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Earthjustice: By the numbers

Our lawyers are the most experienced environmental legal team in the world. We represent all our clients for free.

1971
Founding Year
160
Earthjustice Lawyers
500+
Clients, including national organizations and community groups
14
Regional Offices
630+
Legal Proceedings
10B
Climate costs avoided annually, as a result of our legal work

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Interior Department Begins Review of Oil, Gas Leasing Program

“The federal oil and gas leasing program needs serious reform if America is going to address climate change. Nearly 25% of this country’s climate-cooking emissions come from fossil fuels pumped or mined from lands and waters that belong to all Americans. This is unsustainable.”

Drew Caputo, Vice President of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife, Oceans
March 9, 2021
A Native Woman’s Perspective on Why “Auntie Deb” Is a Great Choice To Run Interior

“Her nomination to lead Interior represents an opportunity to help heal the historic wounds that the United States government has inflicted on Native people, by bringing them to the table over important decisions about the lands they have lived on for thousands of years.”

Gussie Lord, Managing Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program
March 8, 2021
Trump Just Squeezed One Last Environmental Catastrophe Into His First Term

"We've been protecting the Tongass for many years. We've done it through James Watt, we've done it through Republican administrations, and we've done it through hostile Supreme Courts. And we're confident we'll continue to prevail in the courts."

Sam Sankar, Senior VP of Programs
October 28, 2020