Office Spotlight
Breaking Down the Courthouse Door
Don Harris, a cofounder of Earthjustice and member of the board of trustees, tells the story of how it all started, in a lawsuit that opened up the legal system to environmental organizations and sparked the creation of the organization that would become Earthjustice.
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Recent Victories
Alaska’s Supreme Court Halts Transfer of Public Lands
Nearly a quarter-million acres of state land remain under public ownership after Alaska’s highest court held that transferring them to the University of Alaska would violate the State Constitution.
Updated: November 6, 2009
A Historic Victory for Everglades Restoration
Natural flow of the Everglades to be restored through the purchase of U.S. Sugar holdings south of Lake Okeechobee; largest step forward in the long history of Everglades restoration
Updated: June 24, 2008
Recent News
Recent Cases
University of Alaska Lands
This case challenges the constitutionality of Alaska state legislation, passed in 2005, that grants over 250,000 acres of...
Stockwater Exemption
On June 30, 2009, Earthjustice's Seattle office filed suit in state court in Washington, on behalf of third and fourth...