Earthjustice
For General Operating Support
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Amount$175,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/23/2013
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Providing legal support for the conservation community, Earthjustice has been instrumental in defending legal challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate local air pollution and greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. In 2013, Earthjustice will continue its legal work and support other climate, public health, and conservation priorities. In addition, Earthjustice will explore partnerships with NGOs in India aimed at promoting clean energy and public health outcomes related to coal use in electricity production.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.earthjustice.org
Address
50 California Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Founded in 1971, Earthjustice is a nonprofit environmental law organization that works to protect people’s health, preserve magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy, and combat climate change via legal strategies and partnerships with tribes and hundreds of community organizations in the U.S. Earthjustice is also harnessing the Inflation Reduction Act to electrify buildings, transportation, and industry with clean power. (Western Conservation Substrategy: Defend Public Lands; Climate Substrategy:National Policy )
for general operating support
Founded in 1971, Earthjustice is a nonprofit environmental law organization that works to protect people’s health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change via legal strategies and partnerships with tribes and hundreds of community organizations. A Western Conservation grantee, Earthjustice uses litigation and strategic communications to defend protected public lands and waters and bedrock environmental laws. (Western Conservation Substrategy: Defend Public Lands.)
for general operating support
Earthjustice’s legal and regulatory work is effective in protecting health, preserving magnificent places and wildlife, advancing clean energy, and combating climate change. General operating support will help Earthjustice accomplish its three main program goals: secure independence from fossil fuels; safeguard health; and preserve lands, wildlife, and oceans.
