"If everybody used as many resources as the average American, we would require six planets." --Architect William McDonough in the April issue of Vanity Fair.

BREAKING NEWS:

Court steps in to save salmon

A federal judge has agreed with Earthjustice that a plan to increase water pumping from the San Francisco Bay-Delta is illegal because it's driving salmon into extinction.

Governors set national clean energy agenda

As e.Brief goes to press, a handful of governors is meeting to do what our president has refused to do: take on global warming. With such leadership, says Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen, the governors are helping set a clean energy agenda for the next president.

Send a free Earth Day e-card!

Celebrate Earth Day 2008 on April 22 and send a free e-card to friends and family. We've got 6 beautiful photographs from which to choose, so pick the e-card that's right for you, add your own personal message, and send out as many e-cards as you want!

A wolf that ran and died on 3 legs

The crippled wolf was one of the most recognized in Yellowstone -– chasing down elk as easily with three legs as his comrades did with four. But, "Hoppy" couldn't outrun bullets unleashed last month when gray wolves were removed from federal protection. He was one of the first to be shot. Read his story and see the slideshow.

Tom's Turn

Now hear this -- Bush thinks environmental protection laws shouldn't be used to protect the environment. Tom explains.

The Zuke

The wind blows both ill and good in New Mexico as the Navajo Nation embraces clean wind energy and dirty coal-fired power. Get Ted's take.

ON THE LEGAL FRONT...

· After a year of stalling by the Environmental Protection Agency, Earthjustice is demanding that EPA regulate greenhouse gases from motor vehicles as ordered by the Supreme Court...

· In the face of an Earthjustice lawsuit, the U.S. Forest Service scrapped fire management plans in four southwestern national forests -- leaving them vulnerable as fire season approaches. At the national level, it's no better. Earthjustice will challenge the Forest Service's latest forest management regulations because they are "a gift" to the logging industry...

· Both common sense and science were left out of EPA and Army Corps of Engineers rules that allow waterways to be destroyed as long as new ones are created...

· A Bush appointee who resigned because she politically tampered with endangered species decisions may be implicated in yet another case involving the mountain plover. A judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reveal documents that might show the connection between the appointee and the agency's failure to protect the plover.

Tribal deal leaves out dam science

A deal for just under $1 billion between the U.S. government and four Indian tribes may provide the tribes with money for important hatchery and habitat work but fails to get at decades of scientific study showing dam operations must be modified substantially in order to restore ravaged salmon runs on the Snake and Colombia rivers.

Fisher threat halted...for now

An Earthjustice lawsuit has pressured the U.S. Forest Service to withdraw a massive timber sale in the southern Sierra Nevada that would have logged key habitat for the Pacific fisher, an endangered forest carnivore in the same family as the wolverine and badger. The agency said it will consider additional science in hopes of reaching "a more informed decision" about the fisher and the logging project.

EPA proposes huge loophole for factory farms

In these final months of the Bush presidency, Earthjustice is on the lookout for last-minute giveaways to generous administration backers. In one particularly egregious example, the Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed to exempt factory farms from having to report hazardous toxic gases from animal waste at their feeding operations. Earthjustice is objecting to this proposal in 27 states.

Irreplaceable is irresistible

Hundreds of people have already supported Earthjustice's new campaign, "Irreplaceable: Wildlife in A Warming World." Featuring world class photography and unforgettable stories, Irreplaceable brings you face to face with plants and animals as they struggle to survive in the face of global warming. Visit the Irreplaceable website and see how you can help protect them.

A Snake in the Kitchen

Attorney Monica Reimer represented denizens of Old Florida in the only jury trial in Earthjustice history. As she recalls here, it was them against chainsaws and barbed wire in a fight over the soul of south Florida's Fisheating Creek.