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 Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Earthjustice Condemns the President’s Attacks on Asylum Seekers and Children Earthjustice Vice President of Policy and Legislation Martin Hayden issued the following statement regarding President Trump's recent actions and comments on immigrant families seeking asylum in the U.S. - Mexico border. “In a time when our country needs unity, compassion, and healing, President... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 29, 2018 Supreme Court Halts Effort to Reinstate Failed “No Otter Zone” in California The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to review a Ninth Circuit decision that upheld the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s termination of a failed experimental program known as the “No Otter Zone.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had determined the program would harm the California sea otter by excluding... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, October 12, 2018 Earthjustice Calls for Support for Those Devastated by Hurricane Michael Hurricane Michael, one of the most powerful storms to strike this nation, with winds reaching155 miles per hour, devastated communities in the Florida Panhandle Wednesday. At least 11 people are known to have died and that number is expected to rise. More than 1.5 million were without power... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 08, 2018 Federal Court Upholds Protections for Oceans and National Monuments A federal court on Friday dismissed an industrial fishing group’s challenge to the designation of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts as a national monument, the first marine monument in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean. Earthjustice represented Zack Klyver, head naturalist at Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company in... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, September 28, 2018 Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Against Transfer of Oversight of Toxic Coal Ash Dumps from Federal Government to Oklahoma On behalf of Sierra Club, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Local Environmental Action Demanded (“LEAD Agency”), Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against the U.S. EPA to block EPA from transferring federal oversight over disposal of toxic coal ash in Oklahoma to the state. The Oklahoma program runs directly... Read more |
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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 |