e.Brief

"The cheapest and cleanest form of energy is energy we don't use in the first place." --Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius

Hope for clean energy in the U.S.The gutsy governor of Kansas has laid out a path to America's sustainable energy future, says Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen. On June 26, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will appear in Denver at an Earthjustice program to tell how her epic fight with coal interests has helped set a national clean energy agenda.

UN help sought in threat to Glacier ParkEarthjustice is calling for a United Nations investigation of mining activities that threaten Glacier National Park and a World Heritage Site on the Canadian border.

Bulletin: Kane County must remove signsAfter five years of court fights, Kane County only has until Monday to remove signs inviting vehicles into Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a federal judge ruled.

Help build world's largest mountain rangeHundreds of Earthjustice supporters are sending in their photos to help build the world's largest "virtual mountain range." It's all part of the Stop Mountaintop Removal campaign. Click here to join in at the Stop Mountaintop Removal website.

As Bush leaves office, he's rolling a hand grenade across 11 million acres of Utah by inviting off-road vehicle destruction and energy development. "The Zuke" is outraged and you should be too.

Court halts gas line in roadless ColoradoThe 10th Circuit Court of Appeals halted construction of a natural gas line in roadless areas of western Colorado. The court still must decide whether to keep the injunction in place until a district court rules in a separate Earthjustice lawsuit.

Earthjustice antidote to seagrass "poison pill"Earthjustice's Florida team has saved the state's seagrasses and fishing grounds from a legislative poison pill. David Guest, managing attorney of the Florida office, tells a tale of midnight chicanery.

Judge rules against state water law favoring developmentA state judge has struck down key parts of a Washington water law that would have allowed drastically expanded water use for development. Earthjustice represented individual water right holders, conservation groups, and commercial fishermen, and joined a coalition of Indian tribes to challenge the law as unconstitutional.

Dams must be removed to save Columbia salmonDams on the Snake River must be removed to save Columbia Basin salmon, Earthjustice affirmed this week as a lawsuit was filed by conservation groups opposing the Bush administration's plan for operating hydroelectric dams in the river basin.

Be Wary -- Very -- Of Scientists"Given that we were traveling with two top grizzly bear scientists, it's amazing that we did everything you're not supposed to do in grizzly bear country." Tim Preso, Earthjustice attorney in Montana, recounts a grizzly bear adventure in Yellowstone National Park.