Lurking In The Gulf, E.BRIEF NEWSLETTER FROM EARTHJUSTICE 21APR11

GREAT articles on fracking, dirty coal power plants in Pennsylvania & Kansas, the anniversary of the deepwater oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and more....

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At a Glance: In The News Earth Day: Oil Spill Back to Court Oil Still Lurks Features unEARTHED Stew In The Win Donate  Earth Day Surprise: The Worst Oil Spill Just two days before Earth Day last year, the nation's worst oil spill was unleashed in the Gulf of Mexico. More than 200 million gallons later, the gushing finally stopped. But, plans for high-risk oil and gas drilling have continued, warns Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen. Read All  |  Comment Support Us! Let's Hold The Oil Industry Accountable! Help turn the tide on irresponsible oil development in the Gulf. Our legal experts head to court on April 26th. Support our critical work with an emergency gift today! Back To Court A Year Later… Earthjustice returns to court next Tuesday with our Gulf oil spill challenges. Read an update about this and our continuing efforts to gain full disclosure of chemicals used in oil dispersants. Oil Still Lurks In The Gulf… It bubbles beneath the sand, hovers in thick mats, is an undersea menace. The Gulf oil spill cleanup has a long way to go.  Read "The oil isn't gone; it's just not where we can see it." –Univ. of Georgia researcher, who found dead patches of sea floor.

From Earthjustice's blog: The Zuke: Death to Trees! Elk! Bald Eagles! GOP plan would let loggers scalp our national forests.  Read Jessica A. Knoblauch: Protecting the Crown, one of the wildest places on Earth. Q&As with climate research ecologist Dan Fagre, attorney Tim Preso, and conservation activist Gene Sentz.

Around the world of Earthjustice: Earthjustice Presents: A Fracking Double Feature Fracking is a dangerous way of getting oil and gas and a shortsighted energy strategy. Learn more by watching these two short videos: an animated short that tells you why you should join the fight against fracking; and one that follows the inspiring journey of a Pennsylvania couple who had 11 days to save the place they loved from fracking.

Earthjustice and its allies won advances—or outright victories—across a broad front: Coal Dust Won't Choke Longview The noise and choking dust of a coal shipping terminal will not be plaguing Longview, WA. Earthjustice played a leading role in rallying citizen outcry against the proposed terminal. Its would-be builders withdrew their application for the time being.  Read Industry Yields On Col. Regulations In the face of stiff opposition led by Earthjustice, the petroleum industry has abandoned another effort to roll back Colorado's environmentally protective oil and gas regulations adopted in 2008.  Read More Kansas Coal Back On Hold A federal judge has agreed with Earthjustice that the federal government failed to consider environmental impacts of the proposed Sunflower coal-fired power plant expansion in Kansas. The ruling could force the government to conduct an environmental impact review process on the proposed plant.  Read More Clean Win For Monongahela Clean water advocates won the first round in a legal fight to prevent the Hatfield's Ferry coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania from dumping polluted water into the Monongahela River. Read More

On Our Blog Make Monday The Best Day. Kill the Monday blahs with "The Monday Reads", stories from the wild side of the environment written by Shirley Hao. Walking coconuts … whale-sniffing dogs … grizzly bears scared of zucchinis—where does Shirley find these stories? Read all of her creature features at Earthjustice's blog, unEarthed. Connect Join us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! 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 - 'Earth Day Surprise: The Worst Oil Spill': Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire ('in situ burn') in the Gulf of Mexico. May 6, 2010. (U.S. Navy Photo / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released) ©2011 Earthjustice | 426 17th Street, 6th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 | 510-550-6700 | enews@earthjustice.org