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Cómo Ayudar a Maui Tras los Incendios Forestales

Voluntarios de King's Cathedral Maui descargan donaciones de mantas y suministros el 10 de agosto de 2023 en Kahului, Hawái. Decenas de personas murieron y miles fueron desplazadas después de que un incendio forestal impulsado por el viento devastara la ciudad de Lahaina.

Earthjustice apoya a nuestros clientes, socios, amigos y familiares en Hawái mientras los socorristas continúan buscando sobrevivientes y evaluando los daños de este desastre.

What’s Killing the Salmon in Our Urban Streams? A Mystery is Now Solved.

Coho salmon returning from its years at sea to spawn, seen near the Suquamish Tribe's Grovers Creek Hatchery.

A chemical called 6PPD that’s found in tires is devastating aquatic life.

How ‘Freeway Revolts’ Helped Create the People’s Environmental Law

Homes in Washington, D.C.’s Brookland neighborhood were condemned to clear room for a highway in the 1960s. The community fought back.

The National Environmental Policy Act is a tool to uplift the people’s environmental voice. Grassroots activists in an iconic Black community paved the way for the law to pass unanimously.

Puget Sound Orcas are Dying — Latest Sign of Nature’s Decline

Puget Sound orcas live in three pods named J, K, and L. Members of L pod, Admiralty Inlet, Oct. 10, 2009.

The world’s top scientists warn that biodiversity is in a free fall. Puget Sound’s endangered resident orcas are just the latest victims of short-sighted human actions that are causing an ecological crisis.

The Supreme Court Has Severely Weakened Clean Water Protections. Here’s How We’ll Fight Back.

Millions of Americans rely on the Clean Water Rule to protect their drinking water sources. Additionally, the 2015 Clean Water Rule protects streams and wetlands that help reduce flooding and filter pollution.

The court’s Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency decision puts more than half of the nation’s wetlands at risk. But we still have legal tools to fight back.

Here’s the Thing About That Color-Coded Air Quality Index

Gray and yellowish smoke limits visibility in photo.

“Safe” levels of air pollution are unhealthy for many people new research shows. The EPA could change that.

What Does Sackett v. EPA Mean for Clean Water?

A child drinks from a water fountain.

A lawyer analyzes the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Alabama Residents Win Sewage Settlement Under Civil Rights Law

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This is a landmark success in applying federal civil rights laws to environmental racism.

The Sun is the Energy Solution for Puerto Rico

A protester waves the Puerto Rican flag during a public protest against the privatization of the electric power service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in June 2021.

Rooftop solar with battery storage will finally enable the territory to have reliable and inexpensive energy. You can help make it happen.

How 600 Years of Environmental Violence Is Still Harming Black Communities

Sharon Lavigne (left), founder of RISE St. James, joins another activist in a moment of prayer at a community meeting in 2019.

The first transatlantic voyages were only the beginning.