The court gets it right for wolves

With a team of more than 100 legal experts on staff and more than 400 active cases, Earthjustice is holding accountable those who threaten to harm our environment and break our bedrock environmental laws.

The court gets it right for wolves A judge upheld California’s endangered species protections for wolves, but one lone wolf’s journey across state lines shows that federal protections are necessary for their continued survival. READ MORE BEES ARE IN PERIL — HELP US PROTECT THEM! Bees and other insects are disappearing at an alarming rate. Earthjustice is going to the root of the problem and fighting in court to ban toxic pesticides. Help fund our legal battle today! Bees and other insects are disappearing at an alarming rateMillions of insects are dying, and the consequences could be catastrophic. One of the reasons for this sudden collapse? Pesticides. A new report shows how toxic chemicals are contributing to this unprecedented loss. Find out what we’re doing to protect bees and other beneficial insects. READ MORE Migrant children detention center nightmareDocuments that Earthjustice and its clients have uncovered show how a proposed migrant detention center for children will be built on a former Air Force landfill site riddled with chemicals. READ MORE Wheeler’s EPA keeps brain-damaging pesticide in our food, for nowEven though the EPA’s own scientists have said that chlorpyrifos, a chemical originally used for warfare, is harmful, Acting Administrator Wheeler is asking to rehear the case and reverse the ban. We will see him in court. READ MORE Nowhere left for polar bearsWhen their home on Arctic ice melts, polar bears retreat to the remote shores of the Arctic Refuge. If an army of oil industry workers invades their new home in the dead of winter, things are not going to end well. READ MORE “The President’s cynical political spectacle is creating enormous suffering for thousands of real people whose lives are at stake. We must stand in solidarity with border communities. And we must be prepared to use the full power of the law to do so.” — Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen on President Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency to build additional miles of wall at the border READ MORE HOW YOU CAN HELP Keep neuro-poisons like mercury and arsenic out of our air, water, and food chain Under the leadership of a former coal lobbyist, the EPA is making a mockery of its mission to protect public health by gutting the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. These critical protections prevent up to 11,000 premature deaths and 130,000 asthma attacks every year. TAKE ACTION A former coal lobbyist should not lead the EPA The EPA is in danger of being taken over by a friend of corporate polluters. Again. Tell your senators: Reject former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as EPA chief. TAKE ACTION

The Earth needs a good lawyer. And in this dark hour, Earthjustice has 130. We’re the lawyers for the environment, and the law is on our side. Learn more.

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