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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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.
@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!
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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Rooftop solar with battery storage will finally enable Puerto Rico to have reliable, safe, and inexpensive energy.
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"[F]or the second time in less than a year, an activist Supreme Court has deployed the false label of ‘separation of powers’ to deny the other two branches the legal tools they require to safeguard the public," says Harvard Law Professor Richard Lazarus.
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This year, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) turns 50. It's widely regarded as one of the most important conservation laws in history. With over one-third of biodiversity in the U.S. at risk of disappearing, we need it now more than ever.
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VICTORY: Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Southern Oregon and Northern California, rejecting a timber industry bid to log in this national treasure.
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BREAKING: Court finds that Trump admin approval of Dakota Access Pipeline violated the law
#NoDAPL
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VICTORY: As a result of our lawsuit,
@EPA
announced it would tighten its standards for lead in dust from deteriorating lead paint in homes, schools, and daycares. We sued EPA on behalf of community and environmental groups fighting for a safer future.
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Did you know that one of the first lawsuits under the National Environmental Policy Act was brought & won by Earthjustice on behalf of Sierra Club in 1971?
New Mexico's Gila River was almost turned into a concrete ditch. With the help of NEPA, the 649-mile river flows on today.
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Today
@POTUS
moved closer to restoring the Endangered Species Act from the Trump administration's damage.
We have been in court for years in order to restore full ESA protections because we need a strong ESA to address the biodiversity crisis.
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BREAKING: The
@EPA
is taking final action today to reaffirm that it is necessary to require coal-fired and oil-fired power plants to reduce their toxic emissions. This reverses a Trump-era rule that sought to undermine the EPA’s Mercury and Air-Toxics Standards (MATS).
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More than 500,000 people like you called on the U.S. Forest Service to protect mature and old-growth trees and forests from logging on federal land as a cornerstone of U.S. climate policy. Thank you for fighting for our future.
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VICTORY: We reached a settlement with DTE Energy on behalf of
@SierraClub
, putting the utility on track to end the burning of coal for electric generation in less than a decade & securing a hastened retirement date for the US’s 3rd largest climate polluter, the Monroe Coal Plant.
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In 2012, a train carrying a petrochemical called vinyl chloride, an input in making plastic, derailed in New Jersey. In 2023, a train derailed in Ohio, releasing the same chemical. We need commonsense safety rules for trains with hazardous materials.
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The House held a hearing yesterday on bills to delist grizzlies and gray wolves, an attempt to destroy the safety net the Endangered Species Act provides.
In
#ESA50
anniversary, we must restore and strengthen the ESA to confront the extinction crisis.
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In Guam, the U.S. military wants to burn/detonate up to 35,000 pounds of its leftover munitions each year on ancestral lands that it seized after WWII. With the help of Earthjustice, a group called “Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian” is fighting back.
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Today
@POTUS
acted to reverse the worst impacts of the Trump Administration’s NEPA rollbacks and restore the regulations to their original, common-sense intent that will bring much needed certainty and clarity to federal agencies and project sponsors.
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Yesterday,
@POTUS
moved closer to restoring the Endangered Species Act back to "its power to protect," said
@KrisBoyles
. For 50 years, the ESA's had remarkable success in saving species from extinction & is key to addressing the biodiversity crisis. ]
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In December,
@USPS
committed to electrifying most of its new fleet & to only buy electric trucks after 2026. Meanwhile, the latter commitment has since disappeared from its plans. We need to put these commitments into law to ensure they become a reality.
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BREAKING:
@GovKathyHochul
has reached an agreement with the NY legislature to ban fossil fuels in all new buildings throughout the state in a deal that would be the first of its kind in the US. This is a major victory for a better, gas-free future in NY.
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Today is Endangered Species Day! This year is the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, and we need it more than ever. According to NatureServe's recent report, over 1/3 of biodiversity in the U.S. is at risk of disappearing.
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BREAKING: The Biden administration will allow oil to continue to flow through the Dakota Access Pipeline despite the ongoing threats it poses to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the fact that it is operating illegally. We will not stop fighting.
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BREAKING: A judge in North Dakota just blocked clean water protections for almost HALF of the states in the country. Everyone has a right to access clean water, this isn't a radical, political stance.
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.
@POTUS
has moved to restore some of the endangered species regs removed by the Trump administration. While it's a step forward, over 1/3 of plants & animals in the U.S. are at risk of extinction. We need to fully restore the Endangered Species Act.
