2011 Annual Report

ANNUAL
REPORT
2011
BECAUSE THE EARTH NEEDS A GOOD LAWYER
Contents
6 A Clean Energy Future: Safeguarding Communities and the Environment
14 The Tongass: Preserving Our Natural Heritage
20 Our Clients and Partners
26 2011 Financial Report
28 Board of Trustees, Council, Team and staff
30 Ways to Give
This DVD features a collection of
stories about the people Earthjustice
has been fighting for during the past
year—and in some cases for many
years. We think you’ll find these
stories to be emotionally engaging
and inspirational.
DVD Feature Stories:
Finding Their Way
Air Watch
An Ill Wind
Water Warrior
Asthma Feels
Clean Air Is
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The videos tell the stories of people
not willing to allow the land
they love to be destroyed; stories
of people fighting back against
corporations trying to profit at the
public’s expense; stories of people
with perseverance, determination,
and heart.
But these videos also tell a story
about all of you—our supporters.
You make our work possible and
help us to continue our service as the
environmental community’s premier
legal organization.
Our unmatched legal expertise and our long-term commitment to addressing critical
environmental issues consistently yield success. This strategic approach, as you will
read about in the following pages, is holding the coal industry accountable to the law
and has won protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
Looking forward to 2012, we are as motivated as ever to continue defending the
health of the environment and our communities. In our work in the courtroom,
on Capitol Hill, and in our partnerships, we will be tenacious in our defense of the
natural splendor and magnificence that abounds on this planet we call home.
For your support and partnership in this work, thank you.
Trip Van Noppen
President
Ed Lewis
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
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In partnership with our hundreds of clients, other allies, foundations, scientists, and
our steadfast supporters, we continue to pursue far-reaching, big-impact litigation.
This past year we have won amazing victories that serve as testaments to Earthjustice’s
role as the world’s premier environmental law firm and provide real hope that a
cleaner, healthier planet is possible.
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A passion for preserving the natural world
and a belief in the power of justice has guided
the course of our work for more than four
decades. We have fought to establish meaningful
environmental protections and put forth a vision
for restoring the earth to ecological balance.
The fulfillment of this vision does not rest in
some unnamed, distant future—we are making
progress right now. Because of the work we
do every day—and because of your support—the earth’s special places are better
protected, communities are safeguarded from toxic pollution, and society is moving
toward a clean energy future.
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ince our founding in 1971, a passion for preserving the
environment and trust in the power of justice have served
as our core values. These fundamental principles, which
still guide our organization today, inspired a small group of
dedicated attorneys to form what would become Earthjustice,
the world’s premier environmental law firm.
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A Cool Forest
The Tongass National Forest is a
coastal temperate rain forest, with
annual precipitation ranging from
38 inches to more than 220 inches
depending on the location. Air
temperatures range from an average
low of 32ºF to an average high of
52ºF year-round. This type of forest
contains more organic matter per acre
than any other ecosystem on Earth,
including tropical jungles.
Photo © Amy Gulick
A Clean Energy
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Safeguarding
and the
Blue Ridge Mountains and
Wildflower Field, Mitchell
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Communities
Environment
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he coal industry destroys thriving
landscapes, exacerbates climate
change, and threatens the health
of our communities. Through
mining, transport, burning, and waste
disposal, the industry profits at the
public’s expense. But no matter how
powerful the coal industry is, it still
must answer to a higher authority—
the law.
Earthjustice is engaged in a strategic
campaign of litigation, advocacy, and
communications, to clean up the coal
industry. We defend the land, the air,
and our communities against coal’s
catastrophic impacts. And we offer
an alternative vision for the path
forward—a clean energy future.
Coal-fired power plants generate
more than a third of the nation’s
emissions of carbon dioxide, which
drives climate change. Burning coal
also has a devastating impact on
human health. A recent study found
that fine particle pollution from coalfired power plants is projected to
cause 13,200 deaths, 20,400 heart
attacks, 217,600 asthma attacks, and
more than 1.5 million missed work
days annually.
With China becoming a net coal
importer in recent years, the industry is
increasingly interested in the prospect
of exporting coal from the West Coast
of the United States to Asia. Industry
desires to load coal mined in the
Powder River Basin onto trains that
would wind through the interior West
before arriving at coastal terminals.
From there, the coal would be shipped
to Asia and burned in power plants,
resulting in toxic air pollution and
significant greenhouse gas emissions.
This past year, Earthjustice stopped
the construction of what would have
been the West Coast’s first coal export
terminal in Longview, Washington, on
the shores of the P CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Abigail Dillen, Attorney, Northeast Office
Attorney Abigail Dillen is Earthjustice’s Coal Program Director, but
during the late 1990s she was rethinking her decision to pursue a career
in law. On break from UC Berkeley during the summer, she took a
seasonal job at Yosemite National Park. Her time in the Sierra fostered
a greater appreciation for the natural world, which paired well with her
growing interest in environmental law. In 1999, Earthjustice attorney
Doug Honnold met Dillen while recruiting summer interns at Berkeley.
Impressed, Honnold invited her to intern at Earthjustice. When Dillen graduated a year later,
she was hired as an attorney with a docket of public lands cases. Her focus shifted to energy
issues when she realized that climate change could destroy the lands she was working so hard
to protect. In 2008, Dillen helped open Earthjustice’s Northeast office, where she works to
reform the coal industry. b
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Blue heron in flight over water, Dash Point State Park, Washington State
Jim Pew, Attorney, Washington, D.C. Office
Jim Pew is an expert air toxics litigator, fighting to protect
communities plagued by hazardous waste incinerators, coal-fired
power plants, and other industrial polluters. He joined Earthjustice’s
Washington, D.C., office in 1997. But a few years before joining
Earthjustice, Pew was ready to give up law altogether. It was
1993, he’d spent three years in a commercial law firm and the
prospect of another 40 was not appealing. So, he took some time
off, shipped his bicycle to Vancouver, B.C., and started a long ride
down the Pacific Coast. That inspirational and life-changing trek afforded Pew a
lot of time to think and he eventually emerged with a new focus and career path:
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Lisa Gollin Evans, Senior Administrative Counsel,
Northeast Office
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Attorney Lisa Gollin Evans leads Earthjustice’s campaign to
regulate toxic coal ash waste. But she began her legal career
at the Environmental Protection Agency before transitioning
to the nonprofit world. Following her time at EPA, she led
a coastal access project for the State of Massachusetts and
worked on toxic coal waste issues for the Boston-based
nonprofit Clean Air Task Force. Evans is a nationally recognized
expert on coal ash and has testified before Congress and the
National Academy of Sciences on the issue. b
Columbia River. Our legal team
continues to monitor newly proposed
West Coast coal terminals and is
working to prevent the sacrifice
of the Pacific Northwest’s coastal
communities for the sake of coal
industry profits.
