Sewage Segregation Down South

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Forward to a friend        Home      About Earthjustice      Take Action      Donate May 2013         Georgia Segregated by Sewage Earthjustice attorneys arrived 60 years in the past when they drove to Rochelle, Georgia: a small town divided into black and white communities by a railroad track and a sewer system that floods the black community with raw sewage. They faced up to a bullying mayor and police chief—whose town now faces legal action.    Continue Reading »    Trip's Column Citizens' Lobby Invades D.C. More than 100 clean air ambassadors from all 50 states invaded the halls of Congress last week, demanding clean air action from their congressional representatives. Each told personal stories of being forced to breathe air polluted by nearby industries.     Continue Reading »    Take Action: Tell Your Senators Why Clean Air Is Important To You New York Fracking Suffers Major Defeat A major Earthjustice legal battle—backed up by 20,000 support messages—resulted in victory against fracking for the small New York towns of Dryden and Middlefield. A state appeals court ruled in favor of the towns' right to ban oil and gas development within town limits.     Continue Reading »    Feature: The Town That Fought Fracking (And Is Winning)   In The News Nationwide EPA Tackles Wildlife Poison The company that manufactures the rodenticide d-CON refused to accept safety measures suggested by the Environmental Protection Agency (despite the fact that other rodenticide makers agreed to accept the suggestions), so Earthjustice joined the EPA in moving to ban d-CON products altogether. The rodenticide kills predators that eat rodents who eat d-CON.    Continue Reading »    Arkansas Hogs Threaten Buffalo River The country's first national river—the Buffalo, in Arkansas, home to some 300 species including some protected by federal law—may soon see a massive swine facility, the first of its size in this watershed. The proposed facility got a loan guarantee from the Department of Agriculture, which failed to investigate possible environmental impacts. Earthjustice and Earthrise have notified the agency about violations of the Endangered Species Act.    Continue Reading »    Colorado Drillers Target Roan Plateau An energy company is trying to overturn a judge's ruling so it can exploit Colorado's Roan Plateau, one of the most biologically rich areas in the state. The federal ruling was aimed at a Bureau of Land Management decision to allow drilling for natural gas on the plateau. After an Earthjustice challenge, the judge ordered BLM to consider more protective management options. The company appealed, and now Earthjustice is defending the order in appeals court.    Continue Reading »      In The Win Column Nationwide Regs Tackle Power Pollution The EPA recently issued regulations to control water pollution from power plants after negotiating a consent decree with Earthjustice. Power plants are the biggest source of contamination of our lakes and streams; the agency hasn't revised the regulations for a full 30 years. A court dismissed an industry challenge.    Continue Reading »    Maine Dam Removal Will Aid Herring An erroneous assumption—that alewives, or river herring, were interfering with upstream smallmouth bass fishing in the Gulf of Maine—led to the building of a barrier that blocked the East Coast's largest herring run from its historic spawning grounds in the St. Croix River. Earthjustice sued, and the Maine legislature moved to remove the barrier. Alewife populations should rebound soon.    Continue Reading »    West Virginia Giant MTR Mine Vetoed An appeals court upheld an EPA veto of what would have been a hugely destructive mountaintop removal mine. The EPA had vetoed a permit for Spruce Mine issued by the Army Corps of Engineers. The coal industry sued, environmental groups represented by Earthjustice got involved in defense of the EPA's veto, and recently an appeals court upheld EPA's veto power.    Continue Reading »    The ruling came just before a United Nations group toured Appalachia on an investigation of human rights abuses linked to mountaintop removal.    Continue Reading »    Victory at Spruce No. 1 Mine Hear our partners in Appalachia react to the EPA's initial decision to veto. Listen now.   unEARTHED Arizona Doug Pflugh: The San Pedro River—last freeflowing river in the Southwest and a corridor of life for millions of migrating birds—could be drained dry by a huge development.    Continue Reading »      Action Center Help Save Alaska's Magnificent Bristol Bay This one-of-a-kind wild treasure hosts the largest sockeye salmon fishery on the planet, along with huge runs of chum, silver, and king salmon. But these existing natural riches—and the magnificent wild drainage they swim in—are threatened by the proposed Pebble Mine, which would be one of the world's biggest open pit mines. Over its lifetime, the mine could generate up to 23 billion tons of mine waste.     Take Action Today!  »      Down to Earth: An Earthjustice Podcast Dan Fagre: Climate Change in Glacier Park Over the past 15 years, Fagre has worked to understand how climate change will affect mountain ecosystems such as Glacier National Park, the cornerstone of the Crown of the Continent ecosystem and a major focus of Earthjustice litigation. Scientists like Fagre predict that rising temperatures will make Glacier National Park glacier free by 2020.     Listen to Interview »    Learn more about the spectacular scenery and wildlife of the Northern Rockies—one of the largest undeveloped landscapes remaining in the country—on our feature page, Crown of the Continent: Taming the Wild West     Continue Reading »    You've been reading e.Brief, Earthjustice's monthly e-newsletter. Having trouble viewing this email? Read it online: earthjustice.org/newsletter Earthjustice. Because the earth needs a good lawyer. Earthjustice is the legal backbone for the environment. Founded in 1971, we annually represent nearly 400 non-profit organizations—without charge—in over 250 cases. Learn about our work: earthjustice.org Photo Credits:   · Segregated by Sewage:  Earthjustice attorney Monica Reimer looks into a manhole with Rochelle resident John Jackson. (Alisa Coe / Earthjustice)   · Help Us Fight Back:  Hattie McBurrows is one of the Rochelle residents affected by the town's sewage problem. (Monica Reimer / Earthjustice)   · Citizens' Lobby Invades D.C.:  Ambassadors and coalition staff walk across Capitol Hill on the way to their congressional meetings. (Matt Roth)   · Fracking Suffers Major Defeat:  The Town of Dryden hosts an annual Dairy Day event. (Austin Brecht)   · D-Con Maker Resists Ban:  A gray fox suffering from rodenticide poisoning. (WildCare / Melanie Piazza)   · Hogs Threaten Buffalo River:  Industrial hog farms generate animal waste that may pollute the nearby watershed. (Dario Sabljack / Shutterstock)   · Drillers Target Roan Plateau:  A drillpad lies on the edge of the Roan Plateau. (Ecoflight)   · Regs Tackle Power Pollution:  The TransAlta coal-fired power plant in Centralia, WA. (Brian Smith / Earthjustice)   · Dam Removal Will Aid Herring:  Alewives will be able to use their traditional spawning stream now that the St. Croix River dam has been removed. (USFWS)   · Giant MTR Mine Vetoed:  The proposed Spruce No. 1 Mine would have sat in the green valley to the right. (Vivian Stockman of OVEC. Flyover courtesy of SouthWings)   · unEARTHED:  The upper reaches of the San Pedro River. (Melanie Kay / Earthjustice)   · Help Save Alaska's Magnificent Bristol Bay:  Bristol Bay, downriver from the proposed Pebble Mine, hosts some of the largest salmon runs in the world. (Ben Knight)   · Dan Fagre: Climate Change in Glacier Park:  Photo of Glacier National Park. (Gene Sentz) ©2013 Earthjustice | 50 California Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA  94111 | 1-800-584-6460 enews@earthjustice.org This email was delivered to you by Earthjustice. Update your personal information or remove your email address from Earthjustice's email list through your profile page.