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VICTORY! A second federal appeals court has upheld the expansion of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument in Southern Oregon and Northern Oregon, again rejecting an industry bid to log in this national treasure famous for its beauty and biodiversity.
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Wetlands are critical habitats for fish, waterfowl, & other wildlife. They shield communities from the destructive power of floods & storms. As many as 118 million acres of formerly protected wetlands are now threatened by the decision in Sackett v. EPA.
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BREAKING: Today is a new day for Bristol Bay. After years of advocacy & litigation,
@EPA
has issued a Clean Water Act veto to ensure the proposed Pebble Mine won't destroy the Bristol Bay watershed, an Alaskan treasure & home to the world's largest remaining salmon runs.
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BREAKING: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (
@USDOT
) announced a three-part plan to improve rail safety after a catastrophic train derailment in Ohio earlier this month caused mandatory evacuations and ongoing soil, groundwater, and air contamination.
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BREAKING: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe scored a major victory in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline today when a court found the Trump administration violated the law when it issued permits for the project.
#NoDAPL
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Bison are native to Montana, but there were none roaming free there a decade ago. Then a court decision cleared the way to welcome them back. Thanks to Tribes’ stewardship & Earthjustice’s legal defense, the bison population has grown from 34 to over 200.
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Two years ago today, Donald Trump was sworn in as president.
We’ve been fighting him in court ever since.
And we’ve been winning. And winning. And winning....
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Vinyl chloride, ethylene glycol monobutyl, ethylhexyl acrylate, and isobutylene.
The water, air, and soil around East Palestine, Ohio have been contaminated by these dangerous chemicals from Norfolk Southern’s derailed train. Some are known carcinogens.
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No more than 300 wolverines remain in the lower 48 states. Climate impacts are melting snowpack, which wolverines need to survive. Fossil fuels are pushing the planet’s species toward extinction. Enough is enough.
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The Earth’s hottest week in recorded history was earlier this month. And the planet will get even hotter unless we phase out fossil fuels. The same year oil companies that pushed us to this brink made record profits. And walked back "climate promises".
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BREAKING: Under a settlement agreement approved today, federal agencies will seek better ways to protect the Rice’s whale – a critically endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico. Our legal case will be on hold for 13 months as they reevaluate these protections.
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The 19 million acres of tundra, rivers, & mountains of the Arctic Refuge shelter birds from all 50 states & 6 continents. To the Gwich'in of Alaska, it's sacred ground.
@POTUS
just proposed new protections for the area, including canceling illegal leases.
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BREAKING:
@USFWS
announced today that it will protect the wolverine population in the lower 48 states as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a decision that will provide this rare wilderness species with new legal protections and programs for recovery.
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BREAKING: We're suing Utah for its failure to protect the Great Salt Lake. The lake faces ecological collapse, threatening public health, biodiversity, and the industries and people that depend on the lake. It is time for Utah to act!
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"Protecting and restoring mature and old-growth forests on America’s public lands is the cheapest, most effective way to pull carbon from our atmosphere, while at the same time protecting important wildlife habitat and ensuring clean drinking water."
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The
@EPA
has proposed a rule that would deem any amount of lead dust found in schools, daycares, and homes to be a “lead hazard.” And that's good news because exposure to any level of lead is hazardous.
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BREAKING: In a direct blow to the the Trump admin's drill everywhere policy, a judge just ruled Trump's Executive Order reversing President Obama's permanent protection of the Arctic Ocean and parts of the Atlantic is illegal. Decision:
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The Tongass is one of America's largest carbon sinks & is once again safe from industrial clearcutting.
“This is great news for the forest, the salmon, the wildlife, and the people who depend on intact ecosystems to support their ways of life,,” said Earthjustice's Kate Glover.
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear a case that will determine whether industries can get away scot-free with dumping toxic pollution in your nearby river. We are fighting back against this attempt to weaken the Clean Water Act.
#CleanWaterActIntact
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Nearly half a million people called on
@forestservice
to protect mature & old-growth trees across the U.S. from logging & other threats. As the world experiences record-shattering heat & widespread climate disasters, protecting these forests is critical.
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With less than 50 remaining, the Rice's whale is one of the most endangered whales in the world. They're in the Gulf of Mexico, where
@NOAA
has proposed seismic tests to find oil & gas. That means dangerous blasts loud enough to be heard 2,500 miles away.
