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The FDA Dumps Its Recipe for Disaster

The agency finally nixed its approval of several cancer-causing food additives after years of advocacy and an Earthjustice lawsuit.

Together, We Can Rise to the Challenge of Climate Change — Even If the Trump Administration Won’t

Wangan and Jagalingou cultural leader Adrian Burragubba visits Doongmabulla Springs in Australia. We’re helping Australian indigenous peoples, including Burragubba, take their fight against a giant coal mine to the United Nations.

In the absence of common sense in Washington, communities, cities and states are stepping up to take the lead.

Canada As Ugly Neighbor: Mines in B.C. Would Devastate Alaskan Tribes

The Stikine River runs through Wrangell, Alaska. Mining operations nearby threaten to poison fish in the Stikine watershed and destroy the traditions and livelihoods of Southeast Alaskan Tribes.

Southeast Alaskan Tribes have brought a human rights petition against Canada to protect the fish at the center of their cultures.

Ignored and Infuriated, Pawnee Stop Illegal Fracking Plans on Tribal Lands

Walter Echo-Hawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, discovered in 2015 that government agencies had approved oil and gas leases on Pawnee land without telling the tribe.

The government admits it failed to follow its own rules when approving new oil and gas leases on Pawnee land, part of a broader pattern of agency misconduct.

Listen to the Cosmic Sound of Sandstone Arches in Bears Ears

Certain sandstone arches in Utah emit a steady hum. The Trump administration's attempt to gut Bears Ears and Grand Staircase could stymie geologists who want to study the phenomenon.

A scientist’s mission to record the humming arches of Utah’s national monuments

A Just Way to Put Food on the Table

Do you know where your Thanksgiving turkey came from?

From banning toxic nerve agent pesticides to protecting our farmworkers, Earthjustice remains committed to remaking our food system into one that nourishes and sustains life for all of us.

Florida Voters Pass Offshore Drilling Ban

A "vessel of opportunity" skims oil spilled after the Deepwater Horizon well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. A measure on Florida's ballot this fall could help to prevent future spills.

Amendment 9 will help protect Florida's fragile coastlines from drilling regardless of which politicians run the state.

The Lessons We Didn’t Learn from the Largest Gas Leak in U.S. History

Three years after a massive leak at the Aliso Canyon underground gas storage facility in Southern California, residents of nearby Porter Ranch, shown here, continue to experience severe health conditions.

Three years after the Aliso Canyon leak, agencies and underground gas storage operators are still failing to regulate and share information about the toxic pollutants in stored gas.