for our health, our wild places, and our climate.
You saved Clean Water Act protections for rivers, lakes, and oceans in the “Clean Water Case of the Century” at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Attorneys in Earthjustice s Mid-Pacific Office represented the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club-Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation, and West Maui Preservation Association.
You stood with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, as they were vindicated in the court of law, after years of perseverance against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Attorneys in Earthjustice s Northwest Office have represented the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their legal fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline since 2016.
Proposal includes natural gas ban, electric school buses, transit expansion
December 21, 2020 | 11:01 am
County Executive Marc Elrich is proposing a Climate Action Plan with incredibly ambitious goal.
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Montgomery County has set a lofty goal of eliminating its greenhouse gas emissions in 15 years. That means none of its power would come from coal and natural gas.
The draft plan to achieve the goal is “incredibly ambitious,” but if it didn’t set a high target, the county would set a lesser goal, County Executive Marc Elrich said during a recent virtual community meeting on the plan.
“We’d achieve it and say the job is done,” he said. “I wanted a target that would make it extraordinarily difficult to say that the job was done until the job was actually done.”
State Roundup: 24,100 new jobs added in November pushing Maryland unemployment rate down
The statue of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to its place in Lawyer s Mall outside the State House Dec. 17. Governor s Office photo
MD JOBLESS RATE DROPS: Maryland added 24,100 jobs in November and the state’s unemployment rate decreased from 7.8% to 6.8%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning, Bryan Renbaum of MarylandReporter.com reports.
HENRIETTA LACKS ACT HEADS TO TRUMP FOR SIGNATURE: A bill inspired by the late Henrietta Lacks, a Baltimore County woman whose cells were used for medical research without her consent, is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk following a push by Maryland lawmakers, Pamela Wood of the Sun reports. The act would require the federal government to publish a report on government-funded cancer research trials, including the amount of participation by underrepresented p
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Opponents to Interstate Gas Pipeline Cause Delays
Opponents to Interstate Gas Pipeline Cause Delays
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As construction of an underground natural gas pipeline weaving its way through the mountains of Virginia draws close to completion, protests to the project are intensifying.
A group of environmentalists who have camped in trees along the pipeline’s path for two years remained in place this month despite being given a court order to move.
Meanwhile, other opponents celebrated their success in one of two court challenges seeking a halt to sections of the multi-billion dollar project.