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In October 2022, 100 scientists urged
@POTUS
to protect the Gulf of Mexico whale, also known as the Rice's whale. It's under threat of extinction. Human activities are threatening our oceans, but we can turn the tide if we take immediate action.
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In 2021, a distinct whale species was identified: the Gulf of Mexico whale. It's already near extinction. 100 scientists have warned that it needs better protections or we could see the first human-caused extinction of a whale species in history.
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Under the Paris Agreement, countries pledged to hold global temperature rise under 1.5C. Now, scientists are saying temperatures will likely rise by over 1.5C in 5 years. This isn't the time to use climate as a political or partisan tool, this is the time to fight for our future.
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BREAKING: Hey
@USPS
, check your mailbox 👀. Today we filed a lawsuit with
@MoKanCAN
,
@SierraClub
and
@CenterForBioDiv
challenging the plan to buy thousands of gas-guzzling mail trucks.
#ElectrifyUSPS
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Today we are heading to the Supreme Court to argue a case in defense of clean water across America.
We're fighting to keep the
#CleanWaterActIntact
.
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BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit,
@EPA
has published proposed revisions to federal coal ash safeguards. This is a big win for communities near coal plants. Toxic coal ash has been left to pollute communities & leach into drinking water for far too long.
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Andrea DeClouet is one of the many Black residents of Ironton, Louisiana, where a huge oil complex put the remains of the town’s founders at risk while their descendants were exposed to toxic emissions. We supported them as they fought back. And won.
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The U.S. military creates a lot of hazardous waste. Its proposed solution? Burn up to 35,000 pounds of leftover munitions each year on ancestral lands seized after World War II. CHamoru community member Monaeka Flores it is fighting back.
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Heeding calls from tribal leaders,
@POTUS
designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. Nearly a million acres of land next to the Grand Canyon are off limits from uranium mining & other threats.
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BREAKING: Today,
@EPA
proposed updates to strengthen its Mercury & Air Toxics standards (MATS). Since going into effect in 2012, the standards have reduced mercury by over 80%, cut emissions, & saved up to 11,000 lives each year. This is a step toward even better protections.
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BREAKING: A coalition led by the Blackfeet Nation has finally prevailed in an effort that spanned generations to keep oil and gas development out of the Badger-Two Medicine region of Montana. This settlement is a victory 40 years in the making.
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BREAKING: A federal court in Alaska has issued a ruling allowing the massive Willow oil project to proceed in Alaska’s Western Arctic Reserve. We aren’t giving up the fight: Our climate can’t afford it.
Our clients are considering an appeal as we keep working to stop Willow.
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BREAKING: In a major victory for Cancer Alley communities, a Louisiana court vacated air permits for Formosa Plastics’ massive petrochemical complex. The project could have tripled cancer-causing pollutants in the region.
#StopFormosa
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Last week,
@POTUS
vetoed 2 bills Congress proposed to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the lesser prairie-chicken & the northern long-eared bat. We're in a biodiversity crisis. This is a victory for vulnerable species that need protection.
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When coal is burned, a toxic waste known as coal ash is left behind. Filled with hazardous metals and toxic pollutants such as arsenic, lithium, and lead, coal ash is dangerous.
@EPA
recently made huge progress on coal ash. Now it's time to finish the job.
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This is Andrea DeClouet, one of the many Black residents of Ironton, Louisiana, where a sprawling oil complex could have desecrated the remains of the town’s founders and poisoned their living descendants with toxic emissions. So they fought back. And won.
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Snake River salmon, and the endangered orcas that rely on them, are headed toward extinction. We can restore salmon runs & pump life into entire ecosystems if we breach 4 dams on the Snake River. Leave a public comment to tell
@POTUS
to save these salmon.
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Bad air quality is the world’s leading environmental killer. Air pollution is linked to over 100,000 deaths each year in the US.
A lot of people rely on the color-coded Air Quality Index to make sure their air is safe, but what if it doesn't go far enough to protect our health?
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The Supreme Court will hear a case that will determine whether industries can get away scot-free with dumping toxic pollution in your nearby river. We are fighting back against this blatant attempt to weaken the Clean Water Act.
#CleanWaterActIntact
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SCOTUS kneecapped the Clean Water Act with Sackett v. EPA. The ruling will put over 1/2 of the contiguous United States' wetlands at risk.
