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Winter is Coming: 5 Wonderlands Under Threat

These five winter wonderlands are facing multiple threats, but Earthjustice attorneys are hard at work to protect and preserve their beauty for generations to come.

After 15 Years, EPA Finally Moves to Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

Nearly 15 years have passed since the EPA effectively banned the residential use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which causes brain damage in children, and the EPA has at last proposed to ban most agricultural uses of this toxic pesticide.

The Time is Now to Join Together on Climate Change

As the Paris climate talks wrap up, now more than ever the world must partner together to combat the climate crisis.

Congress Can’t Shake Our Nation’s Resolve on Climate Change

As the end of the year approaches, Congress is pulling out all the stops to tear down our nation’s climate policies, without success.

Cutting Methane, Boosting Hope For Climate Success

World leaders are gathered in Paris to pledge support for taking meaningful climate action, and there may be no climate solution that is lower cost and higher impact than cutting methane pollution.

A Banner Week for Banning Pesticides

Pesticides are disappearing from croplands, orchards and hardware stores in a major shift toward more sustainable agriculture.

Sugar Cane Burning Not So Sweet for Florida’s Residents

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Each year, Florida’s sugar-growing corporations emit thousands of tons of hazardous air pollutants by burning sugar cane leaves, a dirty practice that Earthjustice is working to stop.

Hikers and Wildlife Now Better Protected in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest

A recent Earthjustice settlement with the Forest Service will allow the public and wildlife experts a say in where and when motorized vehicles are allowed in the iconic Pike-San Isabel National Forest.

Senators Bennet and Markey Introduce Bill to Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Today, Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced legislation that would protect the coastal plain—the biological heart of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—as wilderness.