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Press Release November 21, 2024

Texas Group Sues Army Corps Over Contamination Risk Near San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site

Dredging and mooring project approved without environmental assessment despite heightened risk of toxic contamination, group claims

A small group of bison roam the Snake Butte Pasture on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. (<a href="http://conservationmedia.com/">ConservationMedia</a>)
Article November 1, 2023

In Montana, Wild Bison Are Back, and an Entire Ecosystem Is Healing

The return of bison ten years ago to their home on tribal lands at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation has helped restore an ecosystem and tribal culture.

A bison grazes at American Prairie.
(Ami Vitale for Earthjustice)
feature October 7, 2022

How We Helped Bison Make a Huge Comeback

Earthjustice is using the power of the law to restore and recover wildlife — including bison.

In the News: The Sacramento Bee November 6, 2024

Gas price hikes for biofuels? California climate policy gets backlash from environmentalists, GOP

Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “This program is funneling billions of dollars to polluting biofuels that drive deforestation and food insecurity when those dollars could be spent on accelerating deployment of electric vehicles that will improve our air.”

In the News: The New York Times November 2, 2024

How a Trump Win Would Upend Major Climate Court Fights

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice: “With a Trump administration, it’s significantly more likely than in prior transitions that they will simply change their litigation position.”

In the News: The New York Times October 24, 2024

E.P.A. Toughens Requirements to Remove Lead Paint Dust Around Children

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation, Earthjustice: “This long-overdue action is a game changer in the fight against lead exposure, a silent threat that endangers lives at even the smallest trace.”

Bison are a keystone species, creating a cascade of environmental conditions that benefit countless other wildlife. As bison graze, they prune and encourage growth of native grasses, fertilize the soils, and carve out habitat for smaller creatures. The Northern Rockies office has protected bison and their iconic prairie ecosystem for decades. (Ami Vitale for Earthjustice)
feature August 7, 2023

Northern Rockies

Highlights of how Earthjustice’s Northern Rockies office has leveraged the power of partnership and the law to defend communities, sacred lands and wildlife, and clean air and water.

feature October 11, 2024

Specific Types of Hydrogen Hub Projects That Could Impact Your Community

Each Hydrogen Hub will include a wide range of projects. Potential harms and benefits from specific projects will vary significantly.

feature October 11, 2024

Tools for Communities: Federal Hydrogen Hub Community Guide

How communities can gain information about and influence over Hydrogen Hub projects, including DOE’s Community Benefits Plan requirements

feature September 20, 2024

Fossil Fuels

Earthjustice and our partners are fighting to loosen the fossil fuel industry’s destructive grip on our world. We can win — and it will take all of us.

E-Commerce Warehouses by Potential Environmental Justice Area in NYC, 2022. (Alok Disa / Earthjustice)
Press Release October 8, 2024

As the Holiday Season Begins, ElectrifyNY Calls for Cleaner Deliveries

Big savings deals worsen air pollution in vulnerable communities where e-commerce mega-warehouses cluster; State bill could slash emissions from e-commerce mega-warehouse operations and advance clean air and public health for disadvantaged communities

First light strikes the summit of Mount Moran, painting the sky orange as a female grizzly wades a shallow bend in the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of Thomas D. Mangelsen)
feature October 23, 2024

“A Lens Into Their Lives”: The Grizzlies of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Grizzly 399, an iconic bear matriarch in the Greater Yellowstone region, has died due to a vehicle strike. Earthjustice has worked for decades to safeguard grizzlies from threats to their survival. Today we are mourning Grizzly 399’s loss and reflecting on these observations of her that legendary photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen shared in 2020.

Press Release August 29, 2022

American Prairie to Defend Bison Grazing on North-Central Montana Public Lands

Earthjustice to represent American Prairie in the appeal

In the News: Capitol Alert September 19, 2024

Environmentalists file lawsuit against Port of Stockton over ‘dirty’ hydrogen project

Katrina Tomas, Associate Attorney, California Regional Office: “This is dirty hydrogen, delivered by dirty trucks, for potentially dirty uses. If the port wants to build this project, it must do a better job explaining how it will clean up all of this pollution. At a time when the climate crisis is devastating our state with…

In the News: Sacramento Bee September 19, 2024

Environmentalists file lawsuit against Port of Stockton over ‘dirty’ hydrogen project

Katrina Tomas, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: “This is dirty hydrogen, delivered by dirty trucks, for potentially dirty uses. If the port wants to build this project, it must do a better job explaining how it will clean up all of this pollution.”

Kendall Edmo, with her two year old daughter, in the Badger-Two Medicine.
(Rebecca Drobis for Earthjustice)
feature September 1, 2023

Too Sacred To Drill

The Blackfeet Nation has prevailed in a four-decade fight to fend off oil and gas development in the Badger-Two Medicine region of Montana.

The golden-cheeked warbler photographed in Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores for Earthjustice )
Article September 11, 2024

Meet the Texas Bird that is a Bulwark for Biodiversity

Saving the endangered golden-cheeked warbler will help us protect an abundance of plants and animals in the Texas Hill Country.

page July 11, 2024

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