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When clinic doors close, it makes abortion care available only to people who can afford to travel out of state and—if they face state laws that require at least two days to get a procedure— stay overnight.

The ACLU is defending the right to abortion care for everyone, everywhere.

No matter where or when the threats arise, the ACLU will remain resolute in our battle to ensure people can exercise their right to reproductive care.

The Supreme Court famously invalidated the law in to privacy encompasses a woman’s decision whether or not to continue her pregnancy.

These families deserve more, including permanent legal status, and hundreds of parents of separated children have yet to be located.

In another step forward, an ACLU legal challenge resulted in a federal court prohibiting the expulsion of families from the United States under the inhumane Title 42 policy.

This policy restricted immigration at the border and denied asylum-seekers a fair trial under the guise of protecting public health.

After a whirlwind of court actions in August, the Supreme Court refused to block a ruling from a federal judge in Texas requiring the Biden administration restart Remain in Mexico, a Trump-era border policy that has trapped tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in dangerous conditions in Mexico while they await their court dates.

This policy has been the subject of ACLU lawsuits since it was instituted in its termination.

We will keep working to get the administration to close more of these facilities, continuing to focus on those that fall in remote locations with compromised access to legal counsel and external medical care, and those that have documented patterns of inhumane treatment and conditions.

TRANSGENDER YOUTH We mounted successful legal challenges across the country this year to ensure transgender youth can access life-saving medical care and participate in school sports. continued Brooke Dennis (above), were plaintiffs in the ACLU’s successful case against Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming health care.

This problem has been exacerbated by discriminatory policy decisions that targeted communities of color like the failed War on Drugs, which had its 50th anniversary this year.

Building on our analysis of how each state can cut the number of people behind bars by half—the ACLU has now filed 83 legal actions to secure the release of more than 48,000 people from prisons and jails (and 750 people from immigration detention) during the ongoing pandemic.

Our suit challenged the office’s illegal scheme of fabricating subpoenas to coerce crime victims and witnesses of crimes into submitting to interrogations, as well as presenting fraudulent information in court to persuade judges to issue arrest warrants.

UNDOING HARMFUL POLICIES Rectifying the damage done by over-incarceration and over-policing also means fighting to end the death penalty, ban solitary confinement, and hold racist law enforcement accountable, all fronts on which we made gains in this year.

The ACLU has now filed legal actions to secure the release of more than 48,000 people from prisons and jails.

oversight of the firms tasked with investing on the ACLU’s behalf.

in asset management—and by that definition alone, a trailblazer.

She is particularly proud of steering the ACLU’s asset management from a large corporate bank to a smaller firm The ACLU community is made up of members; 4.6 million online activists; 2,000 volunteer attorneys; and hundreds of coalition, foundation, and corporate partners.

When Kalli left for college, Lew recalls, her husband told Kaamila it was her turn to lead the conversation.

Rainforest Action Network preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns.

Without question, the need to rally and combat the climate crisis is more urgent than ever.

Preserve the Rainforests Tropical forests are one of our best natural solutions against the climate crisis, but big corporations continue to profit from their destruction.

To halt the worst of the climate crisis we have to keep fossil fuels in the ground — and in order to do so, banks and insurers must immediately cut off the money pipeline supporting fossil fuel expansion.

That’s why RAN has been leading the way with our cutting-edge data analysis and reporting on the worst financiers of climate chaos.

And with the support of our network, we will continue to put our energy into outing and pressuring the corporations fueling the crisis.

We are all on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

“Net Zero by private sector players in the lead up to COP26.

With fossil fuels as the main contributor to global emissions, this means corporate and government net zero commitments cannot be taken seriously without an immediate end to fossil fuel expansion and a clear and actionable plan to phase out fossil fuels overall as quickly as possible.

Our planet needs a climate deal that holds corporations and financial institutions accountable for their contribution to these existential threats.

In the lead up, we delivered via billboard truck to make sure that they got the message to stop insuring fossil fuels.

We have confronted major financiers directly, loudly and consistently and made them acknowledge their crucial role in our collective crisis.

People whose farms have been stolen and watched their local forests bulldozed all in the name of corporate greed.

Covering from updated investor data but also includes extended policy assessments of more than 50 financial institutions.

The site also attributes a forest protection score to institutions — a ranking of the strength of internal bank or investment policies to prevent rampant forest destruction.

The forest footprint is the full accounting of how a corporation has already impacted and could impact forests and communities through past activities and potential future expansion of industrial logging and agriculture.

However, half-measures are not sufficient to meet our crisis.

This effort is urgent as we must secure and expand Indigenous communities’ legal rights to their land, rather than hand the land over to corporations for forestry, commodity production or fossil fuel extraction.

