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Coal: Bad in Stockings, Worse in Lungs
Answers about our reliance on coal
Read MoreFive Years Later and the Story of the TVA Spill Continues
On December 22, 2008, just after midnight, the town of Harriman, Tennessee woke to the flood of more than one billion gallons of toxic coal ash sludge that burst through an earthen dam on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant.
Read MoreEffective Litigation: The Antidote to Political Foot-Dragging
The White House “systematically” delayed finalizing a host of environmental and public health safeguards for political reasons before the 2012 election, reported The Washington Post last February. With many of these rules still awaiting approvals more than a year after the election, the Post recently revisited its investigation into the politics of continued White House…
Read MoreRising Tides Threaten Coastal Creatures
A recent report, Deadly Waters, details a new threat to endangered species: rising sea levels. After analyzing data from scientific literature, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, scientists at the Center for Biological Diversity identified 233 federally protected species in 23 coastal states that risk habitat loss due to sea…
Read MoreMissouri Communities Pay a High Price for Lack of Toxic Coal Waste Regulation
The community surrounding the Labadie power plant in Missouri has been exposed to 40 years of coal ash pollution.
Read MoreDefending a Species Paradise
Earthjustice uses the ESA to protect Hawai‘i’s many vulnerable species.
Read MoreKeeping Our Promise to Preserve Endangered Wildlife for Future Generations
Earthjustice and our clients have made the law’s promise a reality
Read MoreNavy Sonar Harms Marine Mammals
Magistrate Judge Nandor Vadas has set a deadline of August 1, 2014 for the National Marine Fisheries Service to develop a plan that will ensure Navy sonar and live-fire training doesn’t violate the Endangered Species Act.
Read MoreSupreme Court Reviews Air Rule that Would Prevent Thousands of Deaths Each Year
The highest court of the land will hear argument in a case that is important to anyone with lungs. A vital air safeguard, the 2011 rule would require power plants in more than two dozen states to clean up nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide pollution that drifts across state borders and contributes to harmful soot (particles) and smog (ozone) pollution in downwind states.
Read MoreWhy Honeybees Matter
Collapsed colonies spell disaster for our food system, and toxic pesticide is to blame
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