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A Victory For Those Who Don’t Think Inhalers Should Replace Clean Air

A guest post from young clean air activist Ian Viteri.

Exposing The Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking

Walt Desatoff looks out window at oil field across the street

The Obama Adminstration moves toward demanding full disclosure of the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing

Dryden: The Small Town That Changed The Fracking Game

Not only is a change possible, it’s happening

Earthquake Roulette

A new crack in a foundation in proximity to Inglewood Oil Field, CA

Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma aren’t historically known for earthquakes, but that’s all changing thanks to hydraulic fracking.

Are the Feds Studying River Herring to Death?

The industrial Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries continue to kill river herring by the millions as “incidental catch” with little oversight and no meaningful accountability.

Court Demands More Smog Protection from EPA

Smog covers the city of Los Angeles, CA.

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.

Goldman Prizewinner Helen Slottje: The Secret Weapon In the Fight Against Fracking

Helen Holden Slottje, a winner of the 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize.

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.