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 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 |
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Newswire article Wednesday, August 08, 2018 Texas Migrant Detention Centers Probed for Toxic Waste Threats Health, labor and environmental organizations represented by Earthjustice are asking the government via expedited records request to reveal where exactly it plans to detain migrant families slated to be housed in Texas military bases known to have toxic hazards. Filed today , the Freedom of... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, August 03, 2018 Patrice Salas Pineda Joins Earthjustice Board Earthjustice is proud to announce that Patricia Salas Pineda is joining its Board of Trustees . Pineda, the former general counsel and group vice president of Toyota North America, Inc., aims to use her experience in legal strategy, governance, communications and fundraising to help strengthen... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, July 19, 2018 Zinke’s New Department of Interior Regulations Target Wildlife Protections Today, Ryan Zinke’s Department of Interior (DOI) released a series of proposed changes to the way the agency interprets and carries out actions under the Endangered Species Act. Among the proposals are: Changes to the requirement that federal agencies consult with expert wildlife agencies and... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, July 19, 2018 Earthjustice Statement on Anti-Environment Interior Appropriations Bill Today, Earthjustice’s Vice President of Policy and Legislation Martin Hayden released the following statement in opposition to the House’s Interior and Environment Appropriations bill: “Once again, House Republican leaders have stuffed the Interior appropriations bill to the gills with devastating... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Trump Administration’s New Rule Weakens Toxic Coal Ash Pollution Safeguards The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed yesterday the first rule of its two-part rulemaking to weaken the first-ever federal regulations that provide health and environmental safeguards for communities near toxic coal ash waste dumps. The rule was made public this morning. The new rule:... Read more |