EARTHJUSTICE FOR THE RECORD
October 2019

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FROM THE FRONTLINES

The clean water case of the century

What started as a local water pollution case could have disastrous repercussions for clean water across the United States. In a few weeks, Earthjustice will be at the Supreme Court fighting to maintain protections for our nation's lakes, rivers, and oceans. Read more:
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The plan to clear-cut 9 million acres of old-growth forest

The Trump administration just issued a plan to slash protections for 9 million acres of the Tongass National Forest, paving the way for clear-cutting ancient trees in Alaska's cherished landscape. Earthjustice will fight back. Read More:
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A family's fight against the border wall

The Jackson Chapel and Cemeteries sit directly on the proposed path of the US-Mexico border wall. Dr. Ramiro Ramirez, a plaintiff in a lawsuit to halt construction of the border wall, shows how this wall will have dire impacts for communities living along the border. Read more:
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Everything you need to know about methane

Methane traps 86 times more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Even though proven, low-cost solutions exist to cut this dangerous pollution, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to allow fossil fuel companies to release harmful methane emissions into our air. Read more:
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How the Pawnee Nation fought fracking

Five years ago, regulators approved 17 oil and gas leases on Pawnee lands without bothering to notify the Tribe. Tribal member Walter Eco-Hawk shares the story of how that happened, and how the Pawnee Nation fought back. Read more:
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QUOTABLE

"[We] look forward to the next step: showing that President Trump violated the law when he dismantled Bears Ears and Grand Staircase."
-- Earthjustice attorney Heidi McIntosh on clearing a milestone in the legal battle for the future of the national monuments when a judge denied the Trump administration's attempt to dismiss the case.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP

Stop an attack on our clean air
The Trump EPA is proposing to punch a loophole in the Clean Air Act that would allow thousands of major polluters across the country to release more toxic pollution into the air. We should be doing more, not less, to protect communities from these poisons. Show your opposition to this rollback today:

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Fund communities and natural landscapes, not senseless walls
A wall is a waste of money and a distraction from the very real issues border communities face. Our border communities need funding for schools, environmental cleanup, and wildlife protection, not a divisive wall. Tell Congress to protect communities, lands, wildlife, and historic cultural sites from the border wall:

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WHO WE ARE

Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance clean energy; and to combat climate change. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.

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