As online shopping booms, warehouse workers and communities near internet retail logistics centers are demanding solutions to protect their health and environment.
The fracking boom in the northeast United States has led to an alarming trend of corner cutting and hastily approved drilling and pipeline projects. One egregious example in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains typifies the troubling pattern. Within days of receiving a hasty approval from the federal government, the Central New York Oil and Gas Company (CNYOG)…
If—as an Earthjustice supporter and activist—you ever wondered whether your letters and emails to government officials had an impact, we’ve got news that should give you heart. Reporters are writing about the 22,093 messages sent by supporters like you, demanding a thorough environmental review of a proposed 39-mile natural gas pipeline that threatens prime forest…
There is a running joke in my hometown about the glowing green fish and three-headed salamanders in Lake Julian. Nestled in the center of Arden, North Carolina, and surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, this lake was once the picturesque centerpiece of the quaint Southern town. But thanks to the pollution from Progress Energy’s nearby…
The 39-mile pipeline would be built and operated by the Central New York Oil and Gas Company. It would run through Bradford, Sullivan and Lycoming Counties in Pennsylvania, crossing high quality streams in the Endless Mountains and disturbing some 610 acres and leaving 238 acres permanently altered.
I just returned from a week in Pinedale, Wyoming, where my fiancé’s great-uncle, Grant Beck, an 82-year-old local and long-time ranching celebrity of southwest Wyoming, has owned and operated a ranch for 63 years. Grant’s ranch is a piece of heaven, complete with a barn, livestock, and endless views that stretch for miles into the…
Make Every Day Earth Day.
In honor of Earth Day and the fight for the wild spaces we love, the air we breathe, the water we drink — any gift you make for the month of April will be matched $2:$1!