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Environmental Groups Plan To Sue Pennsylvania Coal Plant Again

AP | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Sierraclub, Homer City Generating Station Lawsuit, Video, Earthjustice, Epa Coal, Coal Industry, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Coal Power Plant Rules, Environment, Coal Power Plants, Coal, Green News

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A coalition of environmental and community groups say they plan to file a new lawsuit against an Edison Mission Energy power plant...

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Is Navy Sonar Training Hurting Whales?

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Nacy Sonar Whales, Natural Resources Defense Council, Video, Pacific Northwest, Earthjustice, Nrdc, Environment, National Marine Fisheries Service, Dead Whales, Whales, Navy Sonar Training, US Navy, Green News

SEATTLE (AP) — A group of conservationists and American Indian tribes are suing over the Navy's expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the ...

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Before Obama Retreat on Ozone, EPA Chief Warned of Illnesses and Deaths

Corbin Hiar | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Lisa Jackson, American Lung Association, Earthjustice, Center for Public Integrity, George W. Bush, Epa, Asthma, Environmental Defense Fund, Ozone Lawsuit, Appalachian Mountain Club, Clean Air Act, Ozone, Barack Obama, Iwatch News, Green News

When President Obama retreated from a tougher stance on smog last month, his Environmental Protection Agency chief had formally concluded that the existing standard endangered thousands of Americans, including children and people with respiratory ailments.

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Coal Ash Industry Sees Massive Job Losses If EPA Rules Proceed

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Earthjustice, Epa, 112th Congress, Coal Ash, Pollution, Coal, Sierra Club, Green News

An industry-funded report released late Wednesday suggests that federal regulation of coal combustion residuals, or coal ash, currently being consider...

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Let's Keep Tap Water Safe From Fracking (Video)

Mark Ruffalo | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Earthjustice, Fracking, Governor Cuomo, Zoe Saldana, Nrdc, Gas Drilling, Josh Charles, Ethan Hawke, Riverkeeper, New York, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council, Albany, Environmental Advocates, Mark Ruffalo, Nadia Dajani, New York State Legislature, Catksills, Hydrofracking, Dimock, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Earthworks, Amy Ryan, Video, Green News

My family moved to our quiet farming town on the Delaware River so we could enjoy a simple, healthy life outside of the bustling city. We want to enjoy that peace down the road, and know that the tap water we drink, and bathe our children in, is safe.

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Strawberry Farm Neighbors Protest Fumigant Use

AP | By GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Fumigation, Earthjustice, Strawberry Industry, Strawberries, Jerry Brown, Epa, Bill Monning, Strawberry Fields, Methyl Iodide California, Methyl Iodide, Green News

SALINAS, Calif. -- When Annette Danzer and her husband moved into a house surrounded by brush and strawberry fields on California's Central Coast, the...

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New Lawsuit Filed Over GMO Alfalfa

Slashfood | Jason Best, Posted Mar 22nd 2011 @ 3:00PM | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gmos, Earthjustice, Alfalfa, GMO Lawsuit, Food Safety, Usda, Center for Food Safety, Monsanto, Gm Alfalfa, Food News

The next skirmish over genetically modified foods is getting underway, pitting a coalition of environmental, consumer and food-safety groups against t...

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Paying Respects to a Great Leader

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Judy Bonds, Earthjustice, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Green News

Judy Bonds' life teaches us how to fight harder In this line of work, we are lucky to meet and work with a lot of heroes, people who stand up agains...

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Election Stalls Progress Towards A Healthier Planet

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Oil, Environment, National Forests, Congress, Earthjustice, Green News

There is no reason to beat around the bush: the November election results are a setback in our progress towards a cleaner, healthier, more sustainable...

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Where the Climate Movement Gets a Win: Time to Crack Down on Toxic Coal Ash

Liz Butler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stopping Coal Power Plants, Dirty Coal, Coal, Epa, Tennessee Coal Sludge, Earthjustice, Coal Ash, Lisa Jackson, 1sky, Sierra Club, Green News

The more concerned citizens speak out, the harder it will be for Dirty Coal to protect their profits at the expense of our health and safety.

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EPA Ignores TN and AL on Coal Ash, Nearest Hearing Is 260 Miles From TVA Disaster Site

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Justice, Earthjustice, Clean Coal, Arrowhead Landfill, Epa, Environmental Integrity Project, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Public Hearings, Uniontown Alabama, Sierra Club, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

Residents of Tennessee might have a few things to say about the impacts of coal ash, since the state suffered the worst coal ash disaster in U.S. history less than two years ago.

