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feature September 16, 2024

2024 Elections: A Voting Guide

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Up for your votes are President of the United States, all 435 House seats, 34 Senate seats, governors of 11 states and two U.S. territories, and many city mayors, state representatives, state supreme court justices, and state and local measures.

View of Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake. (Nick Pedersen / Getty Images)
Article September 17, 2024

Why We’re in Court to Protect the Great Salt Lake

Millions of people could wind up breathing in toxic dust from newly exposed lakebed.

One of the American West’s great natural ecosystems, the Great Salt Lake in Utah — and the species who depend on it — are facing serious threats. (© Ecoflight)
Press Release September 17, 2024

Court Hearing Today: The Future of the Disappearing Great Salt Lake

Environmental and community groups argue their case against the State of Utah

document September 10, 2024

Letter: County of Kauaʻi Proposed New Landfill in Kekaha

A letter to raise serious concerns about the County of Kauaʻi’s proposal to site a new landfill in Kekaha and to propose alternatives that would avoid expanding decades of environmental injustice on the west side.

document September 4, 2024

Title VI: Letter to EPA

A coalition of over 45 groups, including environmental justice and civil rights organizations, along with community-based and grassroots groups, submit a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, calling on the agency to reject a petition filed by Republican attorneys general seeking to rescind critical Title VI protections.

document September 3, 2024

Title VI Letter: List of Signatories

A coalition of over 45 groups, including environmental justice and civil rights organizations, along with community-based and grassroots groups, submit a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, calling on the agency to reject a petition filed by Republican attorneys general seeking to rescind critical Title VI protections.

Press Release August 30, 2024

Over 150k Public Comments Oppose Federal Permits for Line 5 Pipeline

Enbridge seeks federal and state approval to extend its trespassing pipeline

document August 28, 2024

Valero Houston Refinery: Notice of Intent Letter

Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding notice of intent to sue under the Clean Air Act over failure to take over the main Title V Permit for Valero’s Houston refinery.

document August 30, 2024

Bad River Band Comments on USACE’s Line 5 Environmental Assessment

Comments submitted by Earthjustice on behalf of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa requesting a more thorough review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the impacts of Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 reroute project.

Earthjustice’s successful litigation led to critical protections for Teshekpuk Lake, one of the most ecologically important wetlands in the Arctic. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
page August 15, 2024

Legacy Giving: Find an Estate Planner

Estate planning is an important way to protect your family and ensure your wishes are respected.

Peter Lehner (left), managing attorney of Earthjustice’s Sustainable Food & Farming Program, discusses restorative, climate-friendly farming practices on Seth Watkins’ farm in Iowa. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
page August 15, 2024

Legacy Giving: Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have questions on how to create your environmental legacy? We have answers.

In the News: Orlando Sentinel February 9, 2024

Florida could remove majority of climate change references from state law

Bradley Marshall, Attorney, Florida Office: “It does send a statement that even though we are seeing the impacts of climate change increasing every year in the state — more people being impacted by stronger hurricanes, we’re seeing sea level rise, we’re seeing hotter summers — that we don’t think that is something we should be…

document August 6, 2024

Signed AAFB Request Revised Application Letter

U.S. EPA and Guam EPA do not believe that the Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) permit application submittal provided information that demonstrates that the open burning and open detonation units at AAFB will be addressed in a manner that will ensure protection of human health and the environment. U.S. EPA and Guam EPA are requiring AAFB to submit a revised permit renewal application that addresses the noted deficiencies.

document July 30, 2024

Coalition Letter Opposing the Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Deal

Over 360 groups oppose the Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024.

Commissioner John A. Tuma, left, speaks during a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission meeting in 2018, in St. Paul, Minn. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii / Star Tribune via AP)
feature May 15, 2024

Want to Lower Your Power Bills and Help Your State Fight Climate Change? Here’s Who to Talk to

In public utility commissions, Earthjustice is helping communities push for clean, affordable electricity for all.

Power lines near Pittsburgh, Penn. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice)
feature June 3, 2024

Powering up the Clean Energy Transition

See how Earthjustice makes the case before public utility commissions for a faster, fairer transition to clean energy.

Earthjustice's Alaska-based legal team, in Juneau. Since 1978, the Alaska office has successfully fought destructive oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging that threatens the region’s communities, lands, waters, and wildlife. (Becca Bowe / Earthjustice)
page August 15, 2024

Legacy Giving: Donating Real Estate

By donating all or a partial interest in real property to Earthjustice, you can create a powerful environmental legacy while reducing taxes.

page July 11, 2024

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