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From the Experts April 24, 2024

Environmental Organizations in Chile Ask the Environmental Court to Invalidate a Rule that Artificially Prioritizes Electricity from LNG Over Renewables

The so-called “Inflexible” gas regulation creates a fiction to lower the price of LNG.

From the Experts April 24, 2024

Organizaciones Ambientalistas en Chile Recurren al Tribunal Ambiental para Invalidar Norma de Gas “Inflexible” que Prioriza Artificialmente la Electricidad Proveniente de GNL Sobre las Renovables

La “inflexibilidad” que la norma otorga al gas crea una ficción que le baja el precio al GNL, dándole prioridad en el despacho

A smelter in La Oroya, Peru has polluted the small Andean city for generations. (Mitchell Gilbert for AIDA)
Press Release: Victory March 22, 2024

Inter-American Court Ruling on La Oroya Case Sets Key Precedent for the Protection of a Healthy Environment

The Court found Peru responsible for violating the rights of residents of La Oroya, who have been exposed to unsafe levels of toxic contamination for generations

Residents of La Oroya, Peru, hold a sign that reads "Doe Run, it is enough of environmental crimes" during a march through the streets of Lima demanding medical assistance and a halt to the pollution generated by mining in Peru. (Fotoholica Press / LightRocket via Getty Images)
Article March 28, 2024

Historic Court Decision Puts Big Polluters on Notice in Latin America

An international court ruled in favor of the people of La Oroya, Peru, finding that the government violated their right to a healthy environment.

(Mitchell Gilbert para AIDA)
Press Release: Victory March 22, 2024

Fallo de la Corte IDH en Caso de La Oroya Sienta Precedente Clave para la Protección del Ambiente Sano

El tribunal estableció la responsabilidad del estado peruano en la violación de derechos de residentes de La Oroya, afectados por décadas de contaminación tóxica

feature April 2, 2024

This Treasured Alaska Rainforest Shields Us From Climate Change

The National Roadless Rule, now reinstated on the Tongass National Forest, safeguards vast tracts of old-growth forest that serve as important carbon sinks.

The Tongass is America’s largest national forest.
(Brian Logan / U.S. Forest Service)
Press Release January 30, 2024

Alaska Native Tribes, Southeast Alaska Businesses and Forest Advocates Defend Tongass National Forest’s Roadless Rule

Legal intervention seeks to retain forest protections that support Tribes, communities, and sustainable local economies

Astrid Puentes Riaño leads a workshop in 2010. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release April 5, 2024

Earthjustice Congratulates Newly Appointed United Nations Special Rapporteurs Astrid Puentes Riaño and Elisa Morgera

UN announces appointments of Special Rapporteurs for the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and the protection of human rights in the context of climate change

Astrid Puentes Riaño en 2010. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
Press Release April 5, 2024

Earthjustice Felicita a las Nuevas Relatoras Especiales de la ONU Astrid Puentes Riaño y Elisa Morgera

Las Naciones Unidas anuncian nombramientos de Relatores Especiales para el derecho a un medio ambiente limpio, saludable y sostenible, y la protección de los derechos humanos en el contexto del cambio climático

In the News: Context April 16, 2024

Peru pollution ruling a ‘gigantic step’ for environmental justice

Jacob Kopas, Attorney, International Program: “This case is the first time that the court is … really recognising a connection between the health of an environment and the health of human communities. Now with this precedent, we can point to it and say yes you have access to justice – this has been recognised as…

A reef and island off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico.
 (Cesar Morales / Getty Images)
Press Release August 2, 2023

Mexican environmental authority violates Mexico’s highest court and international obligations when reissuing a permit for a port expansion that threatens the Veracruz Reef System

In a legal brief, AIDA and Earthjustice argue the Secretary of the Environment failed to properly evaluate the environmental impact of the project to the reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as required by Mexico’s highest court

A reef and island off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico.
 (Cesar Morales / Getty Images)
Press Release August 2, 2023

Autoridad Ambiental Mexicana Vulnera Obligaciones Internacionales con Nuevo Permiso para Ampliación Portuaria que Amenaza al Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano

En un escrito legal, AIDA y Earthjustice evidenciaron cómo la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente no reevaluó adecuadamente el impacto ambiental del proyecto en los arrecifes, declarados Patrimonio de la Humanidad, de acuerdo con los términos dispuestos por la Suprema Corte

Unuk River is one of the transboundary watersheds of southeast Alaska. (USGS)
Press Release January 30, 2024

Alaska Native Tribes Press B.C. for Rights Amid Reckless Gold Rush

Tlingit Tribes originating along the Unuk River want a say in risky mining proposals

staff December 12, 2023

Bridgett McCoy

As an associate attorney with the Fossil Fuels Program, Bridgett supports the teams’ efforts to stop oil and gas buildout along the Louisiana and Gulf coasts.

An outside unit to a heat pump system outside a home in Juneau, Alaska. (Michael Penn for Earthjustice)
Article November 21, 2023

A Cold Alaska City Has Become a Heat Pump Hub

The ‘electrify everything’ movement is taking off in Juneau, Alaska.

Press Release: Victory February 9, 2022

Mexican Supreme Court Orders Protection of Reefs and Wetlands in Veracruz

Mexico’s highest court halts a major port expansion project, ruling in favor of community and environmental defenders of the reefs on the Veracruz coast

Press Release: Victory January 25, 2023

U.S. Forest Service restores critical protections to Tongass National Forest

The National Roadless Rule was rolled back for America’s last great rainforest by the Trump administration, threatening millions of acres of undeveloped national forest lands

“Protect” spelled out by activists in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
(Camila Roy/Sectral Q)
Article July 17, 2015

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: The Sacred Place Where Life Begins

Learn more about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge straight from the women of the Gwich’in tribe in Alaska through Miho Aida’s film “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins: Gwich’in Women Speak.”