Earthjustice
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Trump’s team plotted to repeal the Clean Power Plan for months. Now it begins.
There’s more to Scott Pruitt’s attack on Obama’s climate regulation than meets the eye.
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According to this lawsuit, if you opposed DAPL, you’re a terrorist
Anti-pipeline advocates say federal suit filed by Energy Transfer Partners is frivolous, could set a dangerous precedent
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The unsustainable whiteness of green
Environmental organizations aren’t diverse enough to build an effective movement -- at a time when activism matters more than ever.
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Grizzled, stubborn lawyers spent decades preparing for the likes of Trump
If there’s any green left in the government by 2020, they’ll be the ones responsible.
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Environmental organizations see an outpouring of support post-election
"Apparently the sixth stage of grief is activism.”
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Environmental leaders on hope and progress in the age of Trump
Bernie Sanders, Annie Leonard, and more on where we go from here.
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Giant hog farms are making people sick. Here’s why it’s a civil rights issue.
Communities of color in North Carolina have to endure bronchitis, asthma, and even high blood pressure caused by massive pools of pig poo. Ick.
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Enviros cross out ‘Bush’ on lawsuit, write in ‘Obama’
It's official. Environmental groups are disenchanted enough with the Obama administration that they've decided to hit it with the same tactic they used for Bush, a tactic that the environmental movement has relied on since time immemorial to get done what needs to be done: suing the crap out of the government.
Today, a suite of environmental groups that includes NRDC, EDF and Earthjustice revived a 2008 lawsuit they'd first brought against the Bush administration. Its aim is to keep people from breathing nasty, dirty, health-threatening air by forcing the government to tighten smog standards.
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Sandstorms of coal ash blanket Moapa River reservation
The Moapa River Indian Reservation is right next to the Reid Gardner Power Station and its coal ash storage ponds. Winds blow the coal ash -- a waste product that contains arsenic, lead, and mercury -- over the reservation. Residents stay indoors, because it's a like a sandstorm and they can taste the ash in their months. Even so, they have health issues like asthma and thyroid dysfunction, conditions that have been linked to coal ash.