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The Earth Needs YOU This Election Season

Your voice can help put the environment on the political agenda Your voice is as important as your vote—there is a lot you can do. (Jason Langheine)After the summer we have had, my mind is on climate...

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House Passes Pro-Coal War On Health Bill

On way out of town, House votes industry a free pass to pollute It's been a long two years with the 112th Congress. In that time, House leadership has often tried to "help the economy" by wiping away...

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Lies, Damned Lies And Coal Company Biologists

Forests will die someday, why shouldn't coal companies help them along? Bear claw marks on aspen in the Sunset Trail Roadless Area. (Ted Zukoski / Earthjustice)Coal companies have been blasting...

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Voters Tell Obama: Get To Work On Clean Energy Future

President must unite America to secure prosperity and fight climate change President Obama now has a second chance to put this nation on course to a prosperous future built on clean energy. (Scout...

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Fracking's Dirty Air Secret

Drilling near Denver is adding to the area's worsening smog problem Denver smog. Brought to you in part by fracking.Last week, supporters of the controversial drilling practice know as fracking held a...

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Strong Start To Protecting Key Alaska Habitat

Salazar announces National Petroleum Reserve conservation measures Caribou in the western Arctic, Alaska. (Florian Schulz / visionsofthewild.com)Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently...

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The Top 10 unEarthed Stories of 2012

Readers were most inspired by stories of the wild Two of the first five calves born at Ft. Peck Indian reservation this year. (Bill Campbell)Blog posts about Earth's magnificent places and creatures...

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Oil Derricks Won't Be Spoiling The Parks' View

Court agrees that Utah leases were granted improperly Green River Butte.Thanks to a recent federal court decision, visitors to Utah’s public wild lands can continue to raft the Green River in Dinosaur...

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What War On Coal?

Obama can act on climate change by taking on a few western coal mines Coal mining damage caused by West Elk Mine. (U.S. Forest Service)In his State of the Union address, President Obama said some...

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It's Game Over for Foes of National Forests

Roadless Rule—and 50+ million forested acres—survive test of time Spring blooms of fireweed in the Reservation Divide roadless area in Montana’s Coeur D’Alene Mountains. (© Terry Glase)Time has run...

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Our Nation's Most Endangered River -- The Colorado

Unrestrained thirst puts Colorado atop American Rivers' threat list Management of the Colorado River remains an engineering task that seeks to wring as much water as possible out of its banks. (David...

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San Pedro River Faces a New Threat

Massive development could kill desert ribbon of life Rich ecosystems flourish around the San Pedro River.  (Jeff Kennedy / USGS)The upper San Pedro River valley in Arizona is the epitome of the Wild...

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Devil's Slide Was No Tunnel of Love

It took one tough attorney and many years to finally build tunnel solution An aerial shot of the new tunnel bypass near Devil's Slide. (© 2010 California Department of Transportation)The first...

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Driller Seeks to Overturn Roan Plateau Victory

Natural riches at stake in Colorado plateau area The Roan Plateau has been ranked as one of the four most biologically rich areas in Colorado.  (Michael Freeman)The Roan Plateau stands proudly above...

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Drillers Make a Play for Thompson Divide

Richly forested lands in W. Colorado could become industrial zone The Thompson Divide is clearly a keystone of the region, the state and the West.  (EcoFlight)There is no dispute that the Thompson...

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Judge: Fisheating Creek Should Flow With Water, Not Sand

Ag giant Lykes Brothers snubbed in attempt to fill creek, ban public access A swimming hole at Fisheating Creek. (B A Bowen Photography / Flickr CC)I’m happy to announce that we won the latest legal...

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Floating Through Time and Splendor in The Grand Canyon

The song and sights of nature evoke pride for the work of Earthjustice Paddling down the Colorado River. (Richard Kirst)This is my first day back in the office after a week rafting and hiking in the...

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More Wild Bison Return Home To Montana

Native Americans welcome animals back to where they once belonged Two of the first wild bison born last spring. (Bill Campbell)Some extra thunder rumbled into north central Montana this week when wild...

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My Window Seat To America The Threatened

High above this great nation, you can see the struggles we face An airplane passes over Desolation Canyon, UT. (Ecoflight)“If you want to see the places we’ve helped protect, ask for a window seat.”So...

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Govt. Shuts Down Fishing, Birding, Hunting

National wildlife refuges closed until funding is restored National parks, like refuges and other public lands, are closed during the government shutdown. (National Parks Conservation...

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