EARTHJUSTICE FOR THE RECORD
November 2019

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FROM THE FRONTLINES

The Clean Water Act gets its day in court

Last week, Earthjustice presented oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in Hawai'i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui. Now the justices will decide whether polluters should have free rein to dump their waste into your local rivers and streams. Read more:
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The ripple effects of the clean water case of the century

How a local Maui County water pollution case could determine whether a corporation can get away scot-free with polluting a creek in South Carolina. Read More:
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Our lawyer's big moment at the Supreme Court

Earthjustice attorney David Henkin traded his usual Hawaiian shirt for a tailored suit as he headed to the Supreme Court last week to protect everyone's right to clean water. Read more:
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What the Trump administration is doing to your water

The administration is making way for the Dirty Water Rule, which could bury your nearby stream with mining debris or allow companies to flush toxic byproducts into a river or bay. Read more:
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A win for the Earth's rarest whale

One of the most endangered whales in the ocean scored a victory in court. A federal court has barred the use of dangerous entangling nets in vital North Atlantic right whale habitat. Read more:
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QUOTABLE

"It is the largest national forest, and I'm going to keep it that way."
-- Rebekah Sawers, Alaskan Native Yupik and a mother, a daughter, and an aunt. Indigenous women from Southeast Alaska traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for the Tongass National Forest and the Roadless Rule.
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HOW YOU CAN HELP

Stop the clearcutting of our wild forests in Alaska
The timber industry has requested protections be removed for Alaska's Tongass National Forest. We need your help to stop the clearcutting of countless century-old trees:

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Reject a proposal to weaken crucial clean air protections
The oil and gas industry is leaking millions of metric tons of methane pollution along with toxic chemicals into the air. Act now to protect our climate and communities:

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WHO WE ARE

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