TransAlta’s dirty coal plant threatens people and national parks

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The record shows that the Trump’s efforts to weaken environmental regulations are no match for the law.

A new report documents how people have been left in harm’s way, as the Trump administration attempts to block the Chemical Disaster Rule.

This new approach will help the agency protect marine biodiversity.

Sharks are crucial for a healthy ocean, but overfishing is killing them. This bill takes a step in the right direction.

Earthjustice handles legal matters that involve environmental laws or environmental issues and that have the potential to generate results that align with our mission.

The Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund announced that it is changing its name to Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund.

See 50 of our proudest accomplishments that truly changed life for people and wildlife and set the stage for the world we live in now and into the future.

An explanation of the legal work to save Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, and what’s next.

New Montana trapping policies could cause collateral damage to threatened animals

In a conversation, Vice President of Litigation for Climate & Energy Abigail Dillen discusses important recent victories and Earthjustice’s plans to go all-in on clean energy.

Earthjustice launches new website on Earth Day.

Citing violations of the Clean Water Act, the Garberville-based Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) put Maxxam/Pacific Lumber (Maxxam/PL) on formal notice that they will file a federal lawsuit in 60 days if the company continues to illegally discharge pollution into five watersheds.

An analysis of the White House’s “wildfire” bill to weaken environmental protection and public rights in federal land management decisions

Taxpayer subsidy, fish-killing loopholes, scrapped by judges as violations to clean water laws

In 1971, Phil Berry, Fred Fisher, and Don Harris founded the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (as Earthjustice was then known), dedicated to fighting in court and in Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Sierra Club and other environmental groups.

Earthjustice attorney Jan Hasselman, lead counsel to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their litigation, discusses the historic legal case and what lies ahead.