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How The Earth Got A Lawyer EARTH JUSTICE EBRIEF 21JAN11

UPDATES on mountain top removal mining, Mineral King in California, coal ash waste, Kansas coal fired power plants, New England fisheries, oil drilling.....a lot of good reading in this e mail newsletter. Please read 

Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds: She Has Been to the Mountaintop--and We Must Fight Harder to Save It 4JAN11

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Home About Earthjustice Take Action Donate January 2011

At a Glance: In The News Trip Mineral King Features unEARTHED In The Win Stew Take Action "Mineral King really opened the gate." – Attorney Jim Moorman, on why ordinary people can sue to protect the environment. Read Q&A. The Earth Gets A Good Lawyer For more than 100 years, miners, rascals and even Mickey Mouse failed to tame one of America's wildest places. Nature defeated most of those misguided adventurers, but it took the partnership of some plucky lawyers 40 years ago to finally preserve the Sierra's majestic Mineral King. Their pioneering efforts laid the cornerstone of environmental law and gave birth to Earthjustice.  Read More Support Us: Help Protect 40 Years of Progress! We've come a long way since our founding in 1971. But the Earth still needs a good lawyer. Help us continue to preserve our natural heritage, promote a clean energy future and safeguard our health in the courts and on Capitol Hill. With your support, we'll preserve the gains of the past 40 years and continue winning in the next 40.

From Earthjustice's blog: Oil Commission Befriends Science The oil industry swears it's learned its lesson from the Gulf oil spill—but the President's National Oil Commission says the industry hasn't passed the science test. Abandoned in the zeal to drill ever-riskier offshore waters, science must guide any decisions about future drilling. And that includes the fragile Arctic seas, says Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen. Read More Tr-Ash Talk: Community rebels against toxic landfill.  Read (Latest in a series on the dangers of coal ash.) Ray Wan: The Fake Faces of Coal.  Read Raviya Ismail: Overfishing ebbs off New England.  Read Around the world of Earthjustice: Lawsuit Reignites Kansas Coal Fight Represented by Earthjustice, advocates for clean energy were back in court to stop a major, polluting coal-fired power plant in Kansas. The permit had been denied for three years over greenhouse gas emissions, in a struggle that drew national attention. Read more.

Earthjustice and its allies won advances—or outright victories—across a broad front: Appalachia Saved From Biggest Mine For the first time in a generation, Big Coal's destructive march across Appalachia has been stalled. W. Virginia communities are cheered by the EPA's veto of a mammoth mountaintop removal coal operation.  Read Judge Allows Challenge To Otter Creek Mine A plan to destructively wrench coal from an unspoiled natural setting in Montana will face judicial scrutiny, thanks to a court order that lets Earthjustice proceed with a suit challenging the scheme. The strip mining plan would devastate the Otter Creek area and ultimately add billions of tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.  Read More Appeals Board Victory For Clean Water in Washington State The entire state of Washington could feel the impact of a state appeals board ruling that Clark County failed to protect clean water. The county's development standards violated state and federal law, according to the board. This is good news for rivers, stream and salmon threatened with extinction, and it's a victory for Earthjustice and those it represented in the case.  Read More

Take Action Take Action: 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. Take action 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 - 'The Earth Gets A Good Lawyer': John Rasmussen.  'Appalachia Saved From Biggest Mine': Site of the proposed Spruce mine (green valley to right). Photo by Vivian Stockman of OVEC, Flyover courtesy SouthWings.  Take Action: Samantha Bornhorst. ©2011 Earthjustice | 426 17th Street, 6th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 | 510-550-6700 | enews@earthjustice.org