C
oal-fired power plants are the
single largest source of greenhouse
gases in the United States. That’s why
we are fighting for tougher Clean Air
Act standards, working to shutter
old power plants, and preventing the
construction of new coal-fired plants.
Earthjustice brought a series of cases
that will lead to the phasing out of the
1,400-megawatt TransAlta coal plant
in Centralia, Washington, between
2020 and 2025. The closure of the
Centralia plant, Washington’s single
largest source of air pollution,
means cleaner air for the state’s
residents and reductions in greenhouse
gas pollution.
Coal’s dirty life cycle does not end
after the coal is mined, transported,
and burned. Toxic coal ash waste, a
byproduct of burning coal, threatens
communities across the country. Coal
ash waste is commonly disposed of in
settling ponds that can burst and flood
nearby towns as the Kingston Fossil
plant’s coal ash dam did in December
2008, spilling 1 billion gallons of toxic
waste into Tennessee’s Clinch River. Our
legal team is working to have coal ash
categorized as a hazardous waste and
to improve disposal methods to protect
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Sunset at Columbia River Gorge vista
Client Partner:
Environmental Integrity Project
When Earthjustice attorney Abigail Dillen began looking for legal strategies
that could reduce the nation’s output of global warming pollution, she looked
for opportunities to use litigation to compel multiple shutdowns of coal-fired
power plants. Her work led her to discussions with the Washington, D.C.-based
Environmental Integrity Project. For more than a year now, Earthjustice and EIP
have collaborated on a legal campaign that could contribute to widespread
shutdowns of coal-fired power plants nationwide. Involving coal ash, air pollutants
and scrubber sludge, our litigation strategy targets the nation’s largest publicly
owned utility, the Tennessee Valley Authority. Because of TVA’s sheer size, because
it’s one of the nation’s dirtiest utilities, and because Franklin D. Roosevelt founded
it as a national model of how to do things right, challenging the utility to clean up
its operations has enormous practical and symbolic import in the effort to reform
the way we produce energy. b
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Hikers pause to enjoy the view on Mount Kathadin in remote Baxter State Park, Maine
lternative energy sources such as
wind and solar could replace coal
and thus safeguard the health of the
environment while reducing greenhouse
gas emissions and supplying Americans
with electricity. Our campaign is aimed
at compelling government agencies to
implement tougher pollution-control
standards, forcing the coal industry to
internalize the costs of pollution. This
strategy levels the economic playing
field between coal and renewable
sources, eventually tipping the balance
in favor of a clean energy future. b
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Protecting Communities from Mountaintop Removal
During fall 2010, Earthjustice launched a national campaign to raise awareness of mountaintop removal mining
and the damage it causes. The campaign focused on the human stories behind this destructive practice. Our
aim was to engage new audiences with the personal stories and familiar values of Appalachian residents, and
to empower citizens to voice their opposition to mountaintop removal by contacting federal officials. Public
service advertisements were placed in airports and bus stops directing people to a website at earthjustice.org/
ourmtrstories, where they could read and hear the stories of affected residents. Website visitors were also able
to upload photos of themselves and personal statements, to create their own billboard-style ads and post them
to our website. Through the website and targeted email alerts, visitors had the opportunity to take direct action,
sending emails and their photos to EPA and the White House Council on Environmental Quality. b
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Preserving Our
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Natural Heritage
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Photography by Amy Gulick
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
One of the rarest ecosystems on Earth, the Tongass National
Forest fringes the coastal panhandle of Alaska and covers
thousands of islands in the Alexander Archipelago. The Tongass
contains nearly one-third of the world’s remaining old-growth
temperate rain forest, and the largest reserves of intact oldgrowth forest left in the United States.
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arthjustice’s defense of Alaska’s
Tongass National Forest is a study
in perseverance and dedication.
The nation’s largest forest at
17-million acres, the Tongass is also
the earth’s largest remaining temperate
rainforest. It is home to five species of
salmon, brown and black bears, bald
eagles, and some of the most stunning
natural landscapes in the world.
Being a thriving forest, the Tongass
is also home to millions of trees—trees
that the timber industry harvested at
will for decades. The industry built
roads through virgin forests, logged
majestic old-growth stands, and reaped
private profits at the public’s expense.
And for many years, the industry
logged the Tongass with scant
environmental regulation or oversight.
But beginning in the 1970s, things
began to change.
In 1971 Earthjustice, then known
as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund,
started working to prevent a paper
company from securing a 50-year
contract to log the middle Tongass.
Litigation over the contract wound
throughout the decade until the
company finally decided to vacate the
contract in 1976. An important piece
of the Tongass had been protected
and an important precedent had been
set. That landmark victory sparked
a decades-long legal campaign to
preserve the forest.
Following the opening of our
Juneau office in 1978, Earthjustice
fought to protect the Tongass’s
Admiralty Island, which maintains
one the densest populations of brown
bears in the world. Our efforts were
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Amy Gulick, Nature Photographer
Some folks are late bloomers and others find their
path early on. For nature photographer Amy Gulick,
her future was set at the age of eight when she was
handed a camera for the first time. A storyteller at
heart, Gulick began experimenting with photography.
Her love for nature—fostered during a childhood spent
exploring the Illinois countryside—was soon coupled
with her skills behind the camera. The result has been
a career creating awe-inspiring images of some of the
world’s most amazing natural places. Most recently,
she published her book Salmon in the Trees, a longform photo essay about Alaska’s Tongass National
Forest (salmoninthetrees.org). Gulick is working in partnership with
Earthjustice to communicate the need for enhanced environmental
protections for the Tongass. b
Photographer Amy Gulick
spent two years trekking and
paddling among the bears,
misty islands, and salmon
streams of Southeast Alaska
to document the remarkable
and intricate connections
within the Tongass National
Forest. See: amygulick.com.
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Photo © Amy Gulick
Salmon Time: Every year, millions of
wild salmon infuse an upstream flow of
nutrients into more than 4,500 spawning
streams throughout the Tongass National
Forest. All five species of Pacific salmon exist
in the Tongass—chinook, coho, sockeye,
chum, and pink. Born in freshwater streams
and rivers, salmon migrate to the oceans
to mature. As adults, they return to their
birth streams to spawn the next generation.
After spawning, the adults die, and their
decaying bodies nourish other wildlife as
well as the streamside foliage in the forest.
