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Putting Together the Pieces of the Recent Carbon Deal
The U.S. and China just released a bold climate plan, but it will take some effort to ensure that the plan comes to fruition.
Read MoreTwo National Leaders Join Earthjustice Board of Trustees
Earthjustice proudly welcomes N. Bruce Duthu and Will Roush to its board
Read MorePesticides in the Air: A Farmworker’s Reality
Victorino’s story is part two in a weekly series of personal narratives from farm and agricultural workers, illustrating the need for stronger worker and safety protections against pesticide exposure. To get beyond the statistics of 10,000 to 20,000 pesticide poisonings on farms a year in this country, we go to the frontlines, beginning in California.
Read MoreLawsuit Urges EPA to Ban Neurotoxic Pesticide
After 7 years of delays, groups call for action on chlorpyrifos
Read MoreMore Than 200,000 People Call for Stronger Workplace Protections for Farmworkers
EPA proposal is a step in the right direction as farmworkers demand stronger rules now
Read MoreWhen Lobbying is a Good Thing
Lobbying is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government. There is bad lobbying and, as I learned, there is good.
Read MoreThe Case of the Vanishing Honey Bee: Pesticides and the Perfect Crime
Pesticides & The Perfect Crime: In the widespread bee die-offs, bees often just vanish. One beekeeper calls it the Perfect Crime—no bodies, no murder weapon, no bees. What’s happening to the bees?
Read MoreSenators Pull Off All-Nighter for Climate Action #Up4Climate
Earthjustice statement on all-night Senate climate change speeches
Read MoreNC Coal Ash Spill Demonstrates Urgent Need to Close Ponds
The EPA doesn’t need yet another reason to require the safe closure of the nation’s 1,070 coal ash ponds. But the massive leak of 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash from Duke Energy’s Dan River Power Station this week should set off a siren to wake our sleeping regulators.
Read MoreCelebrating An Historic Agreement on Coal Ash
On January 29, 2014, the Department of Justice on behalf of the EPA lodged a consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that requires the EPA to publish a final rule addressing the disposal of coal ash by Dec. 19, 2014.
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