Representing Mother Earth: plaintiff lawyers are often called on to represent people injured by pollution and other environmental harms, but who's going to stand up for the planet? Earthjustice is one organization that uses the law to protect both the earth and its inhabitants.(Earthjustice president Trip Van Noppen)(Interview)
Trial, April, 2008 by Burtka, Allison Torres
Movies like A Civil Action have brought legal battles over environmental issues into the public eye. Such battles are being fought on many different fronts.
The nonprofit, public-interest law firm Earthjustice is dedicated to protecting natural resources and defending people's right to a healthy environment (slogan: "Because the earth needs a good lawyer"). The organization has challenged government agency rules, intervened on the government's behalf in actions against corporations, and contested permits that would allow industries to pollute excessively.
TRIP VAN NOPPEN recently became president of Earthjustice (www.earthjustice. org), headquartered in Oakland, California, after serving as its vice president of litigation since 2005. He recently...
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