Client Partner:
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) has worked with
Earthjustice to protect the Tongass National Forest since we opened our
Alaska office in 1978. SEACC has been a critical partner in our campaign
to reinstate Roadless Rule protections for the Tongass. Founded in 1970 to
safeguard the integrity of Southeast Alaska’s environment while supporting
the sustainable use of the area’s natural resources, SEACC is dedicated to
a thriving, healthy regional ecosystem. SEACC works to enable small-scale
industries to become economically viable and benefit the region’s rural
communities, while sustaining the health of the Tongass. b
Tom Waldo, Attorney, Alaska Office
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Tom Waldo, an attorney in Earthjustice’s Alaska Office,
has many reasons to fight to protect the state’s Tongass
National Forest. As Waldo explains, “I am inspired by our
clients. We represent Native villages whose ancestors have
occupied this land for a thousand years. We represent
entrepreneurs who have started nature-based tourism
businesses. We represent commercial fishermen who
make their living in the waters surrounding the countless
islands of the Tongass. All of them share a deep bond
with the land and want to protect its abundant fish, wildlife, and oldgrowth forests. Our litigation has given me the opportunity to meet
many of them, to learn their stories, and to understand why our work is
important to their lives.” b
Admiralty Island National Monument,
declaring it a federally protected
Wilderness Area.
Our legal team continued to litigate
over the forest in the 1990s, winning
key victories to preserve pristine areas.
During the decade, Earthjustice was
an integral part of a coalition that
pushed the Clinton Administration to
protect the nation’s remaining roadless
areas—places where the human
imprint was scarcely if at all visible. In
2001 our work came to fruition when
the U.S. Forest Service implemented
the Roadless Area Conservation
Rule, protecting 58-million acres of
unspoiled nature.
But there was a catch.
States, timber companies, and other
interests immediately challenged the
Roadless Rule. In Alaska, the state
and the Forest Service cut a backroom deal: The state sued, the federal
government caved, and the Tongass
was exempted from the Roadless
Rule’s protections.
And there it sat for most of 10 years.
Environmental groups, via Earthjustice
litigation, were able to block every new
attempt to cut trees in roadless areas,
but the exemption hung like an ugly
shroud over the accomplishments of
Earthjustice’s legal team.
B
y this point, Earthjustice had been
fighting to protect the Tongass
for 40 years. We challenged the
Tongass exemption on its face and,
in March 2011, news of a historic
victory came: U.S. District Court Judge
John Sedwick ruled that the basis for
the Tongass exemption was flawed
and Roadless Rule protections were
reinstated for the forest.
Buck Parker, strategic adviser for
Earthjustice and the organization’s
Built by Salmon: In parts of the Tongass National Forest, trees help grow salmon, and salmon help grow trees. Near salmon
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and drawn into the roots of plants.
former executive director, reflected on the
nature of the campaign to protect the Tongass
and put the victory in context.
“There is a myth that as an environmental
lawyer you establish a legal precedent and
then everybody follows the law. That’s not the
way it works. You really have to work with
an agency and an issue for a minimum of 10
or 15 years before you can make a lasting
difference. And that means you are going to
have to pursue case after case, and challenge
action after action. It means that you need
to have dedication and a real passion for the
work. And that’s what our Tongass work
shows—Earthjustice’s unyielding commitment
to preserving the earth’s special places.” b
Protecting a Pristine Forest
from a Dead-End Road
A project pushed by the State of Alaska
would have added 51 miles to a dead-end
road leading out of Juneau. The proposed
road would have been built through one
of the largest roadless areas in any national
forest, come within a half-mile of more
than 90 bald eagle nests, and impacted
the habitat of bears, moose, wolves, and
other animals. Despite the fact that ferry
service already exists in Juneau, the road
would have ended at a new ferry terminal.
Earthjustice filed suit and in May 2011 the
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals put the
brakes on the half-billion dollar project,
making clear that improved ferry service
from Juneau must be analyzed as an
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streams, up to 70 percent of the nitrogen in the nearby foliage is of ocean origin—brought by salmon, delivered by bears,
Our Clients & Partners
Earthjustice serves as the legal arm of the environmental movement. We represent a wide diversity of
clients—always free of charge—ranging from national nonprofits to local grassroots groups.
And we work in partnership with like-minded organizations and scientists to realize our mission.
Thank you to all of our clients and partners who share in our dedication to preserve the earth’s
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natural heritage, safeguard the health of communities, and promote a clean energy future.
`Ilio`ulaokalani Coalition
‘Ohana Pale Ke Ao
Adirondack Conservation Association
Adirondack Mountain Club
Advocates for Morris
Advocates for Springfield
Air Alliance Houston
Alaska Center for the Environment
Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Alaska Marine Conservation Council
Alaska Public Interest Research Group
Alaska Wilderness League
Alaska Wilderness Recreation and
Tourism Association
Alliance for the Wild Rockies
American Bird Conservancy
American Canoe Association
American Lands Alliance
American Lung Associates of New York
American Lung Association
American Nurses Association
American Rivers
American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals
American Wildlands
Amigos Bravos
Anacostia Riverkeeper
Anacostia Watershed Society
Animal Welfare Institute
Appalachian Mountain Club
Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Appalachian Voices
Aqua Permanente
Arctic Athabaska Council
Arizona Wilderness Coalition
Army for a Clean Environment
Arts, Crafts & Theater Safety, Inc.
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Association of Northwest Steelheaders
Association of Village Council Presidents
Audubon Alaska
Audubon of Florida
Audubon Pennsylvania
Audubon Society of Portland
Audubon Society of the Everglades
Australia Climate Justice Program
Australian Climate Justice Program
Ballona Network
Bark
Basel Action Network
Bay Institute of San Francisco
Bear Creek Council
Beyond Pesticides
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
Blue Green Alliance
Blue Ocean Institute
Blue Ridge Environmental
Defense League
Reducing Air Pollution from Cement Kilns
After years of dragging its feet, the Environmental Protection
Agency is finally serious about cleaning up cement kilns.
Earthjustice litigation impelled EPA to establish tougher
standards for toxic air pollution emitted by cement kilns, one
of the nation’s worst industrial polluters. These protections will
cut emissions of mercury and particulate matter by 92 percent,
saving as many as 2,500 lives every year. But the battle is not
yet over: Congress is moving to undermine EPA’s new standards.
With the law, the science, and the public on our side, we will
continue fighting to preserve EPA’s new health safeguards and to
protect our communities. Clients: Friends oF Hudson; Montanans
against toxiC Burning; desert Citizens against Pollution; sierra
CluB; downwinders at risk; Huron environMental aCtivist league
Bluewater Network
Border Power Plant Working Group
Breast Cancer Fund
Bristlecone Alliance
Buckeye Forest Council
Buffalo Field Campaign
Cabinet Resource Group
California Communities Against Toxics
California Native Plant Society
California Public Health
Association - North
California Rural Legal
Assistance Foundation
California Sportfishing
Protection Alliance
California State Parks Foundation
California Trout
California Wilderness Coalition
Californians for Pesticide Reform
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Cape Cod Commercial Hook
Fishermen’s Association, Inc.