As we keep fighting for clean water, you can take action by telling Congress to protect our water.
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The threatened red knot shorebird relies on horseshoe crabs to survive. Over-exploitation is suppressing crab numbers along the Atlantic Coast. It is time for bleeding companies to stop concealing info about impacts to the species and ecosystems.
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BREAKING: Over 60 Tribes led by the Bay Mills Indian Community just sided with
@dananessel
in her lawsuit to remove the Line 5 oil pipeline from the heart of the Great Lakes.
As Earthjustice's John Petoskey said, "No oil company is above the law."
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Just last week, over 75,000 people marched in the streets of New York to demand climate action. Those streets are now flooded.
@GovKathyHochul
declared a state of emergency as over 8.5 million people were placed under flash flood warnings.
It costs more to do nothing.
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BREAKING: The Biden Administration has just approved ConocoPhillips's Willow oil project, ignoring pleas from millions who called for the Alaska oil-drilling plan to be halted due to concerns about climate change. 🧵
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Around 50 Gulf of Mexico whales remain on Earth. If we don't take action, this could be the first human-caused extinction of a great whale species.
Instead,
@BOEM
is leasing out parts of the Gulf to oil companies that engage in dangerous seismic testing.
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The Endangered Species Act is one of the most important conservation laws in history. Because of the Act, today’s children are able to experience bald eagles, orcas, alligators, condors, grizzly bears, and myriad others as living, breathing creatures.
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Last week,
@POTUS
lit the fuse on a carbon bomb called the Willow oil project despite over 5 million people urging him not to. It will produce an estimated 260 million metric tons of heat-trapping gases over 30 years.
So what now? We're suing.
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We’ll be at the Supreme Court tomorrow arguing that polluters shouldn’t have free rein to dump their waste into our rivers and streams. Here’s why this case could impact clean water across America.
#CleanWaterActIntact
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BREAKING: We filed a lawsuit with Cherokee Concerned Citizens against
@EPA
’s decision to allow the world’s largest Chevron refinery to turn plastic waste into fuel. EPA found that the production poses up to a 1/4 cancer risk, 250,000x more than it usually considers unreasonable.
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In light of Sackett v. EPA, as much as 118 million acres of formerly protected wetlands are now threatened. So why are wetlands so important? 🧵
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With Sackett v. EPA, SCOTUS ignored precedent "to eliminate protections for more than a hundred million acres of sensitive wetlands."
But what's worse? As
@sambhavsankar
says, they invoked a new doctrine that declares war on our environmental laws.
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Today marks the 1 year anniversary of
@POTUS
signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Thanks to the landmark climate legislation, companies have created over 170,600 clean energy jobs and communities are getting billions in much-needed investments.
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“At the end of the day, the honey bee crisis is a human health crisis. If we can’t save bees, we can kiss goodbye the most nutritious part of the food pyramid. That’s just not an outcome we at Earthjustice are willing to accept.”
- Earthjustice attorney Greg Loarie
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The United States has over 290 million acres of wetlands. Thanks to Sackett v. EPA, over a hundred million acres are at risk.
Even if some states have more protective laws, many don't. And the downstream impacts of this staggering loss of protections are incalculable.
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Young people are bringing change, from Montana to Hawaii. Feeling the urgency of the climate crisis, 14 Hawaiʻi youth advocates sued the Hawaiʻi DoT in 2022 to defend their right to a clean & healthy environment. And now, their trial date is set for 2024.
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St. James Parish, home to about 20K people, illustrates how communities can push back against petrochemicals. It's known as "Cancer Alley" due to its polluting industrial plants, but residents organized & fought 2 new projects. With our help, they won.
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400 miles of salmon habitat is being reopened right before our eyes in what amounts to the largest dam removal project in the world. This is progress. This is hope along the Klamath River.
Thank you to
@americanrivers
for sharing these pictures.
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Scientists have been clear: The remedy for plummeting salmon populations must include the removal of four federal dams on the Snake River that are pushing the fish towards extinction.
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The wolverine is threatened with massive habitat loss due to climate change.
The decision to finally protect the animal under the Endangered Species Act after decades of advocacy helps ensure its best chance at survival.
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Puget Sound's orcas were decimated by humans. First, they were captured for places like Sea World. Then their food, salmon, became scarce & toxic. In the 90s, there were just 78 orcas left. So we went to court, & they were finally listed as endangered.
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