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Conservationists Defeat Attack on Pacific Fisher
Rare relative of the mink and otter still waiting for protection

Countdown to Air Regulations Nearly 10 Years Overdue
EPA to impose strict limits on toxic air pollution from U.S. power plants by November 2011

Money-wasting Timber Sale Gets the Ax
Old-growth forest in roadless area of the Tongass National Forest spared from taxpayer-subsidized logging and road building.

Juneau's Road to Nowhere Snared in Legal Roadblock
Court holds environmental impact statement (EIS) failed to consider a reasonable, obvious, and publicly supported alternative with the fewest environmental impacts.

Challenge to Live-Fire Training at Makua Moves Forward
Court rules Army must inform the community about military impacts on environment.

Alaska’s Supreme Court Halts Transfer of Public Lands
Nearly a quarter-million acres of state land remain under public ownership after Alaska’s highest court held that transferring them to the University of Alaska would violate the State Constitution.

Down with the Savage Rapids Dam
Salmon get some relief as the Rogue River returns to its original streambed for the first time in 88 years

“Roundup Ready” Sugar Beets Declared Unlawful
USDA failed to evaluate the risks of Monsanto’s genetically engineered sugar beets

Construction on Lake Tahoe Halted
Federal judge issues injunction due to concerns about development impacts.

Nuclear Irradiator Project Halted
More studies required for proposed irradiator at Honolulu Airport.

Returning the Water to Na Wai `Eha
State recommends restoration of diverted Maui streams

A Historic Victory for Everglades Restoration
Natural flow of the Everglades to be restored through the purchase of U.S. Sugar holdings south of Lake Okeechobee; largest step forward in the long history of Everglades restoration

Dirty Coal Plants Lose Another Source of Funding
Feds stop funding rural dirty coal plants for two years

Endangered Bird Trumps Chainsaws
Old growth forest habitat protected -- for now

Big Fine for Polluting Appalachian Waters
Massey Energy, a major player in mountaintop removal mining, must pay $20 million in fines for Clean Water Act violations

Kalama Coal Plant Kiboshed
Permit for dirty coal plant in Washington State denied

Northwest Salmon Protections Saved
Federal efforts to weaken regulations governing logging on steep, landslide-prone hillsides successfully rebuffed

Coal Plant Rejected Amid Kansas Whirlwind
State authorities in Kansas reject a permit for two coal-fired power plants which would have polluted the state while exporting the power.

Judge Upholds Protection for Wild Salmon
Developers and farm groups fail to convince judge that hatchery-bred salmon are legally identical to wild salmon.

Judge Halts Oil and Gas Development in Proposed Colorado Wilderness
Ruling protects wilderness qualities and rare plants from harmful drilling