We produce exposé-style pieces that name our targets and create reputational risk and brand damage by publicly revealing their complicity in driving ills such as our climate crisis or Indigenous rights violations — all in the name of corporate profits.

Whether through major news outlets, Instagram or email, we rely on informing the public and inspiring our supporters to increase positive, peaceful action — online or in the streets — in the fight for people and planet over corporate greed.

responsive to evolving needs to stand in solidarity and provide direct support to Indigenous and frontline communities across the globe disproportionately impacted by the compounding effects of a deadly pandemic, corporate resource plundering, and increasingly destructive and frequent fires and natural disasters.

These grants are critical to help local efforts to regain control of and sustainably manage traditional territories.

The first phase of the project was supported by Fundación Kara Solar in help address the Covid crisis and support territorial defense initiatives, with this phase expanding to additional communities and run by trained Sapara technicians.

RAN’s complete independent financial audit is available at RAN.org.

by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns.

In the early Agency, and Congress passed our bedrock environmental laws, giving us all extraordinary power to hold polluters and the federal government accountable for protecting our health, our communities, and the ecosystems that sustain all life.

For five decades, we have put those laws to work for us in practice, all the while deepening our expertise and growing our work to represent more clients, in more venues, in more places around the country and the world.

Looking back, we celebrate the ancient forests that are still standing, the living creatures that are still thriving, all the places where people can enjoy the right to clean air and water.

One of Earthjustice’s earliest victories, this successful suit confirmed the right of citizens to take environmental disputes to court.

Our attorneys defended the historic veto of the massive Spruce No. Mine, turning the tide against the devastating practice of mountaintop removal in Appalachia.

Jill Tauber, Earthjustice Vice President of Litigation for Climate and Energy Left to right: Earthjustice attorneys Oscar Espino-Padron and Byron Chan talk with Jan Victor Andasan, a community organizer with East Yard Communities for Environmental Change, in front of the Phillips 66 refinery in Carson, California.

Steve Mashuda, Earthjustice Managing Attorney - Oceans A North Atlantic right whale in Cape Cod Bay.

Earthjustice was privileged to represent the Maya children in their fight to protect their constitutional right to a healthy environment and dignified life.

Beyond the important result in this case, this landmark ruling will operate more broadly to strengthen this essential constitutional right in practice.

In December Ocean Energy Management’s approval of the giant Hilcorp Liberty oil and gas project in the Beaufort Sea.

This big new program complements many other clean energy victories achieved by Earthjustice’s “Right to Zero” campaign.

By working with frontline communities, and learning about their firsthand experiences, we understand what’s at stake, and we unite our strengths for robust collaboration.

Our legal expertise is amplified by the power of our partners, and we are proud to share their stories from recent victories and ongoing fights.

That place still exists today there,” says Douglas Cox, director of land management and vice-chairman for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

“As the government did with most tribes, when we signed treaties, they put us on Douglas Cox, Director of Land Management and Vice-Chairman of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, photographed at the Wolf River in Keshena, Wisconsin.

In addition to wholesale destruction of the land next to the river, sulfide ore mines like this one can lead to acid mine drainage—acidic water laden with heavy metals that turns waterways bright yellow.

After a five-year legal fight, the mine developer relinquished its permits and withdrew its applications to the mine site.

Indian Tribe of Wisconsin ISSUE SUMMARY The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, represented by Earthjustice, challenged Aquila Resource’s wetlands permit as well as its mining permit for the Back Forty mine, a massive proposed heavy-metals mine and oreprocessing center.

The Tribe is thinking long-term: Some members have recently replanted wild rice at the mouth of Menominee River to connect the present to the past, and where the Tribe still has access to the land, they continue to practice ceremonies including both Menominee Tribal members and other Native people.

One group of such activists, the Alliance for Renewable Energy Now, is a coalition that’s pushing for Puerto Rican energy independence with the help of legal representation from Earthjustice.

So this is not something that happens once in a while, this is something that happens a lot,” says Amy Orta-Rivera, an environmental policy coordinator who works with El Puente’s Latino Climate Action Network, part of the Alliance for Renewable Energy Now.

Amy Orta-Rivera, Environmental Policy Coordinator for El Puente’s Latino Climate Action Network, photographed in Ceiba, P.R., in April 2021.

After the disasters of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) was tasked with proposing a new energy infrastructure plan.

For decades Puerto Ricans have been pushing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and the government to address the grave economic and environmental issues presented by the current energy system.

Work in this space includes acting as a watchdog to ensure the public has sufficient access to the decision-making process, holding power companies accountable for unapproved developments, and challenging dated and inaccurate environmental impact analyses.

