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Home About Earthjustice Take Action Donate August 2010         At a Glance: In The News Trip Tar Sands Gray Wolves Features unEARTHED In The Win Shop EJ Take Action Good Health Or Good Profits? 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 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 "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 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 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. From Earthjustice's blog: John McManus Maui's streams are brought back to life. Read The Zuke Natural gas is spelled: C-O-A-L. Read David Guest FL's toxic titans ask Congress for help. Read Shirley Hao Census of the seven seas. Read Around the world of Earthjustice: Shop Earthjustice Proudly show your support of Earthjustice by wearing our comfortable, stylish t-shirts by American Apparel! Made of 100% cotton, the tees come in three attractive colors, each one made in the U.S. and bearing the Earthjustice logo. Order your t-shirt today! 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 Earthjustice and its allies won advances—or outright victories—across a broad front: 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 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 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 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 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 Action Center Earthjustice offers our supporters a variety of opportunities to take action in support of strong environmental protections. Check out our Action Center for details or join us on Facebook 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 - Tar sands: Canadian tar sands. (Jungbim) Gulf oil in water: U.S. Coast Guard Photo / PO3 Zac Crawford. Cement kiln: Samantha Bornhorst. ©2010 Earthjustice | 426 17th Street, 6th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 | 510-550-6700 | enews@earthjustice.org If you experience difficulty viewing this message, please click on the link below: http://action.earthjustice.org/earthjusticeaction/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=20561017 This email was delivered to you by Earthjustice. Update your personal information or remove your email address from Earthjustice's email list through your Subscription Management Page or by emailing Earthjustice.