Captain Alan Hastbacker
Caribbean Conservation Corporation
Carmel Mountain Conservancy
Carson Forest Watch
Cascadia Wildlands
Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy
Catskill Mountainkeeper
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Community Action and
Environmental Justice
Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for Environmental Health
Center for Environmental Law
and Policy
Center for Food Safety
Earthjustice attorney Abigail Dillen, representing Environmental
Integrity Project and Citizens Coal Council, successfully fended
off a legal challenge from Allegheny Energy, owner of the
Hatfield’s Ferry power plant in Masontown, Pennsylvania, which
sought allowance for its facility to pollute the Monongahela
River. The Hatfield’s Ferry power plant was dumping effluent
contaminated with mercury, arsenic, selenium, and other toxic
metals, directly into the river, which serves as a drinking water
source for more than 350,000 people living south of Pittsburgh.
This victory lays the foundation for requiring installation of a
wastewater scrubber system and limiting water pollution from
the power plant. Clients: Citizens Coal CounCil; environMental
integritY ProjeCt
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Communities for a Better Environment
Community Advocates for Safe
Emissions, Inc.
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Concerned Citizens of Honolulu
Connecticut Coalition for
Environmental Justice
Conservancy of Southwest Florida
Conservation Alliance of St. Lucie County
Conservation Congress
Conservation Council for Hawai`i
Conservation Law Foundation
Conservation Northwest
Conservation of SW FL
Cook Inlet Keeper
Cornucopia Institute
Corporate Ethics International
Corporate Toxics Information Project,
U Mass
Crowley Museum and Nature Center
Dakota Resources Council
Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
Damascus Watch
Defenders of Wildlife
Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Delta Fly Fishers
Delta Land Trust
Deltakeeper
Desert Citizens Against Pollution
Desert Protective Council
Diné Care
DIRE (Don’t Inject-Redirect)
DIRE Coalition
Dogwood Initiative
Don’t Waste Arizona
Douglas H. Watts
Downwinders at Risk
Earth Island Institute
Earth Media
Earthcare Committee - Friends
(Ithaca, NY)
Earthworks
Ecology Center
Ed Friedman
Edward, Woody Deryck
Empire State Consumer Project
Environment California
Environment Colorado
Environmental Advocates
Environmental Advocates of New York
Environmental Confederation of
Southwest Florida
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Center for Health, Environment
& Justice
Center for International
Environmental Law
Center for Native Ecosystems
Center for Policy Analysis on Trade
and Health
Center for Sustainable Economy
Central Sierra Environmental
Resource Center
Chassahowitzka River Restoration
Committee
Chatham Citizens for Effective
Communities, Inc.
Chinese Progressive Association
Choptank Riverkeeper
Citizens Against Pollution
Citizens Against Ruining the
Environment
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Citizens Coal Council
Citizens’ Environmental Coalition
Citizens for Clean Energy
Citizens for Clean Water
Citizens for East Shore Parks
Citizens’ Environmental Coalition
City of Albany, CA
City of Bellingham, WA
City of Berkeley, CA
City of Issaquah, WA
City of Point Hope, AK
City of Richmond, CA
Clark Resource Council
Clean Air Council
Clean Air Task Force
Clean Water Action
Clean Water for North Carolina
Clean Wisconsin
Clearwater Biodiversity Project
Climate Solutions
Coal River Mountain Watch
Coalition for Responsible Growth
& Resource Conservation
Coast Action Group
Coast Range Association
Colorado Environmental Coalition
Colorado Mountain Club
Colorado Native Plant Society
Colorado Wild
Columbia Riverkeeper
Communities and Children Advocates
Against Pesticide Poisoning
Achieving Transparency on
Household Cleaners
New York State passed a law more than 30 years ago requiring
manufacturers of household cleaning products to report
the chemical ingredients in their products and any health
risks they pose. Not one manufacturer reported its chemical
ingredients or related health risks until Earthjustice filed a
lawsuit. As a result of that suit, New York State’s Department
of Environmental Conservation requested in September
2010 that household cleaner manufacturers file chemical
disclosure reports. This first-of-its-kind policy will have national
implications, as information reported to New York will become
available to consumers nationwide. Clients: aMeriCan lung
assoCiation; Citizens’ environMental Coalition; environMental
advoCates oF new York; new York PuBliC interest researCH
grouP; sierra CluB; riverkeePer; woMen’s voiCes For tHe eartH
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New Pollution Limits for the
Anacostia River
More than 5 billion gallons of stormwater and sewage pollution
drain into the Anacostia River each year, fouling the waterway
and making it unfit for recreational use and aesthetic enjoyment.
Earthjustice filed suit on behalf of Anacostia Riverkeeper and
Friends of the Earth, arguing that existing pollution caps were too
weak to keep the river healthy and clean. A federal court ruled
in our favor saying that the Environmental Protection Agency,
the District of Columbia, and Maryland had failed to protect the
river properly, and set a one-year deadline for the adoption of
adequate pollution limits. Clients: anaCostia riverkeePer; Friends
oF tHe eartH
Environmental Defense Center
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Integrity Project
Environmental Protection Information
Center
Environmental Working Group
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Farmworker Legal Services of New York
Federation of Fly Fishers
Fellowship for Reconciliation
First Presbyterian Church
(Cooperstown, NY)
Fiscalia del Medio Ambient
Five Corners Family Farmers
FL Wildlife Federation
Flathead Coalition
Fleased
Florida Citizens
Florida Wildlife Federation
Floridians for a Sustainable
Population, Inc.
Fly Creek/Otsego Neighbors
Food & Water Watch
Forest Ethics
Forests Forever Foundation
Frente Indigena Oaxaqueno Binacional
Freshlife, Inc.
Friends of Butte Creek
Friends of Hudson
Friends of Living Oregon Waters
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay
Friends of Missouri Breaks Monument
Friends of the Clearwater
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Eel River
Friends of the Gualala River
Friends of the Inyo
Friends of the Navarro River
Friends of the River
Friends of the Rocky River
Friends of the San Juans
Friends of the Wild Swan
Gas Drilling Awareness for
Cortland County
Georgians for a Clean Environment
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance
GMO Free Hawai`i
Golden Gate Audubon
Grand Canyon Trust
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
Grand Riverkeeper Labrador, Inc.
