Recent Victories
- Dirty Coal Plants Lose Another Source of Funding
  Feds stop funding rural dirty coal plants for two years
  
  Endangered Bird Trumps Chainsaws
  Old growth forest habitat protected -- for now
  
  Big Fine for Polluting Appalachian Waters
  Massey Energy, a major player in mountaintop removal mining, must pay $20 million in fines for Clean Water Act violations
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Our Stories

Staff members tell their personal stories of fighting for the environment with Earthjustice.

A Snake in the Kitchen
Attorney Monica Reimer represented denizens of Old Florida in the only jury trial in Earthjustice history. As she recalls here, it was them against chainsaws and barbed wire in a fight over the soul of south Florida's Fisheating Creek.

Wan Bao -- The Environmentalist
Parents and children don't often see eye to eye, especially when they grow up in different cultures. Marketing Manager Ray Wan recalls his mother's reaction when he decided to major in environmental science.

An Upstream Legal Battle
West Coast salmon runs are again on the verge of collapse, 20 years after Earthjustice attorney Mike Sherwood led groundbreaking legal efforts to save winter-run Chinook salmon from the effects of Shasta Dam. In the context of today’s continuing battles, Mike recalls how he and Earthjustice first entered the fray.