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Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, (202)667-4500, www.
"It leaves 2.4 million acres of wild, roadless backcountry areas open to clear cutting and new logging roads," says Tom Waldo of the nonprofit
Earthjustice. Environmentalists would like to see all the unlogged acreage left alone, but are particularly alarmed at the audacity of the administration's plan, given that its own Forest Service reported that only about 663,000 acres in the areas at issue are considered very valuable for timber production.
"Decisions can happen at any time," says Martin Wagner of the
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, "We don't need a ministerial for that."
One of the groups that challenged the 2017 Trump administration decision on chlorpyrifos was
Earthjustice, which acted on behalf of farmworker organizations and others.
Community activists in mining areas in South Africa face harassment, intimidation, and violence, according to a report from the Centre for Environmental Rights, groundWork,
Earthjustice, and Human Rights Watch.
"This is a wake-up call for the nation," said Lisa Evans, senior counsel with
Earthjustice, which was involved in the report.