Summary:  Earthjustice filed a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue the U.S. Forest Service today to protect imperiled manatees and shortnose sturgeon, two species which are blocked from migrating in the Ocklawaha River by a dam operated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection that turns a 16-mile stretch of the river into the unnatural Rodman Impoundment.

Earthjustice lawyer David Guest said at a news conference, "The dam is harmful to the river and the species that live in it ... This has been a sore on the conscience of every Florida environmentalist."

  Full Article:  http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/21/2652892/florida-environmentalists-target.html"

  Related Earthjustice Resources: 

• Press Release: Conservationists File Suit To Remove Dam

  Summary:  Once labeled the dirtiest coal plant in the nation, Moapa, Nevada’s Reid Gardner Power Plant continues to threaten the health and lifestyle of the nearby Moapa River Indian Reservation, tribal home of a band of Paiute Indians. Now the Paiutes and the Sierra Club have formed an alliance aiming to close down and clean up the plant.

This CBS 8 Las Vegas investigative report illustrates the Paiutes’ plight on a very sincere, individual level and briefly features clips from Earthjustice Multimedia Producer Chris Jordan-Bloch’s film titled, An Ill Wind: The Secret Threat of Coal Ash.

  Full Article:  http://www.8newsnow.com/story/16909593/i-team-paiute-tribe-partners-with-environmentalists-to-close-power-plant?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6731982"

  Related Earthjustice Resources: 

• Video: An Ill Wind
• On Our Blog: An Ill Wind Blows in Moapa
• Photo Slideshow: An Ill Wind

  Summary:  Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch is currently considering a lawsuit over whether methyl iodide should be subject to the stringent review standards of California Environmental Quality Act or more lenient Department of Pesticide Regulation rules. The Department of Pesticide Regulation approved the highly toxic and carcinogenic methyl iodide for use by California growers without considering alternatives.

  Full Article:  http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/2012/feb/02/methyl-rules/"

  Related Earthjustice Resources: 

• Learn More: Methyl Iodide
• Case: California's Approval of Methyl Iodide Challenged

  Summary:  A federal judge ruled that a federal agency must prepare an environmental impact statement for a proposed $2.8 billion, 875-megawatt coal-fired power plant outside Holcomb, Kansas. The ruling comes in a case brought by Earthjustice on behalf of the Sierra Club.

“The people of Kansas and downwind states will now get their legitimate public health concerns heard,” Earthjustice attorney Jan Hasselman stated. “Once the facts of this dirty and dangerous project are exposed to the public, we think that the federal government will have to just say no.”

  Full Article:  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57369317/judges-ruling-puts-kan-power-plant-on-hold/"

  Related Earthjustice Resources: 

• Press Release: Clean Air Advocates Cheer Court Decision on Kansas Coal Plant Expansion
• Case: Sunflower Coal Plant Permit