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Oregon Supreme Court Answers Key Questions in Klamath Water Case (03/11/10)
Irrigators' demand for taxpayer handout unresolved

More Than 42,000 People and 51 Groups in 18 States Ask EPA to Protect Kids From Pesticides (03/10/10)
Sign on to petition for long term protections, immediate no-spray buffer zones where kids live, learn, play

Groups to Washington: Give Endangered Salmon a Fighting Chance by Changing Water Releases (03/08/10)
Petition urges state Department of Ecology to follow Oregon and allow scientifically supported water releases to get baby salmon past big dams

Clark County Washington Challenged for Weak Stormwater Controls (02/18/10)
Clean water advocates put county on notice illegal loopholes must be closed

Conservation Groups Ask Federal Agencies to Require Nation's Largest National Park Polluter to Clean Up (02/17/10)
Four Corners coal plant causes haze in Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde and other national parks

Clean Water Advocates Act For Stronger Stormwater Controls in Washington (02/01/10)
Lawsuit filed to protect salmon and close illegal loopholes

Deal Announced to Cut Stormwater Pollution in Washington State (01/26/10)
More funding for highway retrofits, closer oversight over new projects

Conservation Groups Sue National Forest to Stop Runaway Abuse of Public Lands by Offroad Vehicles (01/22/10)
Balance sought to protect wild mountains, rivers and wildlife

New Air Permit Application Submitted for Controversial Coal Plant (01/13/10)
Sunflower coal plant in Kansas faces uphill battle for expansion

Coal-Fired Power Plants Targeted as EPA Narrows Superfund Loophole (01/04/10)
Gap in law has benefitted power utilities, chemical makers, oil refineries

Washington State Approves Coal Plant Pollution (11/09/09)
Conservation groups work to get stronger pollution controls

EPA Takes First Step in Addressing Risk Posed by Toxic Pesticide Drift (11/04/09)
Agency announcement comes just weeks after groups petition for protections

Conservation Advocates Seek EPA’s Help to Clean Up Washington Coal Plant (11/03/09)
Biggest polluter in state getting free pass to dump mercury, other pollutants

Suit Filed Seeking Pollutant Limits on Coal Plant in Centralia, WA (09/28/09)
TransAlta’s dirty coal plant threatens people and national parks

EPA Remands Permit for Desert Rock Coal Power Plant (09/25/09)
Deficiencies cited in Environmental Protection Agency oversight

US Commerce Department Follows Flawed Bush Salmon Plan on Columbia and Snake Rivers (09/15/09)
Administration avoids sound science and legal guidance

EPA Announces Alternative Plan to Protect Salmon from Pesticides (09/11/09)
Additional limitations placed on the use of chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Roadless Area Protections (08/05/09)
President Obama has pledged to support and defend nationwide protections

Groups to Federal Agency: Stop Financing, Approving New Coal Plants (08/03/09)
Financial woes of Sunflower Electric prime example of risks

Obama Administration Cancels Bush-Era Plan to Clearcut Oregon Forests (07/16/09)
Salmon, clean water, and old-growth forests big winners

EPA Takes First Step In Closing Mining Cleanup Loophole (07/13/09)
Move comes as pollution from mining operations comes under increased scrutiny

Groups Call for Limits on Air Pollution from Washington Coal Plant (07/06/09)
Washington’s largest source of global warming, haze and mercury pollution targeted

Family Farmers Challenge State and Corporate Feedlot Operation Over Water (06/30/09)
Huge industrial feedlot threatens groundwater

Proposed Kansas Coal Plant Draws Warning Letter (06/22/09)
Groups advise outdated permit needs replacing

Fish and Wildlife Service Reverses Bush Policy, Protects Rare Seabird (06/17/09)
Decision one more reason to withdraw Bush Oregon logging plan