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Arctic Drilling Plan Gets Green Light; Analysis of Impacts Sorely Lacking (10/19/09)
Federal agency approves Shell plan for Beaufort Sea with little consideration for Arctic environment

Earthjustice Responds to Timber Project in Roadless Tongass NF (10/08/09)
Statement by Tom Waldo, attorney, Earthjustice

Shell Oil Proposes New Arctic Ocean Drilling Plan (06/30/09)
Court order stops prior drilling effort

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mining Company to Destroy Alaskan Lake (06/22/09)
Decision bodes ill for other American lakes, invites Administrative or Congressional fix

Obama Administration Calls for Roadless Development Timeout (05/28/09)
Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen says good first step

Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Constitution, Rejects University Land Transfer (03/13/09)
Southeast Alaska communities relieved and support other ways to fund university

Tongass Roadless Timber Sale Challenged (03/02/09)
Decision to log made ten years ago, outdated

Court Rules Against Juneau Road Project (02/17/09)
Ferries must be considered as alternative solutions to Lynn Canal travel

Supreme Court Hears Important Clean Water Act Case Today (01/12/09)
Will mining company be allowed to bury lake in wastes?

Shell Oil’s Arctic Offshore Drilling Plan Illegal Says Federal Appeals Court (11/20/08)
Groups call for time out for oil development in Arctic Ocean

Wyoming Judge Rules Against National Roadless Rule (08/12/08)
Conservation groups plan to file appeal

Supreme Court to Hear Clean Water Act Case (06/27/08)
Court decision will clarify whether mining companies may bury clean lakes, rivers and streams with mine tailings

Polar Bears Receive Endangered Species Act Protection (05/14/08)
Global warming is harming bears; Earthjustice calls for a time out on Arctic Ocean oil and gas development

High Court Urged to Uphold Clean Water Act From Mine Challenge (05/14/08)
Alaskan mining company seeks permit to destroy lake with mine waste

Planned Oil Operations in Beaufort and Chukchi Seas Challenged (05/05/08)
Alaska Natives and conservation groups ask for protection for marine mammals

Alaska Natives and Conservation Groups Challenge Arctic Ocean Lease Sale (01/31/08)
Opposition builds against drilling Arctic's Chukchi Sea

Bush Administration Strips Protections from America's Largest Forest (01/25/08)
Pristine areas targeted for logging

Federal Government Delays Protecting Polar Bear (01/07/08)
Global warming continues to destroy polar bear habitat

Court Refuses To Re-hear Kensington Mine Decision (11/02/07)
Clean Water Act preserved as Ninth Circuit protects lake from mine tailings

DeLauro Champions Rainforest Bill (10/04/07)
Legislation should end pending threats to Tongass National Forest

Judge Rejects Timber Sale in Native Area of Tongass National Forest (10/01/07)
Chides U.S. Forest Service for using misleading information

"Tongass National Forest Day" Marred by Congressional Actions (09/10/07)
Nation's largest national forest celebrates 100th birthday amid threats in Congress

Shell Oil Can't Drill This Year in Beaufort Sea, Court Rules (08/15/07)
Ninth Circuit Court halts exploration amid concerns over environmental harms

Groups Ask Ninth Circuit Court to Prevent Oil Exploration in Beaufort Sea (08/14/07)
Alaska Natives, conservation groups oppose Fall drilling plan by Shell

Appeals Court Calls Time Out on Controversial Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling (07/20/07)
Stay temporarily halts Shell's offshore plans in Beaufort Sea