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Earthjustice

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Earthjustice

@Earthjustice

Because the earth needs a good lawyer

Planet Earth

Joined December 2008

Earthjustice
@Earthjustice
Aug 8, 2023
BREAKING: We have good news! @POTUS has designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, answering calls from tribal leaders to permanently protect nearly 1 million acres adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park.
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@Earthjustice
May 25, 2023
BREAKING: In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court severely weakened the Clean Water Act in Sackett v. EPA. This is a catastrophic loss for water protections across the country and a win for big polluters, putting our communities, public health, and local ecosystems in danger.
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@Earthjustice
May 25, 2023
Clean water should be a right and it should be protected. Water is life, not a privilege for those who can afford it.
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@Earthjustice
Jun 7, 2023
When New Yorkers look outside today, they're seeing clouds of smoke & scrambling to find N95s. 6 of the largest 7 fires on record in California have been in the last 3 years. Climate change is here. We need to protect our air, protect our forests & stop burning fossil fuels. Now.
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@Earthjustice
Jun 26, 2023
Last Wednesday, @POTUS decided to move forward in restoring protections to the Endangered Species Act that the Trump administration removed. We have been in court for years defending the ESA, a bedrock law integral to tackling the biodiversity crisis.
Biden Administration Moves to Restore Endangered Species Protections (Published 2023)
From nytimes.com
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@Earthjustice
Jun 11, 2023
The left is NYC only 3 years after @EPA was created. The right is NYC last week. They look familiar, but one is from pollution & the other from wildfires. From coast to coast, we know what unhealthy air feels like. We can't keep weakening our environmental laws. We can't go back.
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@Earthjustice
Apr 6, 2023
BREAKING: Alaska Native Tribes, represented by us, filed a lawsuit to halt Donlin Mine, the largest open-pit gold mine in the world proposed near the Kuskokwim River. The tribes are fighting to protect their ways of life, the salmon, & the ecosystem that provides food security.
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@Earthjustice
Jul 28, 2023
Alaska Native Tribes are fighting a giant proposed gold mine near the Kuskokwim River, which would create acid drainage & a lake of permanently contaminated water. We are representing six Tribes and an Alaska nonprofit to challenge it in court.
Alaska Tribes Win Legal Fight Against Gold Mine
From earthjustice.org
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@Earthjustice
Jun 6, 2023
.@EPA just ruled that incinerators using chemicals to break down plastics will be strictly regulated, and must meet emission limits. This decision reverses a Trump-era proposal that would relax clean-air rules, and is a win for our clean air! ejus.tc/3OQ7llU
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@Earthjustice
Aug 10, 2023
Nearly a million acres of land next to the Grand Canyon are now off-limits from uranium mining and other industrial threats. Designations like this are key to protecting our most beloved, biodiverse, & culturally important places.
New National Monument Protects Grand Canyon Region from Uranium Mining
From earthjustice.org
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@Earthjustice
Jun 18, 2023
A coalition of 11 Tribes whose reservations stretch across the West is calling on @POTUS to permanently protect over 1 million acres of their homelands as Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument. Show your support today.
Tell the Biden administration to establish the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National...
From earthjustice.org
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@Earthjustice
May 27, 2023
When scientists are saying we will pass 1.5C in warming within 5 years, the benchmark set by the Paris Agreement, we should be mobilizing on every level to enact immediate and substantial change. We have one planet and one future. Nothing is worth more.
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@Earthjustice
Aug 11, 2023
BREAKING: Today, a Utah federal judge dismissed 2 lawsuits, led by the state of Utah, that attempted to undo @POTUS’s restoration of Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments while attacking the Antiquities Act as unlawful.
Court Dismisses Utah Suits, Upholds Presidential Authority to Establish National Monuments
From earthjustice.org
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@Earthjustice
Jul 26, 2023
BREAKING: In a blatant attempt to undo a hard-won victory for Tribes, Alaska residents, and small businesses, the State of Alaska is seeking to revive the Pebble Mine project by going directly to the Supreme Court. It's as unorthodox as it is wrong.
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