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International Program

International: About Our Work

Solving global issues such as climate change and water scarcity requires international cooperation. Our International program partners with organizations from other countries to combat global warming by reducing black carbon emissions and discouraging the use of highly polluting fossil fuels, such as tar sands. Our international attorneys also work on connecting environmental issues to human rights and on the ecological impacts of global trade.

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Quick Facts

Year opened: 1991
Number of staff: 8

Program Information

426 17th St, 6th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 550-6700
intloffice @earthjustice.org

Managing Attorney
Martin Wagner

Attorneys
Sarah Burt
Erika Rosenthal
Alice Thomas

Staff Scientist
Anna Cederstav

Research Associate
Jessica Lawrence

Office Manager
Kirsten Anderson

Press Contact
John McManus

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Program Spotlight

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Earthjustice Attorney, Sarah Burt, describes work the International program is doing on the Canadian tar sands.

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Recent Victories

Canada’s “Crown Jewel” Wilderness Saved From Development
Flathead Valley’s natural riches will be kept intact
Updated: February 24, 2010

Ghost Fleet Will Stay Put
A plan to export obsolete military ships to England for scrapping is stopped.
Updated: July 1, 2009

Full Environmental Review Ordered for Mexican Power Imports
Placing energy plants across the border with Mexico, to serve the US electricity grid, does not waive U.S. clean air requirements
Updated: May 16, 2006

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Recent News

US Conservation Organizations Praise BC Announcement of Mining Ban in Flathead River Valley
Today the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

UN to Recommend Moratorium on Mining that Threatens International Park on U.S./Canadian Border
The Vancouver Sun is reporting today that a United Nations committee will recommend a moratorium on mining in the...

EPA Forces Ships to Clean Up
The EPA released a new rule that requires large ships registered in the US to reduce their air pollution. The new...

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Recent Cases

Coalbed Methane Gas & Coal Mining Development in Flathead River Basin
The Flathead River flows from British Columbia south into Montana and forms the western boundary of Glacier National Park....

Tar Sands and the "Alberta Clipper"
Tar sands development in Alberta is creating an environmental catastrophe. Toxic tailings ponds can be seen from space and...

Teck Cominco/Lake Roosevelt
Teck Cominco Metals operates a smelter ten miles north of the US-Canada border. This smelter has contaminated Lake...

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