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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 | Article

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 | Article

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 | 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

December 11, 2018 | Press Release

Earthjustice Statement on Farm Bill Agreement

Final product the result of bipartisan compromise, removes attacks on farmworkers, sustainable food, public lands

December 6, 2018 | Press Release

Earthjustice Statement on Confirmation of Bernard McNamee to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Video captured controversial nominee’s remarks on environmental advocates

November 20, 2018 | Press Release

Trump Administration Exploits California Wildfire Tragedy to Benefit Logging Industry

Argues for inclusion of pro-logging provisions in end-of-year agricultural legislation

November 19, 2018 | Press Release

Earthjustice President Says Catastrophic Wildfires Show Need for Stronger, Faster Action on Climate Change

Extreme weather is putting our lives, our communities and the economy at risk

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