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    Op-Ed: The New Landscape for Fighting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure 

    Op-Ed: The New Landscape for Fighting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure 

    By Audrey Leonard, Staff Attorney, Columbia Riverkeeper For more than 20 years, Columbia Riverkeeper has fought dirty fossil fuel infrastructure — and won. Together with firefighters, fishers, foresters, farmers, health professionals, educators, union leaders, and tribes, we stopped more than a dozen proposed fossil fuel facilities, ranging from coal exports to LNG terminals.  Because of […]

    On Earth Day, Let’s Actually Protect Our Planet – By Investing in It

    On Earth Day, Let’s Actually Protect Our Planet – By Investing in It

    Each year, Earth Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the natural world and the benefits it confers to humanity. Conservation and preservation typically dominate the conversation. Well-meaning, these can unwittingly create a narrative that we can only protect wild spaces by keeping humans out; and we wonder why this doesn’t inspire sufficient action to address our pressing environmental challenges. 

    English Lawyers Refuse to Prosecute Climate Protestors in ‘Declaration of Conscience’

    English Lawyers Refuse to Prosecute Climate Protestors in ‘Declaration of Conscience’

    A group of lawyers in England have signed a “Declaration of Conscience” saying they will refuse to participate in the prosecution of peaceful climate protesters like Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain. The group of about 120 lawyers, who go by the name “Lawyers are Responsible,” will also refuse to represent those participating […]