EARTHJUSTICE, FOR THE RECORD: Why is Dakota Access back in court?, The most destructive fire in California’s history, A just way to put food on the table, Florida voters pass offshore drilling ban, What the 2018 election results mean for the environment 18NOV18

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The renewed legal challenge against the Dakota Access pipeline The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe renewed their lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, challenging the approval of the Dakota Access pipeline. Attorney Jan Hasselman explains the significance of this legal development. READ MORE YOUR GIFT MATCHED $1-FOR-$1! At Earthjustice we’re fighting in court and on Capitol Hill for a swift and just transition away from fossil fuels towards 100 percent clean energy to curb the most harmful effects of climate change. This is a unique opportunity to double your impact and help us take on the most important environmental challenges of our lifetime. Give today and join the fight! DONATE NOW The most destructive fire in California’s historyWhile tens of thousands of people evacuate their homes and firefighters risk their lives battling climate-fueled fires, the Trump administration continues to deny the existence of climate change. READ MORE A just way to put food on the tableFrom banning toxic nerve agent pesticides to protecting our farm workers, Earthjustice remains committed to remaking our food system into one that nourishes and sustains life for all of us. READ MORE Florida voters pass offshore drilling banIn a win for environmental health and clean energy, Florida voters protected the state's coastlines from offshore drilling, regardless of which politicians run the state. READ MORE What the 2018 election results mean for the environmentClimate change is no longer a hoax in the U.S. House, and a new generation of environmental champions on the Hill and at the state level bring promise of climate progress. READ MORE “At the very least, it can feel pointless to try to argue with anyone who isn’t fully convinced about climate change by now. But at the interpersonal level, I still believe that hearts and minds can change at a dinner table and that those individual changes matter collectively.” — Earthjustice president Abigail Dillen on using the holiday dinner table to engage your loved ones on climate change. READ MORE HOW YOU CAN HELP Stop Trump’s race to mine our monuments Last December President Trump flew to Utah and issued an order to strip protections from millions of acres in Bears Ears and Grand StaircaseEscalante national monuments. Now the administration is scrambling to open these lands up to coal and uranium mining. TAKE ACTION Protect workers and children from pesticides The Agricultural Worker Protection Standard and the Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule are the federal rules meant to keep workers safe from occupational exposures to pesticides and to keep all of us safe from pesticide misuse and preventable poisonings. But now the Trump administration has announced plans to reverse these basic life-saving rules. TAKE ACTION

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