Earthjustice

“A full copy of form 990 is posted on a secure web portal accessible by the trustees at least one week prior to filing. The trustees are notified of the form 990 posting and encouraged to review and comment on it prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest prevention policy requires an annual disclosure by trustees and senior staff of entities in which they have personal, financial or professional interests. The results of those disclosures are compiled into a screening list of entities used by the board chair, chief executive officer and general counsel when reviewing potential transactions between earthjustice and outside entities. The screening list is used to check to assure that individual decision-makers recuse themselves from any participation in decisions affecting the entities in which they have interests.”

“We get competitive data from an outside compensation consultant for our ceo. In addition our vp-hr collects salaries of ceos from other non-profit environmental organizations to obtain additional data for the key national non-profit environmental organizations. This information is passed along to the executive committee of our board of directors who reviews the data and makes the appropriate recommendation for our ceo salary. We do a bi-annual review of all positions in the organization including the ceo and all staff. We update all position descriptions and use an outside compensation consultant to determine salaries that match the job responsibilities in the non-profit sector in the specific geographic areas in which our jobs are located. Our vp-hr also contacts other environmental non-profit companies to obtain additional competitive information. For non-attorney jobs, each job is assigned a grade. Each grade has a minimum, midpoint, and maximum salary. We consider mid-point of the grade the appropriate salary to be an employee fully competent in the job. Our vp-hr then works with managers, based on performance to determine what the appropriate salary should be within this range. Since this process is quite time intensive, we do this every other year. In the year we don't go through this process, we get competitive data about what the average raise will be and use this as a guideline for our budgeting process. Our attorneys' pay is based on year of graduation from law school, to which we add a geographic adjustment based on the office location, e.g. Bozeman, montana vs. New york, ny. We contact other conservation organizations like the sierra club and also government entities like the department of justice to determine the appropriate pay for our attorneys.”

“The audited financial statements, the governing/organizing documents and the conflict of interest policy are made available to the public by email request: [email protected].”

“Change in split interest agreements 471,834.”

“Todays environmental challenges are greater than ever. But we live in a country of strong environmental laws-and earthjustice holds those who break these laws accountable for their actions. As the nations original and largest nonprofit environmental law organization, we leverage our expertise and commitment to fight for justice and create lasting change. We bring cases that will have the biggest impact, setting precedents for generations to come. Our many successes across the decades are thanks to strong partnerships with hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of passionate supporters. Of course, winning a case is only part of the battle. Our litigation is strengthened by policy and communications teams working with decision-makers in washington, d.c., and within the court of public opinion to sustain our legal victories. Earthjustice pursues three key goals to secure a just and flourishing world: -preserving the wild -fighting for healthy communities -advancing clean energy and a healthy climate”

“Preserving the wild environmental laws that protect our irreplaceable wildlife and wild places mean little if they are not upheld. Earthjustice enforces laws to ensure that species and wild ecosystems can freely exist and adapt to a changing world. Victory for the arctic earthjustice and a broad coalition of conservation and indigenous groups won a victory for the arctic ocean in january of 2014 when the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled that the department of interior violated the law when it opened 30 million acres on the continental shelf to oil and gas exploitation in 2008. The court concluded that the oil production estimate was "chosen arbitrarily and that interior "based its decision on inadequate information about the amount of oil to be produced pursuant to the lease sale." this is the second time earthjustice has won a court decision finding that the government ignored basic legal protections for our oceans when deciding to open the chukchi sea to offshore leasing. Victory for wolves in september 2014, earthjustice won a key victory restoring federal endangered species act protections for gray wolves in wyoming, a state that has taken every opportunity to block wolf recovery. A federal judge held that delisting wolves is illegal without enforceable measures sufficient to protect wolves under wyoming state law, and issued an order reinstating federal protections effective immediately. Victory for the grand canyon earthjustice successfully defended a 2012 decision by interior to withdraw more than a million acres of federal land surrounding grand canyon national park from availability for uranium mining. Among our clients in this case is the havasupai tribe, which opposes uranium mining in the area because of its impact on traditional practices and sacred places, as well as its pollution of the air and water. The mining industry and some local governments fought to overturn interiors decision. The court ruled in our favor in september 2014. Victory for utah wilderness salt creek canyon is one of the crown jewels of canyonlands national park. It contains the only perennial stream in the park (besides the green and colorado rivers) and lies within the salt creek national register archaeological district, the area with the highest recorded density of archaeological sites in the park. San juan county and the state of utah attempted to use repealed statute 2477, a civil war-era law, to argue that occasional travel in salt creek canyon by jeeps had created a public highway. Earthjustice challenged the attempt, and in april 2014 the tenth circuit court of appeals blocked the county and states effort to seize a right-of-way over salt creek. The decision has important implications beyond salt creek, as the state of utah and its counties are pursuing more than 20 similar cases asserting that approximately 36,000 miles of dirt trails and cowpaths are state highways. Victory for new england groundfish our oceans team won a victory in our ongoing efforts to protect new england groundfish, a group of species such as cod and flounder that have suffered greatly from overfishing. For the 2013 fishing year, the national marine fisheries service set an allowable catch level that exceeded the amount necessary to prevent overfishing. We filed suit on behalf of the conservation law foundation and the court ruled in our favor, rejecting the catch level as too high.”

