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, 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 |
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Newswire article Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Expansion of Gulf of Mexico Drilling Environmental groups sued the Trump administration today for opening up more than 78 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to offshore drilling without fully analyzing the risks to people, wildlife, and the environment. The lease sales targeted in the suit are the largest ever offered for oil and gas... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, July 16, 2018 EPA Holds Hearing on Proposed Rule that Would Weaken Role of Science in Setting Pollution and other Toxic Limits WHAT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Public Hearing on proposed rule that would weaken role of science in setting pollution and other toxic limits WHEN: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 ( 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ) WHERE: Environmental Protection Agency, William Jefferson Clinton East Building, Main Floor, Room... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, July 09, 2018 Earthjustice Calls On Senate to Reject Kavanaugh for Supreme Court The following is a statement from Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen in response to President Trump’s nomination of U.S. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court: “Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to take Justice Kennedy’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court jeopardizes people’s... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, June 25, 2018 Hawai‘i Utilities Commission Ends Free Ride for Hawaiian Electric on Fossil Fuel Costs Last Friday, the Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) issued a landmark ruling requiring Hawaiian Electric Company (“HECO”), Hawai‘i’s largest electric utility, to partially share in the costs of fossil fuels it uses to generate electricity, rather than its traditional practice of passing... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, June 21, 2018 Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration for Failing to Protect Gulf of Mexico Wildlife from Offshore Drilling Earthjustice, on behalf of three conservation groups, sued the Trump administration today for failing to complete a legally required consultation about offshore drilling’s harms to threatened and endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and... Read more |