Environment

Lawsuit Aims To Prevent Mining Pollution Near Boundary Waters Wilderness In Minnesota

On June 25, The Wilderness Society, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Izaak Walton League of America, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Washington, D.C., to prevent sulfide-ore mining at the edge of the...

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Thousands Flee as Fire-Prone Northern California Hit by Another Blaze

U.S. officials in California say thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as wildfires burned through an area in the state’s north still recovering from several fires in recent years.

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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration For Failing To Protect Gulf Of Mexico Wildlife From Offshore Drilling

Earthjustice, on behalf of three conservation groups, on June 21, sued the Trump administration for failing to complete a legally required consultation about offshore drilling’s harms to threatened and endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Industrial farming to blame for manure polluting water, Greenpeace

The court found that Germany allowed an excessive use of manure as a fertiliser, in violation of the limits set out in the EU’s nitrates directive, which aims to reduce water pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources.

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