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The Latest by Miranda Fox

Public Affairs and Communications Strategist

As a communications strategist, Miranda covers Earthjustice’s Mid-Pacific and California regional offices. She has campaigned to defend public water resources in North America and is a graduate of the Master’s in Global Studies program at the University of California, Santa Barbara where her research focused on climate change.

A kelp forest, dominated by giant kelp growing off the coast of California.
August 27, 2015

Big Blue Live Is Reality TV Worth Watching

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

Big Blue Live is a groundbreaking live, three-night television event sponsored by Earthjustice, celebrating some of the world’s most amazing marine creatures converging in the Monterey Bay.

Even with an approaching El Niño, Californians shouldn’t lose sight of long-term water management goals, since climate change can intensify heat, evaporation and dry weather.
August 27, 2015

Study Finds Climate Change Amps Up Drought

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

Even with an approaching El Niño, Californians shouldn’t lose sight of long-term water management goals, since climate change can intensify heat, evaporation and dry weather.

Shasta Dam, above, has lost at least a third of its generating capacity due to California's drought.
August 6, 2015

Drought Drains California’s Energy Grid

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

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.

A man in India working with cattle to till a field.
July 23, 2015

Linking Human and Environmental Justice with Carmen Gonzalez

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

Earthjustice trustee Carmen Gonzalez has been recognized as one of Green 2.0’s leaders of color, and in this Q&A she connects the dots between environmental justice, human rights and the global food industry.

Shiprock is a sacred site in the Navajo Nation located near the Four Corners Power Plant
July 22, 2015

Cleaner Air Coming to the Skies Above Four Corners Power Plant

By Miranda Fox  /  Northeast Office

The owners of the Four Corners power plant in New Mexico have reached an agreement to reduce pollution and improve the health of surrounding communities and national parks.

July 2, 2015

Cinco especies sedientas de lluvia

By Miranda Fox

Recientemente, hicimos una reseña sobre los impactos de la sequía en los peces pero aun las especies que no dependen directamente de aguas caudalosas están siendo llevadas hasta el punto de extinción.

Monarch butterflies resting at Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove, Calif. during their migration from Mexico to Canada.
July 2, 2015

5 Species Starved for Rain

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

With the sixth mass extinction upon us, we explore how the drought is devastating five species across the western United States.

Kumik is a high altitude village located in India's northern Ladakh region. High above the village this melting glacier provides the people who live here with their only water source.
July 1, 2015

Soot, Solidarity and Survival: A Conversation with Jonathan Mingle

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

Author Jonathan Mingle discusses his new book, Fire & Ice, the powerful particle, black carbon, and climate change around the world.

The Grand Canyon
June 24, 2015

Keeping the Grand Canyon Wild

By Miranda Fox  /  Headquarters Office

Over 200,000 people sent comments to the Forest Service in response to a proposed development near the southern rim of the Grand Canyon.

Aerial spraying in Colombia
June 16, 2015

Colombia Suspends Aerial Spraying of Illegal Coca Crops

By Miranda Fox  /  International Program

In a resounding victory for environmental and human health advocates, Colombia has suspended aerial herbicide spraying on illegal coca and poppy plantations.