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February 7, 2019 | Feature

The Green New Deal and the Fight for Survival

To avert a climate catastrophe, members of the Sunrise Movement are pushing to pass the Green New Deal, a bold plan to get our country off carbon in less than a decade.

February 7, 2019 | Press Release

Earthjustice Endorses Resolution on the Green New Deal

Plan “lays out a bold vision that matches the scope of our climate crisis”

January 25, 2019 | Letter

Letter: Industry Favors During Government Shutdown

Letter to senior officials at the Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service from 86 organizations representing millions of members nationally and internationally, writing to express objection to the continuation of their agencies’ oil and gas development and logging activities on public lands, waters, and forests during the partial federal government shutdown.

January 25, 2019 | Press Release

86 Organizations Representing Millions Demand Answers from Top Interior Department, U.S. Forest Service Officials on Oil & Gas, Logging Industry Favors During Shutdown

National network of environmental advocates slams continued oil and gas development, logging activities on public lands, proposed rollbacks on FOIA policies

January 17, 2019 | Blog Post

D.C. Is Shut Down for the People — and Open for President Trump’s Corporate Cronies

The government is working just fine for the oil and gas industry.

January 16, 2019 | Blog Post

Reading Between the Lines of Wheeler’s Pro-Polluter Agenda

The EPA nominee may not give the media a climate denial sound bite, but he clearly has no intention to tackle the problem.

January 8, 2019 | Feature

From the Experts: Climate Action Is a Secret Winner in the 2018 Farm Bill

The 2018 Farm Bill is surprisingly climate-conscious.

December 20, 2018 | Press Release

Earthjustice: Vote NO on President Trump’s “Useless, Dangerous, and Hateful” Border Wall

Proposal, which environmental advocates call “lethal to our people and our wildlife,” likely to see consideration in House of Representatives this evening