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PLF Attorney Damien M. Schiff explains the purpose of our petition. … ...

Author: Damien M. Schiff Today thousands of farmers, farm workers, and other Central Valley citizens convened in front of the Fresno City Hall for a Water Rally, sponsored by the California Latino Water Coalition, to protest the water restrictions, imposed under the Endangered Species Act, that are currently beleaguering California's agri ...

The giant Palouse earthworm may be endangered, at least so say Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups, who filed a lawsuit this week challenging the Fish and Wildlife Service's conclusion to the contrary.  The case raises the interesting question of whether the absence of evidence of the presence of a species neces ...

So ruled this week Judge Wilkin of the Northern District of California in Citizens for Better Forestry v. U.S. Department of Agriculture.  The case involved an important application of the Supreme Court's decision this last Term in Summers v. Earth Island Institute (PLF participated as amicus).  There, the High Court held that certa ...

This week Earth Justice bloggers contended that the "conservative, anti-environmental operation known as the Pacific Legal Foundation is pushing Governor Schwarzenegger to ask Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to remove protections of California’s native fish species."  We'll respond in greater detail next week, but suffice i ...

Author: Brandon Middleton Earlier this week Capital Press's Cecilia Parsons reported on Secretary Salazar's visit to Fresno and his initial reaction to requests for relief from the "God Squad."  … ...

Author: Timothy Sandefur We hope everyone has a joyful Independence Day weekend. Americans are a very fortunate people, and whether your celebration includes a visit to a museum, or a veteran’s memorial, or an important American historic site, or just relaxing with friends at a barbeque or a picnic, we hope everyone will take time … ...

Author: Joshua Thompson The New York Times ran an interesting story this morning on Lieutenant Ben Vargas.  Lt. Vargas was the lone Hispanic firefighter that joined the plaintiffs' discrimination lawsuit against the New Haven Connecticut Fire Department.  Despite facing ridicule from his peers, Lt. Vargas believed that individuals s ...

The environmental community is now contending that (1) the California water crisis is largely the result of natural causes, or doesn't exist at all, or (2) the crisis is real and it serves the farmers right for daring to grow crops where they couldn't "naturally."  Although neither contention can withstand scrutiny, the cont ...