Environment

Defending The Atlantic's Only Marine National Park From Commercial Fishing

On March 29, Earthjustice—representing the Center for Biological Diversity and Zack Klyver, Head Naturalist for the Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company—along with the Natural Resources Defense Council and Conservation Law Foundation filed a Motion to...

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EPA Administrator Pruitt Denies Petition to Ban Widely Used Pesticide

On March 29, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt signed an order denying a petition that sought to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide crucial to U.S. agriculture.

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Greenpeace International statement on Executive Order: Trump can’t stop clean energy transition

Responding to President Trump’s latest Executive Order, which attempts to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, amongst other climate actions, Jennifer Morgan, Greenpeace International Executive Director

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Court Overturns Government Refusal To Proect Rare Coastal Marten

On March 28th, a federal judge overturned an April 2014 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denying endangered species protection to coastal martens. The court’s action is in response to a lawsuit filed by Earthjustice on behalf of the...

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