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How One Tweak to New York’s Tax Code Could Save Forests, Cut Emissions and Help Rural Communities
New York State has an opportunity to show how climate change can be fought through agriculture by incentivizing farmers and forest owners to sustainably manage trees that sequester CO2.
Read MoreWe’re Fighting to Keep Coal out of a Kentucky Lake
Represented by their lawyers at Earthjustice, Kentucky Waterways Alliance and Sierra Club just filed an appeal to force Kentucky Utilities to clean up toxic coal ash pollution in Herrington Lake.
Read MoreTrump puede redoblar su ofensiva en el 2018. Nosotros también.
Con más abogados industriales y lobbies dirigiendo agencias federales habrá más ataques contra las protecciones ambientales. Pero no estaremos solo a la defensiva, iremos a cualquier lugar donde se pueda avanzar, sin descartar ningún estado y de manera internacional.
Read MoreHow Two Women Teamed Up to Take on the Chemical Industry—and Won
Earthjustice attorney Eve Gartner and scientist Arlene Blum worked together to convince the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban an entire class of toxic flame retardants.
Read MoreThe Trump Administration Wants to Roll Back Fracking Standards, So We’re Going to Court
Earthjustice and our clients are pushing for more protection for those who live near fracking operations.
Read MoreCómo fue que por fin llegó la energía renovable a California
La ex presidenta de la Comisión de Servicios Públicos de California, Loretta Lynch, se acercó a Earthjustice con una nueva estrategia para embestir a la agencia que una vez dirigió.
Read MoreFor People of Color, Trump’s EPA Is a Health Hazard
The agency has scaled back regulations that protect communities of color from air and water pollution.
Read MoreIn 2018, Trump May Double Down, But So Will We
With more top positions at federal agencies filled by industry lawyers and lobbyists, we expect more virulent attacks on environmental protections. But we won’t solely be on the defensive: We are expanding anywhere we can make progress, including in some unlikely states and internationally.
Read MoreWisconsin Tribe Going to Court to Keep a Massive Open Pit Mine Out of Ancestral Lands
With the help of Earthjustice, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin is fighting the development of an 80-acre mine just 50 yards from the Menominee River.
Read MoreTired of Dirty Energy Winning, This Government Insider Tipped Off Earthjustice
Former president of the California Public Utilities Commission Loretta Lynch approached Earthjustice attorneys, including Paul Cort (pictured here), with a new strategy for taking on the agency she had once led.
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