We take on many of the biggest environmental and health challenges of our time and stick with them. The law makes change.
Because the earth needs a good lawyer.
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By Alison Cagle / International Program
An international court ruled in favor of the people of La Oroya, Peru, finding that the government violated their right to a healthy environment.
By Alison Cagle
As carbon capture booms, communities in Louisiana are worried it will prolong the use of dirty fossil fuel plants.
By Alison Cagle / Fossil Fuels Program
Residents are challenging industry’s petrochemicals push into the region, and Earthjustice’s legal strategy has helped them notch an early win.
By Alison Cagle / Biodiversity Defense Program
The announcement comes after decades of litigation and public calls to save wolverines from development and climate change.
By Alison Cagle / Washington, D.C. Office
This is a landmark success in applying federal civil rights laws to environmental racism.
The web of life is in danger of collapsing, due in large part to climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction caused by the fossil fuel industry. We’re working to protect species from these threats.
Congress made some ugly compromises that will harm the planet and vulnerable communities, but it’s not all bad news.
By Alison Cagle / Rocky Mountain Office
A mining company won’t stop trying to bend the rules to construct a massive mine on sacred lands – even after Tribes beat it in court.
A sprawling oil complex could have desecrated the remains of Ironton’s founders and poisoned their living descendants with toxic emissions.
By Alison Cagle / Oceans Program
After trying various scorched-earth tactics to avoid accountability, Taylor Energy is now liquidating to pay over $400 million in cleanup costs.
