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Video

After 150 Years, Water Returns to Maui Streams

After 150 years, flow returned to two streams on Maui that had been diverted for more than 150 years by private corporations. Watch a video of the day water finally returned.

Little Blue: A Broken Promise

A small community was promised a recreational dream. Instead, they got a toxic nightmare. In this video, watch their battle against coal ash, a toxic waste that is polluting hundreds of similar communities across America.

Coral and Parrotfish: A Love Story

Go diving, in a video with attorney Andrea Treece as she explores the role parrotfish play in protecting the Caribbean coral reef ecosystem.

Slideshows

Images from the Crown of the Continent

The Crown of the Continent ecosystem serves as a critical refuge for grizzly bears, wolverines, and more. Conservationist Gene Sentz shares his photos of the ten-million acre expanse of land whose untouched wilderness harkens back to the days of Lewis & Clark.

Donor Testimonials

Read why these donors keep giving to Earthjustice.

Roadless Area Photo Slideshow

The nearly 60 million acres of wild national forest lands protected under the 2001 Roadless Rule provide refuge for many species. Clearly, the best future for these lands and the people who enjoy them is to leave them as they are.

Audio

Teleconference: Everyone Has the Right to a Healthy Environment

Vice President of Litigation for Healthy Communities Lisa Garcia discusses how Earthjustice is fighting to protect families and communities from issues they confront on a daily basis.

The Smell of Money: One Man's Fight to Clear the Air in His Hometown

In this Down to Earth episode, Hilton Kelley, a leading environmental activist who gave up a Hollywood acting career to move to Port Arthur, Texas, discusses his work to clean up the city's air by facing off against industrial polluters that surround the town.

Teleconference: Fracking And Community Control

On June 20, 2014, in advance of a decision from New York’s high court over a pair of zoning-based oil and gas development bans, experts from New York, Colorado, California, Pennsylvania and Texas hosted a teleconference on the growing trend of community control over fracking.

Special Features

La Sequía en California

¿Quién recibe la agua y quién se quedará sin ella? La sequía actual que ya ha alcanzado niveles históricos ha sacado a relucir la antigua contienda sobre quién tiene derecho a reclamar el agua en un estado sediento. Mientras la industria agrícola (que en la actualidad consume el 80% del racionamiento de agua de California) ejerce cada vez más presión para reclamar que se envíe más agua a sus campos localizados en las áridas regiones del Valle Central, a quién se perjudica y se deja sin agua?

Map: Oil Refineries in the United States

Everyone has the right to breathe clean air—and that right is being denied to millions of Americans living in the shadows of nearly 150 oil refineries across the United States. Are you one of 7 million at risk? Find the oil refinery near you.

The Toxic Secret of California’s Salad Bowl

The farmworkers who help bring fresh fruit and produce to your table aren’t protected by the safety standards most workers in the U.S. enjoy. They rely on the Worker Protection Standard, an outdated rule the EPA claims it will revise before the Obama Administration leaves office. The farmworkers’ reality is often a nightmare of back-breaking work and repeated exposure to toxic chemicals. Earthjustice is featuring their stories—starting in California with the help of our partner organization Lideres Campesinas.