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Ukraine War Is Forcing a Decision About the Future of Energy. We Can’t Afford to Think Short-Term.

Three wind turbines stand in Bushland, Texas, with the sun setting behind them.

The United States has a real opportunity to commit to an energy transition that avoids the worst effects of the climate crisis.

Giving the Earth’s Species a Fighting Chance

To stop the biodiversity crisis, we must protect public lands and waters that wildlife depend on.

Court Ices Dangerous Arctic Drilling Plan

A Conoco-Phillips drill site in the Western Arctic.

Our court victory in the Arctic underscores that the law is a powerful tool in stopping climate-wrecking projects.

The Surprising Connection Between Gin and Food Safety

The aftermath of a raid by Federal Reserve officials on moonshiners in Florida on Nov. 24, 1950, where a small still with six barrels of mash was concealed in a forest.

A spirited Florida court case threatened the rights of states to enact stricter food laws, so Earthjustice stepped in.

How Civil Rights Work Led Me to Environmental Justice Litigation

A meeting during the Meredith March Against Fear in Greenwood, Mississippi in June 1966. Pictured, clockwise from left, are Bernard Lee, Andrew Young, Robert Greene, Martin Luther King Jr., Lawrence Guyot, Harry Bowie, and Stokely Carmichael.

The work I have always done — fighting for equality for all people — is precisely the work I continue to do here.

El Aire Limpio Debe Llegar con el Correo a Su Casa

El vehículo de próxima generación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos, que se muestra en este prototipo, se puede construir con un tren motriz de gasolina o eléctrico

Los camiones del servicio postal pueden convertirse en el medio de transporte eléctrico favorito de los Estados Unidos, siempre y cuando la administración Biden actúe con audacia.

How a Shoddy Environmental Review Could Cause a Catastrophic Oil Spill in Wisconsin

Former Bad River Tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins Jr. at the Tribe's reservation in Wisconsin where Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline crosses.

Wisconsin’s inadequate environmental analysis of Enbridge’s rushed and haphazard Line 5 pipeline reroute does grave injustice to frontline Tribal communities.

We’re Defending a Rare Florida Wetland From Oil Drilling

Aerial view of the Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida on October 13, 2021.

We’re in court to force the federal government to protect some of the most important wetlands in America.

A Community Says ‘No’ to a Massive Climate-Polluting Refinery

Local activists participate in the People's Climate March Columbia River on April 29, 2017, in Kalama, Washington.

Under legal and public pressure, a developer abandoned plans to build a methanol refinery in Kalama, Washington, that was set to become one of the top climate polluters in the state.