(Canada)
Grand Valley Citizens Alliance
Great Basin Resource Watch
Great Bear Foundation
Great Old Broads for Wilderness
Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Green Cleaning Network
Green Environment Coalition
Green Law
Greenaction
Greenpeace
Gulf Restoration Network
Hakipu`u `Ohana
Haw River Assembly
Hawaii Audubon Society
Hawaii Solar Energy Association
Hawaii’s Thousand Friends
Headwaters Montana
Heal the Bay
Healthy Child Healthy World
Hells Canyon Preservation Council
Helping Our Peninsula’s Environment
High Country Citizens’ Alliance
High Mowing Organic Seeds
Hoosier Environmental Council
Hopewell Junction Citizens for
Clean Water
Horned Lizard Conservation Society
Horse Butte Landowners
Hui Ho’omalu I Ka ‘Aina
Hui Malama I Kohola
Hui o Nä Wai `Ehä
Humane Society of the United States
Humboldt Watershed Council
Huron Environmental Activist League
Huron Environmentalist Action League
Idaho Conservation League
Idaho Council of Trout Unlimited
Idaho Rivers United
Idaho Steelhead and Salmon Unlimited
Keeping Lake Tahoe Healthy
Earthjustice filed suit against the Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency to force a proper environmental review of the agency’s
shoreline development plan for Lake Tahoe. The plan called
for 138 new piers, thousands of new buoys, and other boat
facilities, resulting in more than 62,000 additional boat trips
each year. The construction and traffic would have imperiled
water and air quality, and negatively affected public shoreline
access. In a landmark decision that will affect all future
development plans at Lake Tahoe, a federal judge overturned
the plan. The decision means improved clarity for the lake and
improved protections for the surrounding ecosystem. Clients:
league to save lake taHoe; sierra CluB
Northcoast Environmental Center
Northeast Organic Dairy
Producers Alliance
Northern Alaska Environmental Center
Northern California Council of
Federation of Fly Fishers
Northern Great Kills Civic Association
Northern Tier Impacted Citizens Coalition
Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives
to Pesticides
Annual Report 2011
New Mexico Wildlife Federation
New York Environmental Law
and Justice Project
New York Public Interest Research
Group
New Yorkers for Sustainable
Energy Solutions
NJ Work Environmental Council
NM League of Women Voters
NM Pediatric Society
North Carolina Wildlife Federation
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Maui Meadows Homeowners
Association
Maui Tomorrow
Medical Associates for Healthy Air
Michael Flaherty
Michigan Citizens Against Toxic
Substances
Midcoast Fishermen’s Association
Mid-Hudson Catskill Rural
Migrant Ministry
Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy
Midwest Environmental Advocates
Mineral Policy Center
Minnesota Center for Environmental
Advocacy
MOMAS (Mothers of Marin Against
the Spray)
MomsRising.org
Montana Environmental Information
Center
Montana Wilderness Association
Montanans Against Toxic Burning
Mossville Environmental Action Now
Mountain Lion Foundation
MT Environmental Information Center
MT Wilderness Association
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
N. Tahoe Preservation Alliance
Na ‘Imi Pono
National Audubon Society
National Center for Conservation
Science & Policy
National Coalition for Marine
Conservation
National Family Farm Coalition
National Parks Conservation Association
National Trust for Historic Preservation
National Wildlife Conservation
National Wildlife Federation
Native Fish Society
Native Village of Point Hope
Natural Resources Council of Maine
Natural Resources Defense Council
NC Conservation Network
Neighborhood Network Research
Center
Network for Oil & Gas Accountability
& Protection
Nevada Wildlife Federation
New Jersey Work Environment Council
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
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Idaho Wildlife Federation
Illinois Interfaith Power & Light
Illinois Public Health Association
IMPACT (UK)
Indigenous Environmental Network
Institute for Fisheries Resources
Inupiat Community of the Arctic
Slope (ICAS)
Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance
Japan Environmental Lawyers
Federation
Joel Kawahara
John Muir Project
Jumping Frog Research Institute
Juneau Audubon Society
Juniata Valley Audubon
Ka Lahui Hawai`i
KAHEA
Karuk Tribe
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Kentucky Resources Council
Keystone Conservation
Kilauea Neighborhood Association
King County, WA
Kingman Park Civic Association
Kipuka
Klamath Forest Alliance
Klamath Riverkeeper
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Kohanaiki ‘Ohana
KS Wild
KY Environmental Foundation
LA Environmental Action Network
LA Shrimp Association
Latino Issues Forum
League of Women Voters (NY, PA, US)
League to Save Lake Tahoe
Limu Coalition
Los Padres ForestWatch
Louisiana Environmental Action
Network
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper
Lynn Canal Conservation
Makawai Stream Restoration Alliance
Malama Kauai
Malama Makua
ManaSota-88
Maricopa Audubon Society
Martha’s Vineyard/Duke’s County
Commercial Fishermen’s Association
Massachusetts Striped Bass Association
Saving Sea Turtles from Longline Hooks
Our legal team secured victories in 2011 protecting sea turtles
in both the waters of Hawaii and the Gulf of Mexico. In Hawaii,
Pacific loggerhead sea turtles are threatened by the swordfish
industry’s longline fishing vessels. Earthjustice challenged a
federal government plan to increase the sea turtle bycatch
limit. The resulting settlement set the annual limit at 17, a
dramatic decrease from 2010, when 46 were hooked. In the
Gulf, the bottom longline fishery had been capturing and
killing hundreds more sea turtles than allowed by law. We filed
suit and a U.S. District court ruled that the federal government
violated the law and was required to consider alternative
measures to protect the turtles. Clients: gulF restoration
network (gulF); Center For BiologiCal diversitY, turtle island
restoration network, kaHea (Mid-PaCiFiC)
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Northwest Energy Coalition
Northwest Environmental Advocates
Northwest Environmental Defense
Center
Northwest Environmental Resource
Council
Northwest Resource Information Center
Northwest Sportfishing Industry
Association
NPCA
Natural Resources Defense Council
NY Lawyers for the Public Interest
Ocean Advocates
Ocean Conservancy
Ocean Mammal Institute
Ocean River Institute
Oceana
Ohio Environmental Council
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
Oil and Gas Accountability Project
OMB Watch
openthegovernment.org
Orca Conservancy
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Oregon Natural Resources Council
Oregon Toxics Alliance
Oregon Trout
Oregon Wild
Organic Seed Alliance
Organized Village of Kake
Otsego 2000, Inc.