ISSUE SUMMARY Earthjustice and community groups reached a landmark settlement with the developer of a massive warehouse to invest $vehicles and equipment, rooftop solar, and other solutions that will electrify the facility and reduce harms to local air quality, wildlife, and the climate.

Just two months later, a first-of-its-kind rule was passed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Doug Loneman for Earthjustice With the climate crisis upon us and a still-shrinking window of opportunity to change course, there is an urgent need to work in more regions, take on more cases, and expand our partnerships.

The Gulf Coast already suffers immensely from the climate crisis, including rising seas and extreme weather, and these impacts continue to fall disproportionately on marginalized communities already dealing with generations of exploitation.

JUSTICE AROUND THE WORLD Since around the world to establish, strengthen, and enforce legal protections for the environment and human health.

We will soon expand this team to meet the growing demand for our expertise in partnering to advocate for the right of all people to a healthy environment.

Jim Brandenburg / Minden Pictures migratory birds and pollinators, and push the Biden administration to develop a forest management plan to safeguard old-growth forest ecosystems.

While there is a new administration in office, we still have enormous work to do to repair the damage of the Trump era, strengthen our framework of environmental protection, and provide the legal muscle to address climate change, systemic environmental injustice, and an accelerating biodiversity crisis.

Today we see an increased need for this leadership, as the country’s collective health is crushed under the many impacts of the pandemic, but fresh opportunities are emerging under a new administration in Washington that will be infinitely more receptive to the facts and science with which EWG drives public awareness and policy change.

EWG’S FINANCES EWG provides one of the best returns on your philanthropic dollar, to shape policy conversations on public health, lead entire business sectors away from priority chemicals and reach consumers through the megaphone of our social media and appearances in mainstream media.

And our sound, scientific leadership is ensuring that action taken by manufacturers and policymakers has enough teeth to protect public health effectively, the way consumers expect, so that someday when environmental standards are legal they will also equal safe.

This decision paid off many times over, pushing action and engagement from stakeholders across the country.

Following the release of the test results, EWG scientists published three peerreviewed papers highlighting the carcinogenic characteristics of PFAS chemicals, the challenges and questions involving PFAS disposal, and the management of PFAS as a chemical class.

Veterans and firefighters came out to support our efforts to bring awareness to the issue, even testifying along with EWG in congressional hearings.

Our research, data analysis and consumer tools are put into action to bring about change in policy, consumer demand and market behavior.

Science Investigations: The backbone The Science Investigations program is the backbone of our work, generating the peer-reviewed research that guides all other elements of our standard-setting and leadership.

Today we use advanced geospatial mapping of satellite imagery and data analysis of farm subsidy payments and USDA conservation programs to affect local and national policy decisions on agriculture.

PRIORITY TAP WATER CONTAMINANTS As part of our broader, organization-wide effort to protect America’s tap water from health-harming contaminants, in and reporting on two pollutants that result from agricultural runoff: nitrate and cyanotoxins.

In the spring, as algae outbreak season began, we started regular reporting and analysis of outbreaks, tracking news stories and using social media to draw attention to toxic algae across the country.

As Algae Season Ends, the Toll: More Than INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL AGRICULTURE In 2020 we doubled down on our work to reveal the threat presented by billions of pounds of phosphorus-laden manure – in terms of algae outbreaks and contaminated drinking water – and to press for more effective oversight of animal feeding operations.

We also worked together with local villagers, the National Trust of Fiji, and other partners to develop a management plan to protect the area in the future.

the Bureau of Land Management. Ascended cliff terrain in Zion National Park to establish the first records of hibernating bats in the area.

Saving roosts on federal public lands Completed the tenth annual bat survey at Lava Beds National Monument using year-to-year reporting protocols to track population changes in California’s largest population of Townsend’s Big-eared Bats (Corynorhinus townsendii).

The North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) fills these information gaps by increasing critical data collection and analysis and providing results to decision-makers.

I know it is tough financially right now for so many people.

LAWYERS immediately challenged the premature and reckless decision to strip gray wolves of federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections.

POLICY EXPERTS pushed forward on the urgent need for a National Biodiversity Strategy (NBS), an all-of-government approach to address the unprecedented loss of wildlife and habitat we are experiencing.

CONSERVATION INNOVATION EXPERTS provided comprehensive analyses to guide policy and inform conservation strategies to reach the goal of protecting 30% of our terrestrial and marine systems by 2030 (“30x30”).

Defenders also played a lead role in successfully defending the Migratory Bird Protection Act from attack and securing critical protections for migratory birds.

More and more species, including manatees, Mexican gray wolves, polar bears and North Atlantic right whales, face the very real threat of extinction because of climate change, habitat loss, pollution and inadequate protections.