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Costs of Coal Exports, Part II: Desiree Bullard of Maryland
(This is the second in a four-part series profiling communities that could be seriously impacted by increased toxic air and water pollution resulting from the federal government’s financing of the export of Appalachian coal to Asia.) This week we meet Desiree Bullard, who lives in Cumberland, Maryland, along rail lines that are experiencing increased traffic…
Read MoreEarthjustice Co-Founder Phillip Berry, 1937-2013
(UPDATE: A memorial for Phillip Berry will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11 at Shiloh Church, 3295 School St., Oakland, CA.) The Earth has lost one of its greatest defenders, Phillip Berry, a founder of Earthjustice and former president of The Sierra Club. He died early Sunday. Berry joined the club in 1950 when…
Read MoreFamily Seeks Political Asylum From Climate Change
A family of five is seeking asylum in New Zealand because, they say, climate change is making life too dangerous in their low-lying island homeland in the Kiribati islands. They are going to court later this month to argue their case as climate refugees. New Zealand has twice refused to let the family stay because…
Read MoreGovt. Shuts Down Fishing, Birding, Hunting
(Editor’s note: What does the federal government shutdown, starting today, mean to you? Tell us in the comments, and check out this news release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.) Because of the shutdown of the federal government caused by the lapse in appropriations, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will suspend most programs…
Read MoreAZM Reign of Poisoning Ends
More than 10 years of court fights rids fields of deadly pesticide
Read MoreCosts of Coal Exports, Part I: Lorraine Ortega of Virginia
We’re making progress in ending America’s dependence on coal thanks to the work of Earthjustice and others to prevent the construction of new coal plants and hold existing coal plants to more stringent environmental standards. Now, hoping to shore up its bottom line, Big Coal is increasingly looking to ships millions of tons of U.S. coal…
Read MoreWe Cause Climate Change, We Can Stop It
The good news in today’s U.N. report on global warming is that I’ll be dead before the predicted ocean rise floods my island home in San Francisco Bay. But here’s what I—and you and every other human on Earth—won’t escape, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Responsibility. It is almost 100 percent certain that…
Read MoreTr-Ash Talk: Penn. Latinos Endure Toxic Neighbor
In northeast Pennsylvania, about an hour northwest of Allentown, lies Hazleton, a city with the dubious reputation of enacting ordinances that fueled ethnic tensions and anti-immigrant sentiment. In 2008, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) pointed to Hazelton’s policies for fostering an environment conducive to hate after Luis Ramirez, a young father…
Read MoreBig Week for Black Carbon
Black carbon is the sooty, particulate pollution that reaches deep into your lungs and causes asthma and other respiratory and heart diseases. Black carbon also plays a major role in global warming—second to only carbon dioxide. Here’s a great introduction to black carbon that may spur you to action, and even make you smile. Termed…
Read MoreCruise Ships Find Rough Waters in Alaska Courtroom
Judge rejects state’s attempt to weaken air pollution controls.
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