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April 8, 2011 | Article

Shut Down the Government So They Can Blow Up Mountains?

[Update: Amid hurried negotiations late Friday to avoid a government shutdown, House sources indicated that a possible deal has been reached to prevent weakening the government's regulation of mountaintop removal mining and climate change emissions. The uncertainty of this deal makes it all the more important for citizens to contact the White House and their congressional representatives to demand hands off of the Environmental Protection Agency.]

April 6, 2011 | Article

Senate Tramples Four Dirty Air Acts

The Senate just voted to reject four—count 'em 1-2-3-4—bad amendments that would strangle and block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from being able to limit dangerous carbon dioxide pollution from the nation's biggest polluters.

These Dirty Air Acts went down in the upper chamber today because enough of the Senate still obviously believes that the well-being, future and health of Americans are more important than corporate special interests.

April 6, 2011 | Article

Why I Fight for Our Forests: Earthjustice's Tom Waldo

Protecting our national forests is essential for the future of our nation. Tom Waldo, who joined Earthjustice in 1989 and is a staff attorney in the Juneau, Alaska office, discusses his work protecting our forests.

April 5, 2011 | Article

Why I Fight For Our Forests: Earthjustice's Kristen Boyles

Q & As with attorney Kristen Boyles, who works to protect our nation's forests and their critical natural resources and wildlife.

March 30, 2011 | Article

Care About Climate Change, Clean Air? Call Your Senators!

The Senate votes tomorrow on four pieces of legislation that all aim to block or delay Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action to reduce the carbon dioxide pollution of the nation's biggest polluters. These polluters have convinced their friends in Congress to author a wave of bills exempting them from strong air pollution limits—they are the Dirty Air Acts we've been warning you about for months.

March 28, 2011 | Article

Climate Impacts on Freshwater in the Americas

When glaciers no longer provide drinking water to the communities that depend on them, what happens to the people?

March 16, 2011 | Article

Cleaning Up Biggest Polluters - Will Congress Have Our Backs?

As I write this, the Senate is debating an amendment to a small business bill that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from setting limits on carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's biggest polluters.

March 11, 2011 | Article

Friday Finds: Single Serve Stupidity

Del Monte sells individually wrapped bananas

March 3, 2011 | Article

Oil and Gas Lobbyists Claim The Sky is Falling

Again, the pollution lobby warns that stronger standards will cause massive disruption.

March 3, 2011 | Article

The New Majority: We Can't Go Backwards Fast Enough!

"Doh!" should be the motto of the new majority in the House, but here's one from House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) that might work as well: "The New Majority - Plasticware Is Back."

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