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Covering more than 70 percent of the earth's surface, oceans play an important role in many physical, chemical, and biological processes. Oceans generate most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, absorb a significant amount of carbon dioxide and pollution, and recycle other greenhouse gases. They also provide habitat for fish and other creatures that feed millions of people. The oceans’ productivity is in steep decline.
An appeals court rules that Shell Offshore, Inc., must stay away from the Beaufort Sea at least through the winter of '07/08.
A plan to export obsolete military ships to England for scrapping is stopped.
Orcas get recognition by National Marine Fisheries Service, critical habitat established
Environmental and disaster review of airport irradiator project necessary, NRC licensing board agrees
Costa Rican courts issue injunction against construction projects in critical leatherback nesting habitat.
An Earthjustice suit forces NMFS to acknowledge the impact of longline fisheries on the Hawai`i population of false killer whales.
Earthjustice succesfully defended the largest no-fishing zone on the West Coast.
More than seven years of litigation result in denial of takings claims
Court Halts Export of Nine Toxic Ships As Four Are Greeted by Protests
Overfishing in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea must be curtailed
Earthjustice leads the way in supporting the work of NGOs trying to defuse WTO challenges to environmental protection.
In 2001, Earthjustice's Environmental Law Clinic at Stanford compelled the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect endangered sea turtles, whales, and dolphins from the effects of gillnet fisheries off the California Coast.
