Electron Dam has been harming Chinook salmon, steelhead, and trout for nearly 100 years. With part of the dam gone, the river will flow naturally for the first time in almost a century.
Fish and Wildlife Service is directed to make a new finding as to the status of the upper Missouri River basin distinct population segment of Arctic grayling within twelve months of this order.
Order granted in part: the FEIS violates NEPA and ANILCA by failing to consider a larger tailings spill; claims that the FEIS’s treatment of the State HIA violated NEPA and that the Section 404 permit violated the CWA is denied.
Earthjustice and our partners are fighting to loosen the fossil fuel industry’s destructive grip on our world. We can win — and it will take all of us.
In an exclusive interview, Francia sat down with Earthjustice to talk about the state of the environmental movement across the globe, the U.S. role in her community’s plight, and how she deals with constant death threats.
Tribal Circumstances Analysis acknowledges historic, ongoing and cumulative injustice to Tribes from the Columbia Basin dams and need for immediate action
Candice Youngblood, Associate Attorney, California Regional Office, says that CEQA is designed to improve projects, not stop them, and hopes the County re-analyzes the project’s potential impacts. “When communities weigh in, we have a better analysis, so really, the county should ensure that folks have a meaningful opportunity to weigh in.”