Our Children’s Earth
Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses
& Allied Professionals
PA Environmental Defense Foundation
PA Forest Coalition
Pace Energy and Climate Center
Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen’s Associations
Pacific Environment
Pacific Rivers Council
Pavilion Area Concerned Citizens
Peach Bottom Concerned Citizens
Group
PennFuture
People for Protecting Peace River
People for Puget Sound
People Organized to Win Employment
Rights (POWER)
Pesticide Action Network North America
Pesticide Watch
Pew Environment Group
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Pineros y Campesinos Unidos
New Hope for Clean Water in Florida
A federal appeals court in August 2011 denied a legal challenge
from polluting industries and upheld a historic clean water
settlement between the Environmental Protection Agency and
Earthjustice. The settlement requires EPA to set limits on sewage,
fertilizer and manure in Florida’s waterways. Sewage, fertilizer
and manure are sparking repeated toxic algae outbreaks, fouling
Florida waters with a noxious green slime. The toxic slime can
make people and animals sick, contaminate drinking water, and
shut down swimming areas. As a result of the victory, Florida’s
water quality, and the well-being of its residents and wildlife,
will be protected. Clients: Florida wildliFe Federation; sierra CluB;
environMental ConFederation oF soutHwest Florida; ConservanCY oF
soutHwest Florida; st. joHns riverkeePer
Del Noroeste
Plains Justice
Planning and Conservation League
Plumas Forest Project
Possibilities Retreat
Post Carbon Salt Lake
Potomac Riverkeeper
Powder River Basin Resource Council
Prairie Rivers Network
Preserve South Bay
Preserve Wild Santee
Progressive Leadership Alliance
of Nevada
Public Access Shoreline Hawai`i
Public Citizen
Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility
Puget Sound Harvesters
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
Quartz Valley Indian Reservation
Quiet Use Coalition
Ramonans for Sensible Growth
REDOIL (Resisting Environmental
Destruction on Indigenous Lands)
Redrock Forests
Redwood Region Audubon Society
Respiratory Health Association of
Metropolitan Chicago
Responsible Drilling Alliance
Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers
Riverkeeper
Rivers Coalition
Rock Creek Alliance
Rock the Earth
Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action
Roseboom Owners Awareness Response
Rosemere Neighborhood Association
Russian Riverkeeper
Sacramento River Preservation Trust
Safe Air For Everyone
Salmon For All
San Diego Audubon Society
San Diego Herpetological Society
San Francisco Baykeeper
San Juan Citizens Alliance
San Luis Valley Ecosystems Council
San Miguel County, CO
Santa Monica Baykeeper
Save Lake Sammamish
Save Our Creeks
Save Our Forests and Ranchlands
Save Our Suwannee
Save San Francisco Bay Association
Save the Dugong Foundation
Save the Manatee Club
Schoharie Valley Watch
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Sea Turtle Conservancy
Sea Turtle Restoration Project
Seattle Audubon Society
Selkirk Conservation Alliance
Sequoia ForestKeeper
Sevier Citizens for Clean Air and Water
SF Bay Area Physicians for Social
Responsibility
Shenandoah Riverkeeper
Sierra Club
Sierra Club Canada
Sierra Forest Legacy
Siskiyou Project
Siskiyou Regional Education Project
Sitka Conservation Society
Skagway Marine Access Committee
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
Soundkeeper Alliance
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Southern Appalachian Mountain
Stewards
Southern Sustainable Resources
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Southwest Environmental Center
Squaxin Island Tribe
St. Johns Riverkeeper
Statewide Organizing for
Community Empowerment
Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna
Stop the Spray
Surfrider Foundation
Surfrider Foundation Kaua`i Chapter
Sustainable Otsego
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Tamalpais NatureWorks
Teamsters Local 890
Tennessee Clean Water Network
The Bay Institute
The Boat Company
Restoring Columbia-Snake River Salmon
In August 2011, a U.S. District Court judge decided in favor of Earthjustice and our clients,
ruling that the federal government failed to produce an adequate plan to protect imperiled
Columbia-Snake River salmon from extinction. The ruling requires the government to revise its
plan and incorporate effective, realistic protections for the fish. The Columbia and Snake rivers
once produced more salmon than any river system in the world. But a series of hydroelectric
dams has dramatically decreased the size of the salmon runs, which today linger near just 2
percent of their historic levels. This ruling offers an excellent opportunity to bring stakeholders
together and develop a long-term strategy to restore Columbia-Snake River salmon. Clients:
national wildliFe Federation; idaHo wildliFe Federation; wasHington wildliFe Federation; idaHo rivers
united; nortHwest sPortFisHing industrY assoCiation; idaHo steelHead and salMon unliMited; PaCiFiC
Coast Federation oF FisHerMens assoCiations; institute For FisHeries resourCes; salMon For all; trout
unliMited; aMeriCan rivers; sierra CluB; nw energY Coalition; Federation oF FlY FisHers.
Utah Rivers Council
Valley Watch
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Voyageurs National Park Association
Wasatch Clean Air Coalition
Washington Environmental Council
Washington Toxics Coalition
Washington Wildlife Federation
Waterkeeper Alliance
WaterWatch of Oregon
West County Toxics Coalition
West Michigan Environmental
Action Council
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Westchester for Change
Western Colorado Congress
Western Organization of
Resource Councils
Western Resource Advocates
Western Slope Environmental
Resource Council
Western Watersheds Project
Wetlands Action Network
Wild Fish Conservancy
Wild Steelhead Coalition
WildEarth Guardians
Wilderness Workshop
Wildlands CPR
Wildlands Network
Wildsight
WildWest Institute
Winnemem Wintu Tribe
Winter Wildlands Alliance
WNY Drilling Defense
Women’s Voices for the Earth
Worksafe
World Wildlife Fund
Wrangell Resource Council
Wyoming Outdoor Council
Wyoming Wilderness Association
Yakutat Tlingit Tribe
Yellowstone to Yukon
Annual Report 2011
Umpqua Watersheds
United Farm Workers
United Farm Workers of America
United Scenic Artists, Local USA
82 - International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees
United Southeast Alaska
Gillnetter’s Association
Upper Green River Valley Coalition
Upper Unadilla Valley Association
Utah Native Plant Society
Utah Physicians for a Healthy
Environment
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Tongass Conservation Society
Toxic Free North Carolina
Transportation Solutions Defense
and Education Fund
Trask Family Seeds
Trout Unlimited
Tule River Conservancy
Tuolumne River Trust
Turtle Island Restoration Network
Texas Environmental Justice
Advocacy Services
U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Umpqua Valley Audubon Society
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The Breast Cancer Fund
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida
The Lands Council
The North Umpqua Foundation
The Olympic Environmental Council
The Steamboaters
The Wilderness Society
The Wildlife Society
Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc.
TN Clean Water Network
Tompkins County Council of
Governments, Gas Drilling
Task Force
FINANCIAL REPORT 2011
The continued generosity of our many individual and foundation supporters, despite the weak economy, has
enabled us sustain our strong litigation, legislative advocacy, and communication efforts throughout the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2011. As a result, we were able to allocate $30,843,833 or 83 percent of total expenses to
our program.
