This year, Earthjustice celebrated our 50th anniversary and we look back at the landmark cases behind our organization’s rise and reinvention. As we grow and branch into new areas to pursue solutions to the climate crisis on an ever-greater scale, one thing will never change, and that’s our focus on harnessing the law to force the change we need.
DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
A year in Earthjustice
In this year of change and challenges, you fought alongside us in achieving more than 60 victories for the earth and its people. The new year will bring new challenges but together, we will leave no one behind in our fight for a thriving, equitable, and climate-resilient world.
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Justice for the earth and its people
This year, Earthjustice celebrated our 50th anniversary, and we’re reflecting on the landmark cases that helped shape our organization. As we grow and branch into new areas to pursue solutions to the climate crisis on an ever-greater scale, one thing will never change, and that’s our focus on harnessing the law to force the change we need.
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California bees get help against deadly pesticide
We have been in court fighting for years to protect pollinators from pesticides. Just this month, a California court ruled in our favor to stop the use of a bee-killing pesticide called sulfoxaflor in the state. Nearly all commercial honey bee colonies in the US spend a portion of the year in California, so while this ruling only affects pesticide use in California, it has implications across the entire country.
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How an algae outbreak is killing Florida’s manatees
Earthjustice has spent years battling pollution of Florida’s waterways while state and federal officials have fought us at every turn. Here is a short guide to the toxic red and green pollution in Florida’s waterways that’s killing marine animals and threatening residents’ way of life.
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Ban organophosphates
Together, we worked tirelessly to get the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos banned. But chlorpyrifos is only the tip of the iceberg. It’s just one chemical in a class of nerve-agent pesticides called organophosphates, which, like chlorpyrifos, are deeply harmful to children’s brain development and toxic to farmworkers. Join us in calling on the EPA to ban organophosphates.
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How an environmental lawyer stays motivated to fight the climate crisis
“While the good times have been rolling for some, they haven’t been for everyone, and the planet is giving all of us a wakeup call. [Environmental law] hasn’t fundamentally changed, but the aims and implications of our lawsuits are much bigger.”
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