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Victories

California Regulators Add Teeth to Landmark Clean Energy Policy
Public Utilities Commission orders utilities to use renewable sources before electricity from fossil fuels
Solar Industry Cheers PUC Ruling
Commission turns down proposed barriers to renewable energy
EPA Sets First-Ever Toxic Air Pollution Limits for Power Plants
Tens of thousands of lives saved thanks to push from thousands of Americans for stronger safeguards
Environmental Groups Hail Historic Court Decision Upholding European Law to Curb Airplane Pollution, Address Climate Change
Statement by environmental intervenors on U.S. airline’s challenge to EU emissions trading system (ETS) for aviation
Colorado Adopts New Fracking Disclosure Rule
Earthjustice instrumental in positive outcome
Judge Orders State and Regional Air Agencies to Regulate Climate Change Pollution from Big Oil
Challenge to reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions from WA oil refineries advances
Court Requires Protection of Yellowstone Border Range
Wilderness Study Area must be protected from off-road vehicles
Hawai’i Utility Commission Opens Door to More Renewable Energy on Grid
Improved rules for interconnection approved, several issues remain
Court Gives Grizzlies Something To Sleep On
In an ecosystem where all life is interrelated and connected, the decline of one life form can precipitate the decline of another. In other words, as the whitebark pine seeds go, so go the Yellowstone grizzlies. In November 2011, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that reinstated Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone’s iconic grizzly bear population.
Protections Upheld for Yellowstone Grizzly Bears
Federal appeals court rules
Senate Saves American Lives, Slams Two Toxic Death Knells Written For Big Polluters
Sides with Americans and their health and future by defeating Sen. Rand Paul’s Bad-Neighbor Dirty Air Act and Sen. John McCain’s Big Polluter Bailout
Federal Court Temporarily Closes Unique Forest Areas to Off-Road Vehicles
Ruling protects wildlife from harmful ORV use
Judge Upholds Best Science to Protect Endangered Salmon from Pesticide Peril
A big win for fish and human health
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Delta Smelt Protections
Victory for Endangered Species Act advocates who fought to keep the species listed
Major Victory Secures Roadless Rule
Thirteen years after Earthjustice first launched legal action, the nearly 50-million-acre heartland of America’s national forests is secure. A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Roadless Rule, virtually ending a politically infested process that pitted resource exploiters against the vast majority of citizens who rely upon these pristine lands for recreation and repose.