EARTHJUSTICE E BRIEF 22JUL10

THERE are great post in this issue, from the federal court decision stopping oil/gas activities in the Chukchi Sea to court victories for New England fishermen and on air polution and celebrations of salmon and the Spotted Owl. Also updates on the Gulf oil spill and clean energy legislation and wolves among other concerns. Read and share and consider a donation to EarthJustice. Home About Earthjustice Take Action Donate July 2010         At a Glance: In The News Trip Oil Disaster Features unEARTHED In The Win Take Action "The decision brought tears of joy in the village." -Reaction of Inupiat Eskimo community to drilling ban (AP) Oil/Gas Activities Stopped in Chukchi   Breaking News...   Earthjustice legal action has halted oil and gas exploration on leases in the Arctic's Chukchi Sea granted by the disgraced federal Minerals Management Service. A federal judge ruled that the government failed to follow environmental law. Read More Working To Prevent Another Oil Disaster: Earthjustice is taking strong court and other actions to make sure the BP oil tragedy is not repeated in the Gulf, in the Arctic, or anywhere along America's coasts. Our goal—to make federal agencies do their jobs and stop being cozy with companies like BP. Read | Comment Too Dangerous for Humans Decades ago, in one of my first cases as a young lawyer, I protected a young woman from the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. Today, I am proud to say, Earthjustice is filing suit to permanently ban the widespread spraying of this dangerous compound in fields and orchards across America. Read the full story | Comment "Chlorpyrifos can cause ... nausea, dizziness, confusion ... respiratory paralysis and death." — EPA, Chlorpyrifos Factsheet Support Us Protect Our Air and Water! Earthjustice is working through the courts and on Capitol Hill to keep our air and water free of toxins. Help safeguard our environmental health by making a special gift today. From Earthjustice's blog: John McManus: The fate of many wolves in Montana is in a judge's hands. Read Liz Judge: At this moment, Senate leaders are racing to prepare a climate and energy bill for a vote as soon as next week. Read David Guest: The Gulf oil threat is easing, but now we face cleanup and the sad task of assessing impacts on wildlife. Read Brian Smith: Four moms climbed Washington's iconic Mt. Rainier last weekend to make a statement about coal. Read Earthjustice and its allies won advances—or outright victories—across a broad front: Celebrating Survival of The Spotted Owl Twenty years ago, all that stood between old-growth forests and chainsaws was a shy bird with big eyes and an infamous name. Today, that bird—the northern spotted owl—continues to survive in ancient forests still standing because of a landmark Earthjustice victory.  Read More Fishermen Win in Fight To Protect Groundfish A federal magistrate has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to reconsider its rejection of a petition by New England fishermen to stop industrial herring trawl ships from slaughtering cod and haddock inside sanctuaries designed for their protection. The petition was filed by Earthjustice in 2007 on behalf of groundfish fishermen.  Read More Historic Limits On Greenhouse Emissions The first-ever national limits on greenhouse gas pollution from cars and light trucks went into effect July 6. Long-sought by Earthjustice, the rules are but a necessary step towards reining in the major causes of global warming. Next, we need passage of strong climate change / clean energy legislation.  Read More EPA Comes To Aid of Choking Communities Communities located near polluting industries may benefit from an EPA agreement to review and update hazardous air pollution rules covering 28 types of industrial facilities, including pesticide production operations, lead smelters, aerospace facilities and pharmaceutical plants, among others. The proposed decree results from a January 2009 lawsuit by Earthjustice, seeking to end years of delay by the Bush administration.  Read More MMS Waives Oil Industry Waivers In the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill—and following an Earthjustice lawsuit—the former Minerals Management Service ended its practice of allowing oil companies to exploratory drill without adequate plans to prevent and control oil well blowouts, and clean up after them. We still are striving to make sure all offshore drilling in the Gulf is done with adequate blowout prevention and oil spill response preparedness.  Read More | View Slideshow Legal Action Spawns Huge Salmon Run Court-ordered water releases—brought by Earthjustice legal action—have helped create the greatest sockeye salmon run in the Columbia-Snake River system in more than 70 years.  Read More Take Action EPA: Don't Let Big Polluters Trash Our Lungs! A reckless rule proposed by the EPA could expose us to the effects of toxic air pollution—respiratory illness, birth defects, cancer and other serious health problems. Tell EPA: Abandon this dangerous rule today! Only 1 week left to submit your comment! Take action 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 - Main photo, top: Kitiwakes resting on the sea ice. The impact of an oilspill in the arctic ocean environment would have devestating effects on marine species from birds to marine mammals. Chukchi Sea, Alaskan Arctic. Florian Schulz / visionsofthewild.com. Main photo, bottom: Oil in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard Photo / PO3 Zac Crawford. Salmon: Steve Mashuda. Spotted Owl: Gerald & Buff Corsi / California Academy of Sciences. Oil Rig: Florian Schulz / visionsofthewild.com. ©2010 Earthjustice | 426 17th Street, 6th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 | 510-550-6700 | enews@earthjustice.org I