Earthjustice
Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. We bring about far-reaching change by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations, coalitions and communities.
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Newswire article Monday, September 24, 2018 Earthjustice Statement on New Allegations of Sexual Assault Against Judge Brett Kavanaugh Abigail Dillen, incoming president of Earthjustice, issued the following statement in response to additional revelations of alleged sexual assaults against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend: “Victims of sexual assault across the country are watching to see whether or not... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, September 24, 2018 National Monuments Lawsuits to Stay in Washington D.C. Today a federal judge ruled that the lawsuits to decide the fate of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments will be heard in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This is the venue in which they were originally filed by the Native American Tribes for... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Trump Administration Launches More Attacks on Public Health with Methane Rule Rollback Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) largely rescinded its Waste Prevention Rule. The 2016 rule requires the oil and gas industry to use cost-effective technologies and practices to reduce venting and flaring, as well as find and fix leaks from oil and gas infrastructure on public and tribal... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, September 14, 2018 Earthjustice Statement on Devastating Hurricane Florence The following is a statement from Abigail Dillen, Earthjustice’s incoming president and Vice President of Litigation for Climate and Energy: Our thoughts are with those who have been harmed by Hurricane Florence, including those who have been displaced and have had their lives completely disrupted... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Trump Administration Unleashes New Attack on Public Health with Harmful Methane Rollback Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its plan to gut climate and health protections from oil and gas sector methane emissions Public health advocates contend that the move is the latest in a series of Trump-era giveaways to major oil and gas companies. Earthjustice and its... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, September 10, 2018 The Golden State Commits to Entirely Clean Energy California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 100 on Monday , committing the world’s fifth largest economy to 100 percent clean electricity by 2045. He also issued an executive order establishing a new target to achieve carbon neutrality. “California just signed one of the world’s most... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, August 31, 2018 Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order Halting Grizzly Hunt A federal judge today granted a temporary restraining order stopping Wyoming and Idaho’s planned grizzly hunt that was set to start Sept. 1 . The order grants the bears a reprieve while the judge decides whether the federal government should reinstate federal protections for the bears. “As we... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, August 21, 2018 Over 340 Organizations Call on Trump Administration to Abandon Rushed Rewrite of National Environmental Policy Act More than 340 public interest organizations from across the country formally submitted comments on Friday urging the White House Council on Environmental Quality to abandon its reckless and unprecedented attempts to rewrite the implementing procedures of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, August 14, 2018 25 Environmental, Advocacy Organizations Oppose Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh in New Letter In anticipation of the start of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh will begin on September 4, 25 of the nation’s leading environmental, legal, and advocacy organizations sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee announcing their opposition to Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, August 09, 2018 Court Slams EPA Failure to Protect Children and Farmworkers From Toxic Pesticide EPA must ban a widely used organophosphate pesticide linked to brain damage in children, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. The appellate court ordered EPA to finalize its proposed ban on chlorpyrifos based on undisputed findings that the pesticide is unsafe for public health, and... Read more |