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Court Demands More Smog Protection from EPA
For the second time this week, Earthjustice attorneys are celebrating a major clean air victory – this latest one dealing with our nation’s smog crisis.
Read MoreGoldman Prizewinner Helen Slottje: The Secret Weapon In the Fight Against Fracking
In 2010, Helen Holden Slottje, a lawyer in upstate New York pioneered a legal strategy to keep fracking out of communities using local zoning laws. Four years later, her hard work and bravery was rewarded with the Goldman Environmental Prize, sometimes referred to as the “Green Nobel.” Read about Helen’s work, and listen to an interview where she discusses how and why she became involved in the fracking fight.
Read MoreSupreme Court Upholds Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling today, more than two-dozen states with coal-fired power plants must clean up dirty emissions.
Read MoreWhy “Fish Vs. Farmers” Is a False Dichotomy
California water management is not about protecting animals over people. It’s about coddling powerful special interests at the expense of average citizens, Delta farmers, commercial and sport fisherfolk—and a healthy Delta ecosystem.
Read MoreRemote Alaskan Village Energizes With Renewables
The village of Igiugig is weaning off diesel generators and turning on solar and wind power. Watch a video of their story.
Read MoreEagles Fly But Bees Are Falling on Carson Anniversary
A new pesticide dangers lurk, 50 years after Rachel Carson’s death.
Read MoreCampaign Heats Up To Free Lolita the Orca
Captured 40 years ago as an infant, the orca known as Lolita symbolizes the movement to free captive animals.
Read MoreA Film to Kindle the Rebel in All of Us
The documentary film “Rebels With a Cause” depicts fight to stop the development of national lands.
Read MoreSpotlight: Threats to Waterways, Children, Species
Earthjustice litigation and policy work is targeting a number of looming or ongoing environmental threats.
Read MoreMore Investors Pull Out of Maligned Pebble Mine
The unpopular Alaskan mine project meets obstacles.
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