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December 2, 2008
Agency Signs Off on Controversial Rule to Allow Stream Destruction Rule removes protections for streams, allows more mountaintop removal mining

December 2, 2008
Earthjustice Presents 2008 'Environmental Rights Report' to UN Documenting worldwide recognition of the relationship between environmental protection and human rights

December 1, 2008
New Air Regulations Signal Positive Changes at EPA Emissions standards for medical waste incinerators will reduce pollution, a welcome shift

November 24, 2008
Rebuild Spotted Owl Population and Protect Old-Growth Forests Effort begun to reverse weak habitat protection and flawed recovery plan in Pacific Northwest

November 21, 2008
Keep Lake Tahoe a National Gem Significant development of the Lake Tahoe shoreline threatens lake’s clarity, lawsuit filed

November 20, 2008
Citizen Groups to Challenge Dry Fork Power Plant in State Court Wyoming citizens seek to hold Basin Electric accountable for energy choices

November 20, 2008
States, Groups in Court Over Air Pollution Loophole Case aimed at reducing smog in America’s most polluted communities

November 20, 2008
Shell Oil’s Arctic Offshore Drilling Plan Illegal Says Federal Appeals Court Groups call for time out for oil development in Arctic Ocean

November 18, 2008
Kansas Coal Plant Sues to Get Pollution Permit Earthjustice opposes latest attempt to expand coal-fired power plant in Kansas

November 12, 2008
Supreme Court Rules in Navy Sonar Case Safeguards for Hawai’i’s whales will continue, for now

November 12, 2008
Governor Crist Pulls Off Everglades Win Despite Economy Preservation deal revised, now cheaper

November 12, 2008
Six Easy Things the Obama Administration Can Do to Heal Our Environment Earthjustice will be busy helping to clean up damage left from Bush administration

October 31, 2008
Earthjustice Wins Flooding Appeal Against Water Management District Case aimed at stopping damaging flooding in Southwest Florida

October 29, 2008
Bush Administration, Timber Industry Deal Challenged in Oregon Conservationists ask judge to uphold law requiring public input on BLM logging plan

October 27, 2008
Federal Court Upholds Protection For California’s Wild Steelhead Trout Water user’s contention hatchery fish are adequate substitute rejected

October 23, 2008
Majority of Voters Oppose Mountaintop Removal Mining in First Nationwide Opinion Poll Voters feel environment deteriorating, oppose push to repeal Stream Buffer Zone rule

October 22, 2008
Groups Head to Court to Seek Protection From PVC Plant Pollution Many cancer-causing toxins from vinyl manufacturers remain unregulated

October 21, 2008
Groups Go to Court to Force Cleanup of Air Pollution in National Parks Lawsuit charges illegal delays in cleaning up parks' haze pollution

October 17, 2008
Bush Admin Seeks to Lock Down Destructive Mountaintop Removal Mining Rule Coalfield residents face continued destruction of their communities and natural resources

October 14, 2008
More Than 100,000 Americans Oppose Bush Endangered Species Rewrite Members of Congress and citizen organizations urge administration to withdraw regulations that undermine the Endangered Species Act

October 14, 2008
Staten Islanders Sue for Toxic Waste Dump Cleanup Fed up with years of inaction by city and state, residents seek justice

October 10, 2008
Bush Administration Attack on Endangered Species Meets Fierce Resistance Groups file opposition comments on rule that would allow "self-consultation"