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Tr-Ash Talk: Put Down that Glass!
A while back, we documented the threat of hexavalent chromium in drinking water and the fact that it leaches from coal ash disposal sites across the country. Sadly hexavalent chromium and coal ash share a headline again in this story out of Madison, Wisconsin. The article details the results of a study that found hexavalent…
Read MoreMonday Reads: The Midway Atoll Tsunami Edition
Several hours after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck northern Japan, towering waves raced west across the Pacific, engulfing the three tiny islands of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. A mere three days earlier, Midway Atoll had been heralding the latest wildlife celebrity to woo human audiences: Wisdom. Not only was she the…
Read MoreNew York Times Defends the Right to Breathe
Over the weekend, the editorial page of the New York Times once again defended the right to breathe clean air. This time, the paper focused on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently proposed health standards for power plants’ toxic air emissions, which are expected to save as many as 17,000 lives every year by reducing…
Read MoreLongview Coal Export Terminal Application Withdrawn
Residents of Longview, Wash., can exhale a sigh of relief today, secure in the knowledge that their health will not be jeopardized by a coal shipping terminal. Australian-based Ambre Energy and its subsidiary Millennium Bulk Logistics announced this week that the companies are withdrawing a permit application to construct a coal export facility in Longview…
Read MoreFight To Protect Gray Wolf Shifts To Capitol Hill
It is with deep regret that we must announce that Earthjustice was forced to step down as the courtroom lawyer for wolves in the Northern Rockies in the two cases related to the Fish and Wildlife Service’s action to remove or reduce their Endangered Species Act protections. This action was not our choice, but a…
Read MoreToxic Air's Toll: Thousands of Preventable Deaths
The New York Times Green blog has a good post today that spells out in no uncertain terms the cost of delaying health standards for coal plants’ toxic air pollution: thousands of preventable deaths. Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took the historic action of proposing these long-overdue health standards, which are expected…
Read MoreCongress v. Endangered Species – Wolves Up For A Vote
A Chance To Do It Right On Western Coal
In 2009, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued an order taking aim at climate change, saying: “The Department is … taking the lead in protecting our country’s lands and resources from the dramatic effects of climate change….  The realities of climate change require us to change how we manage the land, water, fish and wildlife … and…
Read MoreSome Utilities Support EPA Power Plant Clean Up
Today’s major announcement from the EPA to cut mercury and other toxic air pollution from hundreds of coal-fired power plants across the country was welcome news here at Earthjustice. For nearly 15 years, we’ve been fighting in the courts for cuts like these so that our communities and our children can breathe a little easier. Turns…
Read MoreCleaning Up Biggest Polluters – Will Congress Have Our Backs?
As I write this, the Senate is debating an amendment to a small business bill that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from setting limits on carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s biggest polluters. We’ve been making a lot of noise about this effort to cripple the EPA and obstruct health- and science-based standards for climate…
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