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Choking On Algae and Anger, Floridians Rise Up
Toxic algae, caused by runoff, spreads widely into communities.
Read MoreShell’s Hell Continues
The Environmental Protection Agency slapped Shell with a substantial $1.1 million fine for polluting the pristine air of the Arctic while exploring for oil during 2012. That’s when Shell could NOT stay out of the news, making headlines with its drill ship breaking towing lines and slamming into rocky beaches. That’s when their oil containment/spill…
Read MoreMy Window Seat To America The Threatened
“If you want to see the places we’ve helped protect, ask for a window seat.” So reads my favorite Earthjustice message, decorating airports across the country. It’s true: 35,000 feet is a great vantage to see the forests, mountains and river canyons that are intact, unroaded and resilient thanks to our legal work with many…
Read MoreNever Say Die in the Fight For Clean Water
Earlier this summer, I was talking to a colleague and friend in Missouri, Patricia Schuba. She lives only a few miles from the Show Me State’s biggest coal-fired power plant, Ameren Corporation’s Labadie Power Station. She was preparing to come to Washington to testify before the EPA on a proposal to clean up toxic water…
Read MoreWatching Our National Parks Fade From View
Human-caused haze is also stifling more than just a picture-perfect photos. The pollutants that ruin the views in our national parks are the same pollutants that ruin our bodies by contributing to heart attacks, asthma attacks, chronic bronchitis and respiratory illness.
Read MoreAirlines Ranked by Amount of Fuel Used
A new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation ranks the major airlines according to their fuel efficiency—and for the first time reveals the major gaps that exist between airlines in their fuel use. For a long time, green consumers have known that air travel is the biggest part of the average individual’s carbon…
Read MoreEPA Pulls Two Important Chemical Rules
To say we at Earthjustice are disappointed regarding the recent news that the Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn two chemical rules would be an understatement. EPA’s decision to pull these rules is truly a shame because the proposed regulations would have increased transparency of health and safety information related to potentially dangerous chemicals. We already…
Read MoreLooming Tahoe Deal Is a Bad Deal for the Lake
Any day now, the fate of Lake Tahoe’s famed blue waters could be drastically compromised.
Read MoreFriday Finds: Sea Otters Keep Seas Squeaky Clean
Sea otters regularly draw crowds at aquariums and along shorelines for their famously cute mustaches and furry bodies, but recent research shows that these little starlets should really be applauded for their ability to keep algae from mucking up our oceans. According to researcher Brent Hughes from the University of California, Santa Cruz, sea otters’…
Read MoreAlabama's Anti-Poison Powerhouse
Just when you think our younger generation is distracted by Instagram, “Pretty Little Liars” and Miley Cyrus, the world turns itself upside down, shakes itself around and out comes Cece Durden. Cece is a 17-year-old powerhouse who refuses to sit back and let her community in Alabama’s Black Belt risk be poisoned by toxic coal…
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