Supreme Court Stops Climate Change Attack & more in the OKT 2013 E Brief from EarthJustice

THE Oktober e mail newsletter from EarthJustice, with updates on environmental court cases and reporting on a string of victories in cases concerning noise pollution and whales and dolphins along the Pacific coast, salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest, Caribbean coral reefs, logging of old growth forest in Tongass Nat Forest, the Sunflower coal fired power plant in Kansas, crude oil rail terminals in Washington State and preventing oil & gas drilling in Utah's red rock country. EarthJustice has had a good month!

October 2013

Washington, D.C. High Court Rebuffs Industry Over Climate Change, Lands Supreme Court victories topped an especially successful month for Earthjustice work. The high court refused to hear industry attacks on whether climate change pollutants endanger our health, and it rejected attacks on pollution limits for cars and trucks. The court also ended a long fight over oil and gas development on public lands.    Continue Reading »

Trip's Column Living On A Carbon Budget The Earth faces carbon bankruptcy if humans keep pouring carbon into the atmosphere at the current rate—according to the latest U.N. climate report. It's time to curb consumption of fossil fuels and go on a strict carbon budget, says Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen.     Continue Reading »

Down to Earth: An Audio Interview On the Fracking Frontlines From the California coast to Maryland ports, Earthjustice is fighting to protect communities and special places from fracking. Deborah Goldberg, co-Managing Attorney for our Northeast Office, discusses our campaign.     Listen to Interview »

In The News West Coast Whales, Dolphins Get Relief from Noxious Navy Noise The Navy, with the blessing of the National Marine Fisheries Service, has been using the waters off the Northwest coast for war practice and to test equipment. This often involves very loud noises that disrupt feeding and breeding by orcas, dolphins, and other marine mammals. Earthjustice sued and a judge ruled that NMFS must reconsider its permit and apply the very latest science to reduce harm to the species.    Continue Reading »    Pacific Northwest Protect Volts and Smolts, Appeals Court Rules An appeals court recently found that the Northwest can generate sufficient electricity—while doing more to protect salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake rivers—in its operation of dams. The decision came after Earthjustice sued to protect runs of steelhead and salmon.    Continue Reading »    Slideshow: Saving the Pacific Salmon Caribbean Sea Help For Coral's Best Friend If you like the Caribbean's sandy beaches and vibrant coral reefs, you will cheer a court ruling that protects parrotfish—a fish that keeps the reefs and beaches healthy.    Continue Reading »    Press Release: Our Reaction to the Decision Alaska Woodsmen, Spare The Wolves A plan to do industrial-scale logging in the Tongass National Forest has been placed on hold by the U.S. Forest Service until the agency reexamines impacts on wolf and deer populations. The decision is a victory for Earthjustice and allies opposed to large-scale old-growth logging.    Continue Reading »    The Forest Service stepped back from the brink. – Tom Waldo, Earthjustice Kansas Sunflower Wilts In Kansas Supreme Court Decision The Kansas Supreme Court has rejected the air permit for expansion of Sunflower's coal-fired power plant—an action that may doom the polluting project six years after Earthjustice began fighting it.    Continue Reading »    Audio Interview: "Clean Coal's" Dirty Secret Washington Crude-By-Rail Blocked What do Earthjustice, the Quinault Indian Nation and the Surfrider Foundation have in common? They all just halted two huge crude-by-rail shipping terminals in Washington State, citing no Quebec-like railcar disasters in our backyard.    Continue Reading »    We will not let Grays Harbor become an Alberta Tar Sands and North Dakota oil depot. – Fawn Sharp, President, Quinault Indian Nation

unEARTHED Kristen Boyles Attorney, Northwest Office Toxic pesticide ends its poisonous reign     Read Blog Post »    Kari Birdseye National Press Secretary Wild bison targeted as livestock     Read Blog Post »

Action Center Protect Wolves From State-Led Hunts Gray wolves have made gains since being reintroduced in Yellowstone, but their position is tenuous to nonexistent in the vast majority of their former range. Despite this, the Obama administration announced plans to strip wolves of their federal protections. Will you lend gray wolves your voice so their recovery can continue?     Take Action Today!  »

In Memory of Phil Berry Earthjustice's co-founder is remembered as brilliant, witty, generous—and a fierce defender of the Earth.     Continue Reading »

You've been reading e.Brief, Earthjustice's monthly e-newsletter. Having trouble viewing this email? Read it online: earthjustice.org/newsletter Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance clean energy; and to combat climate change. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer. Learn about our work: earthjustice.org Photo Credits:   · High Court Rebuffs Industry Over Climate Change, Lands:  Balanced Rock in Arches National Park, Utah. (Darren J. Bradley / Shutterstock)   · Protect Our Special Places!:  Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah. (Darren J. Bradley / Shutterstock)   · Living On A Carbon Budget:  Walt Desatoff looks out the window of his bedroom at the oil field across the street from his home in Shafter, California. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)   · Whales, Dolphins Get Relief from Noxious Navy Noise:  A female orca breaches in the Pacific Northwest. (Monika Wieland / Shutterstock)   · Protect Volts and Smolts, Appeals Court Rules:  A sockeye salmon prepares to spawn. (Vasik Olga / Shutterstock)   · Help For Coral's Best Friend:  Stoplight parrotfish inhabit coral reefs around the Caribbean Sea. (kevint3141 / Flickr CC)   · Woodsmen, Spare The Wolves:  The forest canopy of Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest. (Brian Logan / USFS)   · Sunflower Wilts In Kansas Supreme Court:  A wind farm hovers over a barn in Kansas. (Warren Gretz / NREL)   · Crude-By-Rail Blocked:  A train used to transport oil by railroad. (Arvydas Kniuksta / Shutterstock)   · Protect Wolves From State-Led Hunts Gray wolves are at risk of losing their federal protections. (Judi Len / iStock)

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