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A Bad Month for Poisons

Some of the gravest poisoning threats to children, pets and wildlife will disappear because of agreements reached by Earthjustice.

Maui County Facing Fine for Dirty Water Dumping

County subject to millions in penalties for illegal discharges from Lahaina injection wells

Choke on This: Valley to Miss Air Quality Deadline

Haze spreads over the Central Valley on January 17, 2014. Air quality levels ranged from unhealthy to very unhealthy throughout the day.

San Joaquin Valley misses federal deadline to clean its notoriously polluted air.

Florida, Kentucky Rivers Poisoned by Coal Ash

Google Earth satellite images of coal ash wastewater pollution from the Mill Creek Generating Station into the Ohio River.

Earthjustice is suing to stop toxic coal ash discharges into rivers in Kentucky and Florida.

Long Beach Locks In Dirty Coal Exports

Long Beach approves exports of climate-altering coal, petcoke.

Applying GIS Mapping to Environmental Law

Map of oil and gas development in the Roan Plateau Planning Area, created by Earthjustice and included in litigation filings.

Geographic Information Systems have become an integral part of Earthjustice’s work to protect public health and the environment; GIS services are provided by our staff to support case development and litigation, advocacy and public outreach and education.

Friday Finds: Girly-Named Hurricanes Less Feared

People don’t take female-named hurricanes as seriously—and suffer the consequences.

Love and the Law Come to the Lone Wolf

California’s famous lone gray wolf – the first to set foot in the Golden State since his forebears were slaughtered to extinction nearly 100 years ago – has found love just across the border in Oregon, where biologists yesterday said they photographed his two pups peeking from a log.