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Ozawa Bineshi Albert, with Casey Camp-Horinek (right).

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June 5, 2020 | Article

Ways to Help Fight Anti-Black Police Violence

“Historically white environmental organizations that once looked away from environmental racism are finally joining a larger, urgent struggle for justice.”

July 2, 2020 | Explainer

How Big Oil is Using Toxic Chemicals as a Lifeline – and How We Can Stop It

Petrochemicals are an environmental and public health disaster. Here’s what you need to know.

July 2, 2020 | From the Experts

Five Takeaways From the House Select Committee’s Climate Crisis Action Plan

The roadmap includes bold policies that Earthjustice and our partners have championed.

July 2, 2020 | From the Experts

An Attempt to Silence Environmental Activism in South Africa

This mining company's defamation suit is a classic example of a strategic lawsuit against public participation.

June 30, 2020 | Article

Why Queer Liberation Is an Environmental Justice Issue

Once we stop seeing these fights for humanity as separate, we open ourselves up to the possibility of learning from each other in deeper ways.

June 30, 2020 | Feature

Waters of the U.S. Under Threat

An interactive story map on how the Trump administration's 2020 Navigable Water Protection Rule threatens to remove Clean Water Act protection for millions of waters and wetlands in the U.S.

June 25, 2020 | Explainer

Electric vehicles are not just the wave of the future, they are saving lives today.

Ten things to know about electric vehicles, and how you can help make the future electric (even if you're car-free).

June 24, 2020 | From the Experts

With the Great Barrier Reef on the Brink, Australia’s Climate Policy is Adrift at Sea

The World Heritage Committee should encourage Australia to take meaningful action to protect this ocean treasure.

June 23, 2020 | Article

Leaking and Looming, Legacy Coal Ash Ponds Spew Poisons. Is There One Near You?

Despite a court order, Trump's EPA is dragging its feet on regulating this toxic threat.

June 22, 2020 | Feature

Still Standing

In the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s case against the Dakota Access Pipeline, youth activism and legal advocacy work hand-in-hand in the fight for justice.

June 22, 2020 | Feature

Five Watersheds in Jeopardy from the Dirty Water Rule

Everyone is downstream from someone. Millions of waterways losing protection will not only devastate specific waterways within a watershed, but also waterways that connect downstream and the people and communities who rely on them.

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