Global warming harming bears, Arctic Ocean oil and gas development needs time out
Juneau, AK - Earthjustice welcomes protection for polar bears under the Endangered Species Act, but calls on the government to put the brakes on oil and gas activities in polar bear habitat.
“The Arctic is melting and polar bears are feeling the heat,” […]
The pesticides poison farmworkers and drift onto rural schoolyards and homes.
San Francisco, CA - A coalition of farmworker advocates and environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the continued use of four deadly organophosphate pesticides. These pesticides were derived from nerve gas developed during World War II. Some of […]
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The 2001 Roadless Rule was a widely supported regulation that protected over 58 million acres of public land on national forests from road construction, commercial logging, and development. Hunters, fishermen, hikers, and millions of regular Americans considered it one of the greatest forest conservation measures in U.S. history. Despite its valuable protections, the 2001 Roadless Rule was formally repealed by the Bush administration in May of 2005.
Bush Administration Regulations Reverse Decades of Progress in Forest
Management, Eliminate Wildlife and Natural Resource Protections
Inuit Leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier Announces Intention to File a Human Right Claim Against the U.S. for its Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Over 6,000 public appeals ignored, fire resistant 30-inch diameter old growth trees to be cut, safeguards for water and wildlife will be limited, logging given preference over protecting communities from wildfire
Ruling an Unprecedented Victory for Citizen Oversight of Biotech Experiments
Senator Feingold Leads Efforts Protect the Nation’s Waters
Off-road and cattle grazing must be limited to protect species
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