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LEX Reception is proud to support Earthjustice in its use of the law to defend people and the planet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law is a powerful tool for change. Since 1971, Earthjustice has worked in the courts to protect wildlife and ecosystems, secure safeguards for our public lands, and hold polluters accountable. Today, more than 200 full-time Earthjustice attorneys are engaged in 620 active legal cases to enforce and defend environmental protections, representing every one of our clients free of charge. With unparalleled legal and policy expertise, Earthjustice faces off against big interests with deep pockets \u2014 and wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defending our planet\u2019s biodiversity has never been more important<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Species across the globe are in crisis, with roughly a million being threatened with extinction in the coming decades. Even species that are not yet on the brink will face huge population declines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The extinction crisis means fewer pollinators for agriculture, depleted fisheries, and disappearing places like old-growth forests and wetlands that provide a long-term, low-cost source of clean air and water. This crisis threatens not only the plants and animals that we know and love but all of us. Our fate is inextricably linked with the ecosystems that the world\u2019s species depend on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, the climate and biodiversity crises are linked and must be tackled together. Climate change, however, is not the only threat to biodiversity. In fact, habitat destruction is the largest driver of biodiversity loss. The rapid extinction crisis that we are facing calls for a comprehensive strategy that can be deployed alongside efforts to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why Earthjustice\u2019s Biodiversity Defense Program<\/a> fights to reshape our relationship to lands, water, and wildlife everywhere by confronting the major drivers of the decline in nature, including habitat destruction and over-exploitation of wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To preserve species, we need broad coalitions of support, deep expertise, and a holistic understanding of how different environmental challenges are connected \u2013 and this is exactly how Earthjustice is making change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because this work is immense and intersectional, a key piece of this program\u2019s strategy is partnering with Earthjustice\u2019s 15 regional offices and programs<\/a> to add litigation and policy knowledge to their work and to build new partnerships.\u00a0 Leveraging this cross-cutting expertise, Earthjustice is working toward:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Significant progress on the ground toward preserving, protecting, and restoring species and intact ecosystems, including action on key drivers of biodiversity loss.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The linking up of balanced ecosystems into a network of ecologically rich, resilient refuges that give wildlife the freedom to roam in a warming world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. More protective management of ecosystems, particularly on federal lands, which will result in resiliency to withstand climate change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Through litigation and advocacy, sharply reducing fossil fuel leasing and development within federal lands and waters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Toxics and pesticides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Dangers like toxic chemicals or water pollution threaten species’ biodiversity. The cases highlighted below help demonstrate just some of the connections between the expansive areas of work Earthjustice takes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Salmon and 6PPD-Q<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Salmon and steelhead are keystone species that support entire ecosystems, and their loss has cascading effects on ocean biodiversity as well as the national economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Unfortunately, a mysterious phenomenon called \u201curban runoff mortality syndrome\u201d has been decimating salmon returning to freshwater streams to spawn in the Pacific Northwest. The syndrome can kill up to 100% of salmon in an affected area before they are able to spawn and lay their eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Now, researchers have finally solved the mystery. The culprit is our tires. Or, more correctly, a chemical called 6PPD used in tires since the 1950s to prevent degradation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For decades, 6PPD has been used in tires as an antioxidant and antiozonant to prevent tire degradation. During normal use, tires made with 6PPD release a breakdown product known as 6PPD-Q, which washes into waterways during storms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    6PPD-Q is the second most toxic chemical to aquatic species ever evaluated. Exposure to 6PPD-Q can kill a coho salmon within hours, and the chemical is responsible for \u201curban runoff mortality syndrome,\u201d which kills up to 100% of coho salmon returning to spawn in affected urban streams. And 6PPD-Q can have toxic effects on salmon beyond urban areas where streams are located near roads. It is likely that 6PPD-Q is harming aquatic species worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Only one other chemical is more toxic to aquatic life \u2014 the chemical warfare agent parathion \u2014 and it\u2019s been widely banned due to its toxicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Earthjustice submitted a petition on behalf of the Yurok, Port Gamble S\u2019Klallam, and Puyallup Tribes, urging the EPA to establish new regulations on 6PPD under the Toxic Substances Control Act. TSCA requires the EPA to ban or regulate chemicals in commerce that pose unreasonable risks to human health or the environment. In November 2023, the EPA granted the petition<\/a>, agreeing with the petitioners that \u201cit is necessary to initiate\u201d risk management rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act \u201cto address the risk to the environment from 6PPD-quinone, a degradant of 6PPD.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Representing The Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen\u2019s Associations (PCFFA), Earthjustice then filed suit<\/a> against U.S. tire manufacturers over the use of the chemical 6PPD in rubber tires because of its devastating impacts on Endangered Species Act (ESA) protected coho salmon and steelhead trout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Learn more: Case documents and updates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bees and Sulfoxaflor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The relationship between humans and honeybees is one of the most striking examples of our reliance on nature. About a third of the food we eat comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, and according to government data, pollinators\u2019 ecological service in the country is valued at $200 billion a year. But honeybees are experiencing a die-off so massive that researchers coined a term to describe it: \u201ccolony collapse disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    From April 2022 to April 2023, beekeepers in the U.S. lost an estimated 48.2%<\/a> of their managed honeybee colonies. This is the second-highest annual loss on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Colony collapse disorder has been attributed to a number of causes including mite infestation and pathogens, but the rampant agricultural use of insecticides is also a contributor.\u00a0 Specifically, a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, which came onto the market in the late 1990s.\u00a0 Among neonicotinoids, sulfoxaflor is one of the most widely used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Touted as a \u201cnext generation neonicotinoid,\u201d sulfoxaflor is like other bee-killing neonicotinoid insecticides: it is systemic.  This means it is absorbed by growing plants and persists in the plants\u2019 tissues \u2013 including flowers, nectar, and pollen \u2013 making them toxic to insects for days thereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A growing body of studies shows that even in low doses, neonicotinoids like sulfoxaflor impair bees\u2019 ability to navigate. The foraging worker bees that come into contact with the pesticide may get disoriented, flying around until they eventually run out of energy, lost in the field. With a loss of worker bees bringing food back to the hive, the entire colony suffers.\u00a0 If a bee is able to return to the hive, it brings back tainted pollen and nectar, which poisons the entire colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) first approved sulfoxaflor in 2013, but thanks to a lawsuit brought by Pollinator Stewardship Council, the American Beekeeper Federation, all represented by Earthjustice, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that decision. The Court ruled EPA failed to obtain reliable studies on the impacts of sulfoxaflor on honeybee colonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 2016, the EPA re-approved sulfoxaflor subject to significant restrictions to reduce the risk to honeybees and other pollinators. On July 12, 2019, without any public notice, the Trump administration removed these restrictions on sulfoxaflor and approved a host of new uses for the bee-killing insecticide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Representing beekeepers once again, Earthjustice sued, and in December 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the EPA to reconsider its decision to expand the use of sulfoxaflor<\/a>.\u00a0 The Court concluded EPA violated federal law by approving additional uses for sulfoxaflor without any public notice and by failing to evaluate impacts on imperiled species. The court ordered the EPA to invite public comment and prepare a new decision on sulfoxaflor.\u00a0 This was a critical win, but as the EPA undergoes its review, the use of sulfoxaflor continues nationwide, and thus the fight against it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    While working on the federal front, Earthjustice and its clients also took the cause to California, a state where nearly every commercial honeybee colony in the country spends at least part of the year \u2013 meaning regulations there have significant consequences for bees nationwide.\u00a0 In December 2021, a California Superior Court ruled that sulfoxaflor could no longer be used in the state because its approval went against state environmental law.