“Fighting for healthy communities earthjustice works at regional and national levels to ensure widespread protections from pollution and exposure to toxic chemicals. Our fight for healthy communities involves strengthening standards and protections and holding polluters accountable when they violate those standards. Victory protecting communities from frackings harms in august 2011, the town of dryden amended its zoning ordinance to clarify that a wide range of activities related to gas drilling were prohibited throughout the town. In september 2011, a gas company filed suit, alleging that the ban was preempted by state law. After the trial court ruled in favor of the town, the town board voted to retain earthjustice to represent it on appeal. In may 2013, we received a unanimous decision in the towns favor from the intermediate appellate court, and the industry sought leave to appeal to the new york court of appeals. In june 2014, new yorks highest court ruled in our favor. In an opinion joined by five of the seven presiding judges, the court held that towns have the home rule authority to prohibit fracking in order to protect their communities. This ruling vindicates efforts by more than 170 new york municipalities to prevent fracking within their borders. Victories for clean air and healthy communities 2014 was a successful year for earthjustices work to secure strong clean air act regulations. We won a major victory in april, when the supreme court upheld the crossstate air pollution rule and reversed a d.c. Circuit court decision that would have posed potentially insurmountable barriers to cleaning up air pollution. This decision upholds the epas authority to limit interstate air pollution from power plants, and we are now working to ensure that the rule is implemented as expeditiously as possible. In april, we won another victory when the d.c. Circuit court upheld the mercury and air toxics standard, discussed in the section "advancing clean energy and a healthy climate, below. We also won a decisive victory in our lawsuit to compel the epa to revise and strengthen the ozone standard required by the clean air act. Current levels of ozone pollution are linked to premature deaths, thousands of emergency room visits, and tens of thousands of asthma attacks each year. As a result of this litigation, the epa was required to announce a proposal for the new rule in december 2014, and must finalize the rule by october 2015. Victory for disclosure of fracking chemicals in wyoming nearly all oil and gas production in wyoming involves fracking. Under regulations approved in 2010, wyoming became the first state in the nation to require well operators to disclose the identities of chemicals that are injected into the ground during fracking. But since the regulations were adopted, the wyoming oil and gas conservation commission has approved some 50 secrecy requests by halliburton and other oil and gas service companies, shielding identifying information for more than 190 chemicals. Earthjustice challenged the commissions actions and the case climbed all the way to wyomings supreme court. In 2014, the court rejected the fracking industrys argument that it was entitled to withhold chemicals as trade secrets, reversing and remanding the case back to the district court in casper, wyoming, to fix certain deficiencies. The outcome of this case could set a broad legal precedent, as the states of texas, arkansas, pennsylvania, colorado, montana, and michigan all have fracking chemical disclosure regulations similar to wyomings on the books.”

“Advancing clean energy and a healthy climate earthjustices courtroom victories help move the world closer to preventing catastrophic climate change. We work through the courts to cut carbon emissions and help shift our energy use from fossil fuels to clean energy. Victory securing strong federal laws that help retire polluting coal plants earthjustice has been instrumental in securing strong federal air and water standards that have led to the announced retirement of numerous coal plants. One example of this work is our landmark victory in the d.c. Circuit court upholding the mercury and air toxics standard (mats), the firstever rule limiting emissions of air toxics from power plants. This rule has had a transformational impact, forcing coal plants to undertake long-overdue cleanups and retirements. Earthjustice will be defending the mats rule from industry attacks in the u.s. Supreme court. Victory forcing industry to bear its own financial risk in a 2013 proceeding before the indiana utility regulatory commission, earthjustice successfully argued that a proposal by indianapolis power & light to retrofit an aging coal unit was uneconomic. The commission ruled that the companys shareholders, rather than ratepayers, would bear the risk if the retrofitted coal unit became unprofitable in the future. Forced to bear its own financial risk, the company never moved forward with its retrofit plan. Victory preparing the grid for clean energy the federal energy regulatory commissions landmark order 1000 requires transmission planners to coordinate across states and regions to identify optimal solutions for meeting transmission needs. Earthjustice successfully defended the rule, which is crucial to transitioning the country to clean energy, against 45 petitioners who challenged it in the d.c. Circuit court. Victory for demandside management in kentucky, earthjustice negotiated for the doubling of demand-side management investment over five years in our successful effort to defeat a proposed coal plant retrofit. We have closely monitored the utilitys compliance with its clean energy obligations and also secured approval for the states first utilityscale renewable energy project. Victory for colorados renewable energy standard earthjustice won a key victory upholding colorados renewable energy standard, confirming that the u.s. Constitution does not preclude states from requiring utilities to procure renewable energy. Approved by voters in 2004, the standard requires that 30 percent of the energy supplied by colorados major utilities be renewable by 2020. This standard has helped the state reduce air pollution, address climate change, and grow its clean energy economy. Victory for rooftop solar in hawaii, earthjustice won several victories for renewable energy reliability standards in 2014. After we advocated against impediments to renewable energy penetration, the state public utility commission issued an order in april approving many of our recommendations and directing the utilities to develop plans to facilitate integration of renewable energy. In june, we reached a favorable settlement that will promote continued growth of rooftop solar.”

