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Press Releases

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  Meet Six Young Environmental Leaders Working for a Better World

  Earth Island Institute Announces 2023 Brower Youth Award Winners
  September 14th, 2023

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  Groups Sue Forest Service Over Massive North Big Bear Tree Removal Project

  Project Would Increase Wildfire Threats to Community and Harm Nationally Famous Bald Eagle Nest Site
  August 14th, 2023

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  Top Law Firms Increased Fossil Fuel Work Despite Growing Climate Crisis, Report Finds

  Pressure on firms to drop fossil fuel clients grows as climate crisis worsens
  July 31st, 2023

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  SeaWorld Can End Cruel Era of Orcas Displayed for Entertainment

  On 30th anniversary of Free Willy and 10th anniversary of Blackfish, International Marine Mammal Project calls for SeaWorld to retire North America’s last remaining captive orcas
  July 18th, 2023

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  Earth Island Institute Expands Its Project Support Team and Adds New Board Director

  
  July 17th, 2023

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  Women’s Earth Alliance Partners with L’Oréal Paris to Promote Women’s Environmental Entrepreneurship

  
  June 14th, 2023

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  EPA Issues Final Rule Governing Use of Chemical Dispersants on Oil Spills

  Rules Are an Improvement But Further Local Action Will Be Essential
  June 13th, 2023

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  Study Finds Pattern of “Falsification of the Scientific Record” in Government-Funded Wildfire Studies

  
  April 4th, 2023

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  Earth Island Institute Names New Executive Director

  Sumona Majumdar to lead the 40-year-old environmental organization’s next chapter in its fight to protect the planet and its inhabitants
  March 7th, 2023

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  Labor and Environmental Health Advocates Call for OSHA to Protect Oil Spill Workers

  OSHA’s reporting standards keep symptoms of toxic exposure from being recorded
  February 13th, 2023

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  Wildlife Advocacy Group Sues Rat Poison Manufacturer Bell Laboratories, Inc., over Misleading Product Claims

  Rat poison company advertises itself as environmentally responsible while causing harm and death to wildlife
  January 17th, 2023

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  Earth Island Institute Executive Director to Step Down

  Founding member of Earth Island Institute to relinquish top role but remain within organization
  November 8th, 2022