\u00a0 This victory was affirmed in March 2024<\/a>, when the California Court of Appeal dismissed appeals of the 2021 decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Water pollution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Manatees and algal outbreaks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Florida\u2019s Indian River Lagoon is one of the most biodiverse estuaries in North America. It is home to countless species, including half of the fish caught annually in east Florida and the iconic manatee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service downlisted the manatee from endangered to threatened in 2017. Since then, the species has suffered significant setbacks from habitat degradation, red tide, cold winters, and now unprecedented mass starvation from the catastrophic seagrass die-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Since 2020, over a thousand of Florida\u2019s manatees have died in what has become an officially declared \u201cUnusual Mortality Event.\u201d  Over half of those deaths were attributable to starvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Seagrass is the primary food source for manatees in Florida\u2019s Indian River Lagoon, where manatees return each winter to feed. Unfortunately, unchecked pollution \u2014 stemming from wastewater treatment discharges, leaking septic systems, fertilizer runoff, and other sources \u2014 fuels algal outbreaks that kill seagrass and prevent it from growing back.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Florida\u2019s water quality criteria for nitrogen and phosphorous, concluding the standards would not \u201cadversely affect\u201d manatees. After the spike in manatee deaths, the agency failed to reinitiate consultation over the inadequate water quality measures at the root of the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    These manatee deaths are human-caused, and they are preventable, so Earthjustice sued the EPA in 2022<\/a>, representing three conservation groups (Save the Manatee Club, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Center for Biological Diversity).  Under the Endangered Species Act, the EPA must consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to approve state water-quality measures to ensure they protect threatened and endangered wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The legal case is ongoing, and Earthjustice remains committed to the manatees and the health of the lagoon ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    VIDEO: Giving Manatees a Fighting Chance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Endangered species<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Gray Wolves, Grizzly Bears, and ESA Delisting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    In addition to their cultural significance, gray wolves and grizzly bears both serve crucial roles in their native ecosystems. Earthjustice has been involved in protecting wolves and grizzlies for decades, including the successful reinstatement of wolves as an endangered species<\/a> under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2022 and the prevention of a gruesome trophy hunt of grizzlies<\/a> in 2018 after the Trump administration delisted the Yellowstone population.\u00a0 The latter victory was affirmed in 2020 when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Montana District Court\u2019s opinion that reinstated Endangered Species Act protections for the Yellowstone region\u2019s grizzly bear population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Another recent victory<\/a> in Idaho demonstrates how protections for one species can be used to help the other. While wolves regained endangered status in 2022, legislative maneuvers have exempted them from protection in the Northern Rockies, including Idaho. Partnering with thirteen conservation groups as clients, Earthjustice filed a 2021 lawsuit to challenge Idaho\u2019s extreme wolf-trapping rules, which would have facilitated the slaughter of up to 90% of Idaho\u2019s gray wolf population. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Idaho\u2019s challenged trapping and snaring rules, which have become more expansive in the past decade, allowed for year-round trapping and snaring on private land. Grizzly bears have been captured in wolf traps and snares in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and Canada, and the court found that Idaho\u2019s trapping rules violate the Endangered Species Act because grizzlies are likely to be captured in these deadly traps in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The March 2024 summary judgment ruling in Idaho District Court will prevent the state of Idaho from authorizing this wolf trapping and snaring in grizzly bear habitat during non-denning periods. The decision will stop trapping and snaring in Idaho\u2019s Panhandle, Clearwater, Salmon, and Upper Snake regions between March 1 and November 30 on public and private lands to prevent the unlawful take of Endangered Species Act-protected grizzly bears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This victory will reduce the killing of wolves, but action is still necessary to defend our iconic predators, and Earthjustice\u2019s relentless advocacy for both wolves<\/a> and grizzlies<\/a> continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Because Earth needs a good lawyer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Earthjustice has used the power of the law to defend multiple irreplaceable species: Gulf of Mexico Rice\u2019s whales, Florida panthers, red knot shorebirds, and so many more.\u00a0 For the latest, visit our online library at Earthjustice.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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