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Earthjustice’s financial position remained strong thanks to our loyal supporters and several significant multiyear pledges received this fiscal year. Of special note was a $4.5 million grant from the Robertson Foundation
which will provide $1.5 million per year for three years for our coal work. Such multi-year support enables us to
make the kind of sustained commitment needed to address critical environmental threats.
Foundation support overall reached record levels as we received grants totaling $10,488,993 (23 percent
of total support). Gifts from individuals also continued to grow to $19,140,527 (42 percent of total support).
And our Planned Giving revenue generated $2,163,266 in realized legacy gifts. Donated services in the form
of advertising placement and other in-kind contributions, including extensive donated legal services, provided
important support valued at $7,744,615 this year.
The growing financial support for Earthjustice illuminates the partnership of our supporters in our critical
work and their respect for our unique position as the world’s premier environmental law firm. While our legal
expertise is essential to the fulfillment of our mission, we believe that our supporters’ trust is also a crucial
component of our long-term success. We are extremely pleased to report that Earthjustice has achieved a 4-star
rating from Charity Navigator for the third consecutive year. The highly coveted rating reflects Earthjustice’s
sound fiscal management, efficient fundraising practices, as well as our strong commitment to accountability
and transparency. The Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance also recognized Earthjustice for meeting the
highest standards of accountability and transparency.
We are grateful for your support in helping ensure that Earthjustice’s programmatic success is matched by its
financial and organizational health.
SOURCES OF SUPPORT
Donated Services 17%
17%
8%
Court Awards 8%
Foundations 23%
23%
Individuals 42%
Investments and other 10%
42%
10%
EXPENDITURES
Program Services 83%
Fundraising 10%
Administration 7%
83%
10%
7%
$27,466,254
7,744,615
2,163,266
3,970,034
4,535,800
110,288
$20,124,311
7,262,205
977,174
2,892,467
2,466,993
116,605
Total Revenues
45,990,257
33,839,755
EXPENSES
Program services
Litigation
Donated litigation services
Public information
Donated public information services
16,517,272
1,693,523
6,581,946
6,051,092
14,031,687
1,731,576
6,112,261
5,530,629
30,843,833
27,406,153
2,645,210
3,621,877
2,118,329
3,502,202
6,267,087
5,620,531
TOTAL EXPENSES
37,110,920
33,026,684
CHANGE IS NET ASSETS
$8,879,337
$813,071
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting services
Management and administrative
Fundraising
TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
2011
2010
$40,301,059
5,637,513
1,637,046
808,265
$32,420,428
4,523,384
1,631,060
696,054
48,383,883
39,270,926
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable
Accrued vacation payable
Client trust funds
Reserve for gift agreements
Other liabilities
984,605
1,153,947
110,442
4,819,261
58,777
1,096,135
1,043,173
256,499
4,497,605
–
Total liabilities
7,127,032
6,893,412
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
25,733,667
14,075,351
1,447,833
19,973,892
10,955,789
1,447,833
TOTAL NET ASSETS
41,256,851
32,377,514
$48,383,883
$39,270,926
ASSETS
Cash and investments
Accounts receivable
Property and equipment, net
Other assets
Total Assets
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
This statement represents the condensed financial information of Earthjustice. Copies of the complete, audited
financial statements are available upon request.
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REVENUES
Contributions
Donated services
Bequests
Court awards
Investment income
Other income
Annual Report 2011
STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
Board of Trustees
Ed Lewis, Chair
George Martin, Vice Chair
Peter Carson, Secretary
David Cox, Treasurer
Attorney and Non-profit
Partner, Martin & Banks
Principal, Bingham
President and CEO, Cowles
Consultant
Philadelphia, PA
Bozeman, MT
San Francisco, CA
Brad Parker
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt
Principal, Gray, Plant, Mooty
Foundation Vice President
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Durango, CO
Vashon, WA
New York, NY
David Klipstein
William Pope
Dianne Stern
Executive Vice President & CEO,
Owner, Mazama Country Inn;
Teacher, Freelance Writer
NW Regional Director,
Scarsdale, NY
Reginald K. Brack, Jr.
Chairman and CEO, Time,
Inc. (retired)
New York, NY
Susan Britton
Attorney
San Francisco, CA
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San Francisco, CA
Chris Killingsworth
Minneapolis, MN
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Media Company (retired)
Albert Andrews, Jr.
and Bennett
Russell Daggatt
Former President, Teledesic
Seattle, WA
Tony DeFalco
Consultant
Portland, OR
Susan Fisher
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McCutcheon LLP
Attorney (retired)
Pt. Reyes, CA
Louise Gund
Philanthropist
Berkeley, CA
Reaction Design
San Diego, CA
Lisa Eggert Litvin
Wilderness Land Trust
Seattle, WA
Attorney
Lisa Renstrom
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Activist
Michael McIntosh
Washington, D.C.
Philanthropist
Marcia Riklis
Washington D.C.
Businesswoman and Investor
Fred J. Meyer
Business Consultant/CFO,
Omnicom (retired)
Old Greenwich, CT
William Newsom
Associate Justice, CA Court
of Appeals (retired)
New York, NY
Betty Schafer
Retired teacher and
philanthropist
San Francisco, CA
Fern Shepard
Attorney
San Francisco, CA
Kensington, MD
Dan Olincy
Ted Smith
Attorney, Olincy & Karpel
Independent catalyst
Los Angeles, CA
Polson, MT
Elizabeth Sutherland
Conservationist
San Francisco, CA
Kevin Toner
Businessman
New York, NY
Stephen Unfried
Conservationist, Investment
Banker, Credit Suisse
First Boston (retired)
Wilson, WY
G. Marc Whitehead
Attorney, Sonnenschein
Nath & Rosenthal (retired)
Chicago, IL
Barbara Haas
Conservationist
Washington, D.C.
