Regions
As the population in the Southeast has risen, growing demands have been placed on the region’s resources. Water pollution from farms and cities endangers aquifers as well as lakes and streams, endangering the safety of drinking water sources. Calls for expanding the energy grid have been met with proposals to use old coal technology which threatens to pollute the air and contribute heavy metals such as mercury to the waters. Earthjustice is working to protect the region’s water resources and to slow global warming.
- Our Stories
- A Snake in the Kitchen
Monica Reimer, an attorney in the Tallahassee office, writes about Earthjustice clients that are most definitely not what springs to mind when one thinks of "environmentalist." The tale revolves around the only jury trial in the history of Earthjustice, an ultimately successful attempt to keep in public ownership a south Florida jewel known as Fisheating Creek.
 Learn more Monica's trip down Fisheating Creek |
- Recent Victories
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A Historic Victory for Everglades RestorationNatural flow of the Everglades to be restored through the purchase of U.S. Sugar holdings south of Lake Okeechobee; largest step forward in the long history of Everglades restoration Florida Coal Plan Is NixedThe Florida Public Service Commission refuses to approve a permit for a huge new coal-fired power plant near the Everglades. Homer, Louisiana: Nuclear NonsenseSenior Editor Tom Turner recounts a David-and-Goliath struggle between impoverished African-American people in rural Louisiana and a mighty international consortium of government agencies and private companies bent on siting a uranium enrichment plant in their midst. Restoring the Everglades EcosystemIn March 2001, Earthjustice compelled the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce phosphorus pollution flowing into Lake Okeechobee by 70 percent. A Snake in the KitchenMonica Reimer, an attorney in the Tallahassee office, writes about Earthjustice clients that are most definitely not what springs to mind when one thinks of “environmentalist.” The tale revolves around the only jury trial in the history of Earthjustice, an ultimately successful attempt to keep in public ownership a south Florida jewel known as Fisheating Creek. |
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