Earthjustice
Sign in to saveEarthjustice (originally Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund) is a nonprofit public interest organization based in the United States dedicated to litigating environmental issues. Headquartered in San Francisco, they have an international program, a communications team, and a policy and legislation team in Washington, D.C., along with 14 regional offices across the United States.
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- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1971
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Also known as
- Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.501602.0 · ISNI 0000 0004 0636 1579
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- nonprofit organization
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- San Francisco
- Revenue
- 139607013
- Legal form
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Official website
- www.earthjustice.org
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- inception
- 1971-00-00
- Commons category
- Earth Justice
- social media followers
- 7880
- donations
- 129340148
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Climate change
- total assets
- 297417741
- official observer status in organization
- Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Programs
- Impact on U.S. environmental law
- Legislative positions
- Marketing
- Recognition
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Earthjustice (originally Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund) is a nonprofit public interest organization based in the United States dedicated to litigating environmental issues. Headquartered in San Francisco, they have an international program, a communications team, and a policy and legislation team in Washington, D.C., along with 14 regional offices across the United States.
The organization was founded in 1971 as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, though it was fully independent from the Sierra Club. The name was changed to Earthjustice in 1997. This was thought to better reflect its role as a legal advocate which represents hundreds of regional, national and international organizations. As of September 2018, the group has provided free legal representation to more than 1,000 clients ranging from the Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, American Lung Association, as well as smaller state and community groups, such as the Maine Lobstermen's Association and the Friends of the Everglades.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Earthjustice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.