Environment

Earthjustice Endorses Legislation to Protect Families from Mountaintop Removal Mining Health Effects

Earthjustice, the nation’s largest environmental law organization announced its support for the Appalachian Community Health Emergency Act, legislation introduced by Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) to halt all new mountaintop removal mining permit...

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California Court Affirms Communities’ Right to Fight Permits for Dirty Power Plants

A California state judge has affirmed the constitutional right of residents concerned about air and climate pollution to challenge power plant siting decisions in their local Superior Court.
In 2013, Earthjustice, Communities for a Better...

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30×30: groundbreaking scientific study maps out how to protect a third of the world’s oceans by 2030

As governments meet at the UN to negotiate towards an historic Global Ocean Treaty, a groundbreaking study by leading marine biologists has mapped out how to protect over a third of the world’s oceans by 2030, a target that scientists say is crucial...

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Protecting European consumers: toys and cars on top of the list of dangerous products

The report shows that authorities exchanged 2,257 alerts on dangerous products. Toys' belonged to the most notified product category (31%), followed by 'motor vehicles' (19%), and 'clothing, textiles and fashion items' (10%), while the main risks...

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