Earthjustice Council
Tom Barron
Boulder, Colorado
Jonathan Harris
New York, New York
Owen Olpin
Teasdale, Utah
Anthony Stevens
Wilson, Wyoming
Chris Bunting
Bozeman, Montana
Connie Harvey
Aspen, Colorado
Andrew Reich
Los Angeles, California
Bruce Tall
Carlsbad, California
Mike Finley
Atlanta, Georgia
Frank Lesher
Hanover, New Hampshire
Chip and Kathleen Rosenbloom
Los Angeles, California
Cynthia Wayburn
Leslie Gimbell
New York, New York
Elizabeth McCormack
New York, New York
Will Roush
Aspen, Colorado
Liberty Godshall
Los Angeles, California
Art Morey
Ballwin, Missouri
Fred and Alice Stanback
Salisbury, North Carolina
Bellevue, Washington
Earthjustice Team
Legal
General Counsel
William Curtiss
Strategic Adviser
Vawter “Buck”
Parker
Vice President of
Litigation
Patti Goldman
ALASKA
Managing Attorney
Eric Jorgensen
Suma Peesapati
William Rostov
Michael Sherwood
Andrea Treece
Erin Tobin
George Torgun
Erika Rosenthal
Abby Rubinson
Bridget Lee
Charles McPhedran
MID-PACIFIC
Managing Attorney
Paul Achitoff
FLORIDA
Managing Attorney
David Guest
David Henkin
Caroline Ishida
Isaac Moriwake
Dana Kapua’Ala
Sproat
NORTHERN
ROCKIES
Managing Attorney
Douglas Honnold
Paul Cort
Sarah Jackson
Greg Loarie
Trent Orr
Wendy Park
INTERNATIONAL
Managing Attorney
Martin Wagner
Sarah Burt
Anna Cederstav
Jessica Lawrence
NORTHEAST
Managing Attorney
Deborah Goldberg
Hannah Chang
Abigail Dillen
Marianne Engelman
Lado
Eve Gartner
Megan Klein
NORTHWEST
Managing Attorney
Todd True
McChrystie Adams
Robin Cooley
Ava Farouche
Michael Freeman
Alsion Flint
Michael Hiatt
Melanie Kay
Douglas Pflugh
Edward Zukoski
Kristen Boyles
Janette Brimmer
Matthew Gerhart
Amanda Goodin
Jan Hasselman
Steve Mashuda
Timothy Ballo
Jennifer Chavez
Emma Cheuse
Lisa Evans
Roger Fleming
Howard Fox
Erica Fuller
Seth Johnson
Kaushi Desai
James Pew
Steve Roady
Wayland Radin
Jonathan Wiener
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CALIFORNIA
Managing Attorney
Deborah Reames
Alisa Coe
Anne Harvey
Monica Reimer
Jenny Harbine
Sean Helle
Timothy Preso
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
Managing Attorney
James Angell
WASHINGTON D.C.
Managing Attorney
David Baron
Staff
POLICY AND
LEGISLATION
Vice President
Martin Hayden
Washington, D.C.
Emily Enderle
Jessica Ennis
Jeremy Graham
Christine Hill
Rebecca Judd
Stephanie Madden
Marjorie Mulhall
Joan Mulhern
Sarah Saylor
COMMUNICATIONS
Vice President
Georgia McIntosh
California
Raul Audelo
Kari Birdseye
Nadine de Coteau
Samuel Edmondson
Shirley Hao
Chris Jordan-Bloch
Jessica Knoblauch
Seth Leonard
John McManus
Brian Smith
Ray Wan
Terry Winckler
Washington, D.C.
Raviya Ismail
Elizabeth Judge
Jared Saylor
Kathleen Sutcliffe
Northeast
Gabrielle Mellett
Florida
Kristen Standridge
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Northeast
Emily Greenlee
Northwest
Diane Walters
International
Lisa Nessan
Northern Rockies
Katherine Regnier
DEVELOPMENT
Vice President
Melinda Carmack
OPERATIONS
Senior Vice President
of Operations
Kristine Stratton
Mid-Pacific
Janice Brown
California
Peter Campbell
Roger Jacobs
Romy LaMarche
Clyde Sutliff
Northeast
Kristine Taylor
Northwest
Lisa Lange
Northern Rockies
Cindy Napoli
Washington, D.C.
Karla Bizup
Northwest
Cheryl McEvoy
LITIGATION
ASSISTANTS
Rocky Mountains
Nancy Houser Gray
Alaska
Iris Korhonen-Penn
Sarah Saunders
California
Jesse Antin
Denise Bergez
Molly Blackford
Brian Dill
Tracy Donahoe
Kim Elliot
Vladimir Foronda
Sarah Goeth
Erica Gulseth
Suzanne Halekas
Lorrie Hufnagel
Jeanine Ishii
William Karpowicz
Kathryn Knight
Matthew Lau
David Lawlor
Laurie Marden
Wayne Salazar
Martha Serianz
Nikki Woelk
Kitty Yang
FINANCE &
ADMINISTRATION
Vice President
Bruce Neighbor
Alaska
Barbara Frank
California
Blair Collins
Afy Downey
Daniel Hill
Monica McKey
Stephanie Ng
Emma Pollin
Shavonne Saroyan
Brigid Saulny
Elisa Tsang
John Wong
Washington, D.C.
Julie James
HUMAN
RESOURCES
California
Shelie Luperine
California
Jessica Baird
Emily Brown
John Wall
Florida
Alan Hubbard
Mid-Pacific
Rachel Gonzalez
Northwest
Catherine Hamborg
Cornelia Talley
Rocky Mountains
Melissa Hope Watkins
Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Ratte
John Yowell
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Shawn Eisele
Neil Gormle
Erik Grafe
Holly Harris
David Hobstette
Michael Mayer
Colin O’Brien
Thomas Waldo
Kevin Regan
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President
Trip Van Noppen
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Ways to Give
Contributions from individuals and private foundations are the lifeblood of Earthjustice’s work.
We have established several easy ways to make a tax-deductible gift and advance our most
important projects.
• Make a gift through cash, check, or credit card
• Donate appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual funds
• Become a monthly donor
• Pay tribute to someone special by making a gift in their memory or honor
• Ask your company if they will match your gift
• Create a life income gift such as a charitable gift annuity, pooled income fund gift, or
charitable trust
• Make a bequest to Earthjustice through a provision in your will, trust, IRA, 401(k), life
insurance plan, or other estate plan
If you would like more information about how to support our work, please contact us at:
[email protected], phone us at 1-800-548-6460, or visit www.earthjustice.org
Our Offices
National Headquarters:
426 17th Street, 6th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612-2820
(510) 550-6700
1-800-584-6460
[email protected]
New address effective 12/1/2011:
50 California Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Northern Rockies
313 East Main Street
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 586-9699
[email protected]
Production Manager:
Martha Serianz
Northwest
705 Second Avenue, Suite 203
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 343-7340
[email protected]
Design:
Nancy Cutler,
Midnight Oil Design, LLC
Regional Offices:
Alaska
325 Fourth Street
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Photography Credits:
Amy Gulick: pages 4-5, 14-15, 16,
17, 19. In the Our Supporters
document: pages: 3, 8, 11, 12.
Earthjustice: pages 30-31.
In the Our Supporters document:
pages: 8, 10.
Getty Images: pages 6-7.
Mid-Pacific
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Northeast
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istockphoto.com:
Front cover, 6-7, 9, 11, 12,13, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25. In the Our
Supporters document: page 1, 4,
5, 10.
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post-consumer waste recycled
paper with soy-based ink
Editorial Services:
David Lawlor
Printing:
Lahlouh
Burlingame, CA