were lifted. Read More
Donate now.Preserve Protections for Wolves! Anti-wolf interests are looking for legal loopholes that will allow them to kill wolves despite our recent victory. Help preserve federal protections for wolves.
unEARTHED From Earthjustice's blog:
John McManus.John McManus
Maui's streams are brought back to life. Read
Ted Zukoski.The Zuke
Natural gas is spelled:
C-O-A-L. Read
David Guest.David Guest
FL's toxic titans ask Congress for help. Read
Shirley Hao.Shirley Hao
Census of the seven seas. Read
Stew: Around the world
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Oil in the Gulf. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo
/ PO3 Zac Crawford).A Rush To Cleanse
Oil Spill's Image

Only weeks after BP capped the worst man-caused oil spill in history, a PR-effort led by the president himself aims to convince folks that the oil's gone and the party's back on. Not so fast, say scientists, whose findings show that nearly 80 percent remains below the surface.  Read More
In the win column Earthjustice and its allies won advances—or outright victories—across a broad front:
Photo of sugar beets.Keep Sugar Beets Natural, Court Rules
Court overturns USDA approval of genetically engineered 'Roundup Ready' sugar beets. A major victory for Earthjustice and its clients, this means the federal government must protect the environment and agriculture from crops designed to sell chemicals. Read More

Photo of fishermen.A Fishery Rebounds
In Maine

Local Maine fishermen turned to sustainable fishing methods to revive the fishery and their way of life, after overfishing decimated their industry. Support from Earthjustice helped.  Read More
Restoration of Waihe`e River and Waiehu
Stream. Upper diversion on Waihe`e River with the entire flow of
the river being diverted. (August 9, 2010).Alive Again—
Streams of Maui

After years of being sucked dry by agricultural interests, two legendary streams on the Hawaiian island of Maui are flowing again, thanks to the work of Earthjustice.  Read More

Photo of cement kiln. Credit: Samantha
Bornhorst.De-toxing America's Cement Kilns
Thousands of pounds of mercury and other dangerous pollutants will be eliminated from cement kilns across the United States under new rules announced by the EPA. This significant action follows years of litigation—backed up by massive public pressure from Earthjustice supporters.  Read More
Photo of mountaintop removal explosion.Ditches Can't Substitute For Streams Anymore
It'll be more difficult for mountaintop removal miners to dig a ditch as a replacement stream after burying the real thing under mining rubble, according to new guidelines agreed to by the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers. Thousands of miles of Appalachian streams have been killed by such tactics, which Earthjustice and allies have fought against for years.  Read More
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Photo Credits - Tar sands: Canadian tar sands. (Jungbim) Gulf oil in water: U.S. Coast Guard Photo / PO3 Zac Crawford. Cement kiln: Samantha Bornhorst.
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