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With a Stroke of Red Marker, Zinke Leaves Interior to His Deputy

The new acting Interior Secretary, David Bernhardt, has been described as a "walking conflict of interest."

Buses Are the Electric Vehicle Everyone Should Be Talking About. Here’s Why.

Proterra is one of several companies manufacturing electric buses in California.

California could spark a national trend with a visionary new electric bus rule that will transform public transit.

Tired of Losing in Court, Trump Administration Amplifies Attack on Science

Participants in the 2017 March for Science in Washington, DC., protested the Trump administration's anti-science attacks.

The Trump administration is acutely aware of science’s role in pushing for effective government regulation, so it’s instituted a sneak attack on science.

A Stench That Sickens, and an EPA That Doesn’t Care

A flooded factory farm waste lagoon in Goldsboro, N.C.

The public can comment through Dec. 14 on an EPA rule that would shield thousands of livestock facilities from reporting toxic emissions.

Why the Earth Needs Good Lawyers in Bozeman and Honolulu

Bison at Abiathar Peak, Yellowstone National Park.

Earthjustice regional offices in Hawai’i and Montana are celebrating important milestones this year.

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.