The EPA has approved a flurry of new mountaintop removal coal mining projects. We need your support to end this terribly destructive practice.
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This summer, celebrate your citizenship with the United States of Efficiency.
Energy efficiency is not just about changing light bulbs. It's about setting benchmarks to make all the products we use more efficient, and carry these bench marks into all areas of your life.
Historic Fight For Clean Energy FutureCongress is deciding whether America seizes the chance for a clean energy economy or capitulates to many more decades of fossil fuel addiction, reports Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen. Earthjustice is in a fierce struggle to keep oil and coal interests from de-railing this historic opportunity for change.
Humpback Chub Has Friend In High PlacesIt isn't easy being a humpback chub in the Colorado River. Trout are prettier and even catfish are more cuddly. What's worse, as other fish flourish in these waters controlled by Glen Canyon dam, the 4-million year old chub is going extinct. But there's one thing the chub has that his neighbors don't—a friend in high places.
Jared Saylor As Obama stalls, Congress takes on mountaintop removal.
Brian Smith The "God Squad" threat against whales and salmon.
David Guest Court legalizes pollution of United States waters.
Suit Filed to Re-list Gray WolvesIn April, the federal government finished what the Bush administration started when it dropped Endangered Species Act protection for gray wolves in the northern Rockies. With the stroke of a pen, wolves in Montana and Idaho lost legal and habitat protections. Instead, they got state management and the promise of a fall hunt. Conservation groups represented by Earthjustice filed a lawsuit to get back protections for the wolves.
Salmon Get Notch From CourtA federal judge has told the government to consider notching four small, salmon-killing dams on the lower Snake River if other remedies fail to save salmon. Meanwhile, the Obama administration asked the judge for more time to review the legal mess they inherited from the Bush administration before having to act.
In The Win ColumnEarthjustice and its allies won advances—or outright victories—across a broad front in the last month:
Obama Grants Reprieve For Roadless AreasThe Obama administration provided a welcome break for millions of acres of forest lands by virtually freezing development and roadbuilding on them for about a year. Dept. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that he will make any decisions about roadless area development in the national forests (except Idaho), including Tongass National Forest. During the Bush years, Earthjustice took numerous legal steps to keep our public lands from being turned over to developers, road builders and loggers.
EPA To Review Burning of Hazardous WasteThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to review a Bush-era rule that allows highly toxic emissions to be released by facilities that burn hazardous waste. There are approximately 265 facilities nationwide that burn such waste, sending poisons into playgrounds and neighborhoods across America. The rule was first challenged in 2005 by Earthjustice, representing the Sierra Club.
A Second Chance For WolverinesUnder pressure from Earthjustice legal action, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to reconsider whether wolverines in the lower-48 states should be protected by the Endangered Species Act. The agency had earlier concluded wolverines deserve protection but then precluded protecting them. The decision is due by December 2010.
Agency Sets New Rules To Protect California SalmonCalifornia's chinook salmon, steelhead—and even killer whales—are threatened by the way state and federal water projects are managed in that state's Central Valley, according to a biological opinion by the National Marine Fisheries Service. The opinion establishes a new set of operating rules for the water projects.
Protect Glacier National Park! Glacier National Park and its sister park in Canada are threatened by mining and gas drilling. You can help by alerting decision makers.
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Persistent, Poisonous,
Problematic: Pesticides
by Melinda Hemmelgarn,
M.S., R.D.
Shortly after Michelle
Obama planted an organic
garden on the White House
lawn, she received a
letter from the
Mid-America Crop Life
Association. (1)
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The Energy Bill is
moving!
More than 2.5 million
new, green jobs and
energy independence are
at stake.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown
has a plan to make it
happen.
Tell your senators to
support Sen. Brown's
IMPACT Act of 2009!
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AP - Confident that
governments will reach a
climate change deal next
month, U.N.
Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon is heading to
Washington Tuesday to
ensure that the United
States is on board.
It was a very busy week
last week in the world of
climate change, with lots
of activity on both the
domestic and
international fronts. UN
negotiators wrapped up
talks in Barcelona, the
last before the big event
in December in
Copenhagen. And climate
a...
AP - Dozens of concerned
pet owners have contacted
authorities following the
gruesome discovery of
more than 20 animal
carcasses in the backyard
of a Long Island home, a
scene described by one
veteran SPCA official as
something out of a horror
movie.
Ratty's messing about the
the river again: Number
of water voles on inland
rivers increases
Hello again: The water
vole is making a
comeback
It's news to gladden
Mole's heart –
Ratty is making a
comeback. There are now
twice as...
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certain 2001-2002... more
Blog: Opel drama drags on. Forster out, Lutz in. by Past Member .
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— The drama in Germany
between General Motors
and Europe just keeps
dragging on. Now, its top
European executive,
Carl-Peter Forster, is
leaving the company and
GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz
will take over on an
interim basis as Chairman
of the company's Su... more
Blog: Your Car Donation is A Life Line for the Red Cross by Past Member .
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— Last Thursday the stock
market surged after the
Fed announced the day
before that it would keep
rates low. Even with the
announcement the
following day that the
unemployment rate jumped
to its all time high of
10.2 percent, the market
still rose some ... more
Blog: First try at homebrew by Dan M.
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homebrew:
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Blog: UN chief heads to Washington to push climate deal
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— AP - Confident that
governments will reach a
climate change deal next
month, U.N.
Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon is heading to
Washington Tuesday to
ensure that the United
States is on board. more
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