Category Archives: Earthjustice

Earthjustice continues to push EPA for limits on greenhouse gas pollution

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David Baron
, Managing Attorney in Earthjustice Washington DC’s office talks about the case that will be heard by the Supreme Court at the end of November about the responsibility of the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases from motor vehicles.

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Gold Mine Threatens Pristine Waters of Lower Slate Lake

Lowerslatelake_smThis is a rerun of our May 13 program.

Demian Schane, Staff Attorney with EarthjusticeJuneau office explains  how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has authorized the giant Coeur d’Alene Mine corporation to operate the Kensington Project and dump millions of tons of gold mine tailings directly into
pristine Lower Slate Lake
. LISTEN (8 min)

Risks with biopharmaceutical crops

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Paul
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is Managing Attorney for Earthjustice’s Hawai’i office. He gives us an update on
efforts to ensure oversight of biopharmaceutical developments, growing
drugs in food crops
. LISTEN (7 min)

Gold Mine Threatens Pristine Waters of Lower Slate Lake

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Demian Schane, Staff Attorney with EarthjusticeJuneau office explains  how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has authorized the giant Coeur d’Alene Mine corporation to operate the Kensington Project and dump millions of tons of gold mine tailings directly into
pristine Lower Slate Lake
. LISTEN (8 min)

Saving Salmon

Johnnymothersalmon_1 Kristen Boyles, Staff Attorney for Earthjustice explains the most recent judicial decision concerning the Klamath River. The Klamath that runs in Southern Oregon and California used to be the third largest salmon producer. Due to excessive irrigation and obsolete dams the flow has become to small and the water too warm for the fish. The court has now set a minimal flow level. Meanwhile the Federal government is urged to close salmon fishing along 700 hundred miles of coastline in Oregon and California.

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