Earthjustice
September 2008
Earthjustice was founded as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund in 1971. Since then, it has become the leading nonprofit environmental law firm in the country. In 1965, the Sierra Club launched a campaign to protect the spectacular Mineral King valley in the Sierra Nevada in California. The opponent was Walt Disney Productions, which intended to turn this secluded valley into one of the world's largest, most elaborate ski resorts.