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Long Beach Residents Want to Dump Their Current Waste System

View of the Long Beach skyline from Hilltop Park, in Signal Hill, Long Beach, California.

The city of Long Beach, California, is falling behind the rest of the state and the nation in transitioning to a zero-waste future.

Environmental Justice Leaders Confront The ‘Value Gap’

“Race trumps class,” said Dr. Bob Bullard, a distinguished professor at Texas Southern University. He spoke at a panel on environmental justice sponsored by Earthjustice at the joint National Association of Black Journalists - National Association of Hisp

At a convention of black and Hispanic journalists, environmental justice advocates talk about the lasting impacts of discrimination. (English language version available.)

Maui Couple Plants a Taro Patch, Grows a Movement for Hawaiian Water Rights

Water rights heroes John and Rose Marie Duey at home in ‘Īao Valley.

It was like a horrible dream: Native Hawaiians fined for growing food and practicing their culture.

Fighting South Africa’s Coal Cartel

Earthjustice attorneys Martin Wagner and Ramin Pejan recently returned from South Africa where they experienced the country’s beauty—but also the growing threat of destruction from coal mining and consumption.

Montana Residents Must Curb Water Use — To Perpetuate Dirty Coal Power

Global warming, exacerbated by coal development, has led to record-low water flows in the Yellowstone River.

Protecting the ‘Wilderness Mystique’ of Alaska’s Iditarod Trail

Author Monica Zappa and her dog team (above), with Blue Steel in the lead, arrive in Nome, Alaska, in 2015.

Donlin Gold’s proposed natural gas pipeline threatens the Iditarod’s most cherished quality—its wilderness mystique.

Because the Earth Needs a Good…Artist

Artist and educator Mary Ting has been an ardent supporter of Earthjustice and a variety of environmental causes for more than 25 years.

No One Owns the Mountain

As we celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service, we must remember that the preservation of lands like Yosemite National Park (above) for all people and creatures is a basic tenet of the native peoples’ wisdom about the natural world.

As we celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service, we must remember that the preservation of these lands for all people and creatures is a basic tenet of the native peoples’ wisdom about the natural world.

Two Tunnels Too Many

Earthjustice is representing Restore the Delta to oppose a massive diversion of fresh water from California’s Delta for Governor Jerry Brown's proposed “Twin Tunnels” project.