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Weekly Mulch: As risks for oil and gas grow, USSF offers change

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger BP oil has been spilling into the Gulf of Mexico for more than two months, and while attention has focused t...

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Senate Vote Could Halt EPA From Regulating CO2 Emissions

The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Lisa Murkowski, Environmental Protection Agency, Senate, Lisa Jackson, Jay Rockefeller, Earthjustice, Epa, Clean Air Act, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the absence of congressional action on climate change, the Senate is heading toward a much-watched vote on whether the Obama adm...

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Wyoming Roadless Rule Lawsuit:

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Clarence Brimmer, NEPA, Earthjustice, Wyoming, Clinton Roadless Rule, National Forests, Roadless Rule, Bill Ritter, Denver News

Environmental attorneys were encouraged by the tone of a final 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on the controversial 2001 Clinton Roadless R...

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Clean Water Restoration Dammed in Congress

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Water, Environmental Protection Agency, Earthjustice, Clean Water Restoration Act, Clean Water Act, Green News

Despite promises for quick action, we still do not have a bill that would restore teeth to the Clean Water Act in the House. And momentum has slowly diminished under the weight of industry pressure.

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Pika Denied Protection By U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Montana, Earthjustice, Salt Lake City-Utah, Duke University, Wyoming, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Global Warming, Pika, Colorado, Utah, Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY — Climate change might be wiping out some populations of the American pika, a relative of the rabbit, but not enough to warrant l...

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Roan Plateau Drilling: Battle Eminent As Gas Company Suggest 3,200 Wells

The Denver Post | Mark Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Barrett Corp., Bureau of Land Management, Earthjustice, Natural Gas Drilling, Roan Plateau, Denver News

The fight over plans for natural-gas drilling on the Roan Plateau has erupted anew after Bill Barrett Corp. told investors that there are up to 3,200 ...

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It's Time To Defend Climate Change Bill

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aces, Earthjustice, Coal, American-Climate-and-Security-Act, President Obama, Natural Gas, Green News

We must speak up and convince our senators that effective legislation cannot give coal a free pass and put this bill's effectiveness in jeopardy.

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EPA Reveals Dangerous Coal Ash Sites

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Earthjustice, Tennessee Coal Ash, Epa, Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, Green News

Map Data : Contribute data : The Environmental Protection Agency released on Monday afternoon a list of 44 "high hazard potential" coal ash sites ...

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Historic Fight in Congress for Our Clean Energy Future

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Energy, Earthjustice, Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Coal Industry, Green News

Our goal is clear -- to break their dirty energy monopoly -- and we are making progress. But, as these examples illustrate, the struggle is fierce.

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Six Groups Sue EPA Over Toxic Farm Emissions Loophole

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Farming, Earthjustice, Farm Emissions, Pollution, Toxic Emissions, Green News

FRESNO, Calif. — Six environmental groups have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over a new rule exempting dairies and othe...

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Bush Administration to Strip Wolves of Federal Protection... Except for Wyoming

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Natural Resources Defense Council, Bush Administration, Montana, Environmental Protections, Earthjustice, Wyoming, Esa, Wolves, Northern Rockies, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Bush Endangered Species, Animals, Endangered Species Act, Idaho, Wolf, Green News

With a viable population of this American icon so close to being a reality, we simply cannot allow the Bush Administration to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as they slink out the door.

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Clean Water Act Challenged By Mining Industry

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mining, Water, Clean Water Act, Clean Water, Environment, Supreme Court, Green, Conservation, Mine Tailings, Water Erosion, Alaska and Mining, Sarah Palin Environment, Earthjustice, Pebble Mine, Pebble Mine Sarah Palin, George Bush Environment, Green News

Mine tailings are waste. They are the left-overs after metal separation has occurred. Once the extractions are finished, the rocks remaining are often full of arsenic, lead and cadmium.

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President of Earthjustice on Being the Earth's Lawyer Under Obama

Eric Kuhn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, President-Elect Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Earthjustice, Mccain, Obama Presidency, 2008 Presidential Race, Environment, Obama, President-Elect Obama, Barack Obama, Green News

We are eager to work with the new administration. With that being said, we also stand ready to act to hold the new administration accountable if it fails to enforce laws protecting the environment.

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Earthjustice Lobbyist Reacts to Offshore Drilling Ban Bill

Eric Kuhn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Bbc, Earthjustice, Wall Street Journal, Lobbyists, Global Warming, Washington, Green News

A day after the House passed plans to ease the offshore drilling ban, I spoke with prominent environmental lobbyist Martin Hayden on the legislation and his reactions.

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