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With a team of more than 100 legal experts on staff and more than 600 active cases, Earthjustice is holding accountable those who threaten to harm our environment and break our bedrock environmental laws.

For the Record: The Earthjustice Newsletter

TOP STORIES IN DECEMBER

What you helped us do this year

2019 was not an easy year, especially for the climate. But the biggest story of the year, which you were part of, is that in one court ruling after another, the environment won. Read more.

How whale poop helps the planet

Whales are amazing creatures. They could also be a high-impact solution to combating climate change. Read More.

Tribes halt major copper mine on ancestral lands

A judge ruled in favor of three tribes, the Tohono O’odham Nation, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and Hopi Tribe, halting a mile-wide open-pit copper mine in Arizona that would have buried dozens of sacred sites under toxic waste. Read More.

How one company almost got away with draining the Mojave Desert

A company hatched a plan to wring contaminated water from the desert and sell it to the residents of suburban Los Angeles. It almost worked — until Earthjustice stepped in. Read more.

Toxic tap water

A military base in Warminster, Pennsylvania, was leaking toxic chemicals known as PFAS into the local groundwater. Hope Grosse went to court, and stopped the military in its tracks. Read More.

“I will say for Earthjustice, we will remember 2019 as a year of phenomenal legal victories. In my 20 years here, I’ve never seen a winning streak quite like this one.”

— Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen discusses the incredible progress we’ve made over the past year, and the greatest challenges — and opportunities — we face. Read more.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Stop the clearcutting of our wild forests in AlaskaThe timber industry wants to remove protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. We need your help to stop them from clearcutting countless century-old trees.TAKE ACTION