Legal and Administration

Driving environmental change

Environment America is looking for candidates with a strong managerial skills to support our advocacy work across the country in an administrative capacity:

General Counsel
Environment America’s in-house counsel department provides legal services to state Environment and other affiliated public-interest organizations around the country on a variety of matters and practice areas, including employment law, First Amendment law, non-profit corporate and tax compliance, charitable solicitation regulation, and contracts. More.

Grand Canyon drilling plans stopped

The drills next to the Grand Canyon have stopped for now. A federal judge halted all plans by a British mining company called VANE Minerals to drill for uranium less than three miles from the national park. U.S. District Judge Mary Murguia issued a temporary restraining order late Friday (April 4). VANE Minerals immediately turned off the drills off at several sites.  Read the release | Read more about the campaign | Take action