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A Year of Threats Looms for Western Rivers
Drought, diversions threaten Colorado, San Pedro and other rivers
Read MoreVictory in Leeco Mines Case
Appeals court rejects company’s request for premature mining
Read MoreEmergency Measure to Stop Wolf Killing in Idaho
Nine wolves already dead as Earthjustice goes to appeals court
Read MoreGetting It Right for the Arctic Ocean
Thanks to long-running Earthjustice litigation on behalf of Alaska Native and conservation groups, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ordered the Department of the Interior to reconsider its decision to issue millions of acres of oil leases to companies like Shell and ConocoPhillips in the Chukchi Sea. In response, the government has suspended drilling there pending the review.
Read MoreWolf Packs Targeted by Idaho Eradication Plan
Despite enacting the world’s first and best endangered species law, our hatred toward the wolf continues to loom large in some parts of this country. Consider Idaho, where the wolf lost its endangered species listing in 2011 and faces hostile measures.
Read MoreThe Problem with An All of the Above Energy Policy
A letter to President Obama
Read MoreTowns Fight Back Against Fracking
In mid-December the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found Act 13 is unconstitutional. This is a law that allowed state government to override local communities’ zoning decisions to limit hydraulic fracturing or fracking. The decision stems from a lawsuit by seven Pennsylvania municipalities, a doctor and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Earthjustice submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, representing 22 organizations, including Marcellus Protest, Lehigh Valley Gas Truth and Berks Gas Truth.
Read MoreGenetically Engineered Crops: Coming to a Store Near You?
Consumers fight for protections and labeling.
Read MoreCoal's Poison Taints West Virginia's Drinking Water
Did we really need another reason not to like coal as an energy source? Ready or not, we have one.
Read MoreBill Would Cripple EPA's Power to Prevent Toxic Spills
Those who push an extreme anti-environmental agenda often use the concept of freedom to promote their ideas. They are not concerned with your freedom to breathe clean air or to drink clean water. Instead they want to give corporations the freedom to exploit natural resources without regard for the adverse impacts, and they want to ensure that polluters have freedom from accountability for the potentially deadly impacts of their actions.
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