Military Threatens Sirens of the Sea

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Date: Aug 17, 2014 7:29 AM
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View Online         Home        Take Action        Donate August 2014          Military Airstrip Could Mean Death for Dugongs American and Japanese conservation groups represented by Earthjustice are suing to halt the construction of a U.S. military airstrip in Japan that would destroy some of the last remaining habitat for endangered Okinawa dugongs. Related to manatees, these gentle marine mammals are ancient cultural icons for the Okinawan people.   READ MORE     SAVE ENDANGERED DUGONGS! Only a few Okinawa dugongs remain. Help save this gentle species and some of its last remaining habitat before it's too late!   DONATE NOW       IN THE WIN COLUMN City Agrees to End Injustice With a New Sewer System A group of citizens, represented by Earthjustice, will finally get justice after the city of Rochelle, Georgia, agreed to put an end to the raw sewage bubbling into their backyards.   READ MORE   Idaho Stops Killing Wolves The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has abandoned its plan for a professional wolf-killing program within the nation's largest forested wilderness area in the face of strong opposition and a court challenge from Earthjustice.   READ MORE     NEWS The Cleanup Buck Should Stop With Polluters Earthjustice is challenging the EPA's 30-year-long failure to require that polluters pay for the cleanup of their own messes, rather than stick taxpayers with the often-hefty bill.   READ MORE   Report Finds That Coal Ash Lodges Deep Into Lungs Simply living near a coal ash dump—where the leftover muck from burning coal resides—can harm your health thanks to toxic dust that travels from the dump to your lungs, finds a new report.   READ MORE   Toledo's Green Slime Is All Too Familiar in Florida Recently, people in Toledo, Ohio, got a taste of the water problems that regularly plague Florida after a toxic algae outbreak left about a half a million Ohioans without a municipal drinking water supply. The likely culprit: agricultural pollution.   READ MORE   EPA Fails to Cut Carbon From U.S. Aviation Fleet Aviation is one of the fastest-growing sources of carbon pollution, yet the federal EPA has let the years fly by without pushing airlines to curb their climate change emissions. An Earthjustice lawsuit seeks to bring the agency back down to earth.   READ MORE   Big Island Rejects More GMOs Farmers and environmental groups represented by Earthjustice are fighting the biotech industry's attempts to open the Big Island to increased genetically engineered (GE) farming. The Hawaiian Islands are already a hotbed for experimental crops that increase pesticide use and threaten contamination of non-GE crops.   READ MORE     SPOTLIGHT A Sea of Riches A rare spectacle of ocean abundance—swarming whales, sea lions, birds and anchovies—is rejuvenating for Earthjustice   READ MORE     HOW YOU CAN HELP Clean Up Our Carbon Nation The EPA has proposed a plan to limit carbon from existing power plants. Now it's time to make it stronger.   TAKE ACTION   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 premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance clean energy; and to combat climate change. Learn about our work: earthjustice.org Photo Credits (top to bottom left to right): Matthijs Rouw, Earthjustice, Hobbit Hill Films LLC., Used with permission, United Mountain Defense, John Moran, Angelo DeSantis/ Flickr CC, PhotographyByMK / Shutterstock, Laura Oda / Earthjustice ©2014 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 unsubscribe from Earthjustice's email list through your profile page.