“Schedule of court awarded attorney fees & costs 001149 co roadless leasing 693.51 001151 deep creek mtns rs 2477 143.01 001164 jarbidge rs 2477 intervention 203.71 001167 missouri breaks nm 122,664.16 001221 makua eis 45.20 001237 aida general 32.40 001258 ia-international trade 1,258.60 001307 chukchi ocs lease sale 193 1,013.60 001346 tongass roadless exemption 47.08 001388 sierra framework challenge 731.34 001404 1999 hydro esa 1,167.91 001406 blm plans 0.00 001473 everglades 691.20 001494 2000 mact deadline 14.70 001510 comparable fuels 72.56 001511 cso blueplains 2,497.50 001548 ozone phase 2 39,572.50 001605 az strip plan 1,640.46 001703 sunflower rus nepa 3,534.27 001768 hazardous waste gasification 23.78 001770 roan plateau 4,665.28 001773 numeric nutrient criteria 2,553.36 001780 ozone standards 73.16 001791 pm2.5 nsr rule 170,860.56 001842 kane county - bald knoll rs 24 57.24 001856 utah rmp and lease sale challe 1,104.76 001862 steam buffer zone rule 354.47 001908 montgomery county ms4 59.55 001938 son of fema 3,502.90 001962 salmon biop intervention 47.73 001982 montana dnrc hcp 150.77 001999 lahaina injection well 2,302.90 002027 ghost ships 82.90 002031 clark county enforcement action 571,296.15 002044 four corners psd 689.60 002046 24non-road & aircraft ghgs caa 268.97 002047 cpuc ltpp 239,913.89 002064 west elk lease expansion 2,192.11 002065 pike san isabel motor vehicle 45.52 002067 stanislaus tmp 99,071.52 002078 salmon pesticide biop enforcement 155.89 002095 landfills nsps 26,422.69 002106 shell oil spill plans 1,648.89 002108 tiering to roan eis 97,391.36 002115 mtr nma intervention 115.23 002122 no more wilderness intervention 261.77 002151 o&c lands intervention 475.77 002157 pm2.5 increments 174,305.19 002164 haze plans 2 14.59 002166 four corners sale 30,075.79 002168 washington refineries' ghg rac 90.56 002179 beaverhead-deer lodge forest p 128.20 002180 2011 caa rtr deadlines 81.80 002181 sugar beets iii 247.35 002182 ge alfalfa 1,893.37 002188 gold mines 2.70 002209 colorado res defense 5,148.07 002220 industrial boilers ii 443.64 002222 north boundary bison intervention 439.72 002223 industrial boilers (area source) 505.75 002224 (ciswi) 393.68 002226 sewage sludge incinerators 139,399.23 002232 montana regional haze 1,289.40 002233 colstrip title v 24,186.28 002237 definition of nonhazardous sol 0.00 002244 shell kulluk drillship clean a 499.20 002250 nevada bart sip 47.75 002268 pse decoupling 571.78 002273 san juan generating station ha 150.81 002281 coastal pelagic species amendment 692.77 002289 idaho antidegradation 0.00 002291 inertz 1,135.07 002300 wy fracking disclosure 1,329.07 002302 wy wolf delisting 2,286.72 002304 grand canyon uranium withdrawal 175.08 002305 tahoe homewood 188,211.06 002307 rodman dam 85.00 002314 is coos bay dredging permit nm 3,262.28 002337 secondary lead air toxics risk 717.35 002339 bison-relocation intervention 730.90 002344 cal fracking 1,265.34 002349 evans creek, or dams removal 905.42 002353 murrelet delisting intervention 376.76 002361 ar regional haze 7,075.10 002366 pm2.5 implementation guidance 0.00 002370 secondary standards nox sox 419.01 002374 statute of limitations amicus 3.10 002377 tahoe regional plan update 1,650.78 002381 caloosahatchee river 97.03 002384 farm kids petition 265.07 002385 drakes bay oyster co. 885.40 002396 unclassifiable ozone designation 499.91 002398 cec judicial review challenge 1,738.53 002400 ozone attainment delay 2012 730.14 002405 regional haze 309 program 2,315.38 002406 alaska ship fuel intervention 199.38 002409 tahoe travel management 259.00 002413 san pedro adwr challenge 2,470.87 002417 oil & gas air rules ii 22.46 002425 sjv ozone fee rule 102.26 002427 export-import bank xcoal 10,752.74 002428 colstrip coal ash enforcement 12,282.39 002430 nfma regs intervention 623.30 002431 burnside coal terminal 537.04 002434 stormwater permit defense 15,621.72 002441 clearwater travel plan interve 70.06 002442 cowbone marsh”