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Wolfdog Rescue Brings a Misunderstood Breed Out of the Shadows

Ahote, a mix of eastern timber and Arctic wolf, is a wolfdog that lives at Howling Woods Farm.

At Howling Woods Farm wolfdogs of all stripes educate the public about wolf lore and management, and a lucky few find new adoptive homes.

Court Lays a Smackdown on the EPA for Its Pesticide Inaction

A farmer spraying a field with pesticides.

A federal court has ordered the EPA to finally decide whether to ban chlorpyrifos, citing the agency’s own findings on health dangers to farmworkers, children and rural communities posed by this toxic pesticide.

Real Sustainability: Dry Farming in a Drought

Some of the finest wines and olive oils in the world have been created with dry farmed crops, a practice with a long history in the dry Mediterranean region.

Some of the tastiest apples, walnuts, and wine grapes come from farmers doing something radically different—they’ve stopped watering their plants.

Understanding the Big, Bad Wolf: Using Art to Celebrate and Demystify a Polarizing Animal

"Happily Ever After" is one of the illustrations born out of Earthjustice's collaboration with Creative Action Network in this campaign.

Earthjustice teams up with the Creative Action Network to celebrate the mysterious gray wolf in a playful crowd-sourced art campaign.

The Dance of the Dammed

Oregon's Wimar Dam during the deconstruction.

Two 20-foot high unused dams have been killing salmon in the Rogue River wild and scenic watershed for years, but with Earthjustice’s help those dams are coming down, opening up over 70 miles of prime salmon and steelhead habitat.

As River Runs Orange, Mining Industry Attacks Tool to Prevent Toxic Spills

The National Mining Association fights to make it impossible for the Interior Department to wield an important environmental protection tool: putting large areas of public land off-limits to mining.

Broken System: The Current State of Pesticides Regulations in 30 Minutes

Managing attorney Patti Goldman discusses how we got in the poisonous pesticide mess and what Earthjustice has been doing to correct it over the past decade.

Earth’s Oceans Are (Not) for the Birds

The world has lost 70 percent of its seabirds in the past 60 years, but as we mourn their loss, we must also come together to preserve the natural beauty that remains.

Drought Drains California’s Energy Grid

Shasta Dam, above, has lost at least a third of its generating capacity due to California's drought.

California’s drought is draining the state’s reservoirs and preventing hydropower from feeding the state’s energy grid, creating an opportunity for cleaner energy sources to take its place.