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June 25, 2009TVA Report Downplays Risk of Future Coal Ash Dam Failures Casts Tennessee disaster as once-in-a-lifetime event
June 25, 2009New England Fisheries Management Council Votes to Rebuild Cod and Flounder Populations Years of overfishing may be over
June 22, 2009Proposed Kansas Coal Plant Draws Warning Letter Groups advise outdated permit needs replacing
June 22, 2009Supreme Court Clears Way for Mining Company to Destroy Alaskan Lake Decision bodes ill for other American lakes, invites Administrative or Congressional fix
June 20, 2009Traditional Herring Fishermen Join Fight Against Midwater Trawlers File legal brief supporting groundfishermen efforts to protect breeding grounds
June 19, 2009Feds Propose to Roll Back Sea Turtle Protections Rule would triple the number of imperiled sea turtles allowed caught in Hawai’i swordfish longline fishery
June 18, 2009Senate Committee Approves Urgently Needed Clean Water Legislation Clean Water Restoration Act necessary to protect all streams, rivers and lakes
June 18, 2009Groups to Feds: Communities Have Right to Know of Toxic Coal Ash Sites Ask agencies to disclose 44 'high hazard' sites
June 18, 2009City Budgets $141 Million for Toxic Waste Cleanup at Staten Island Site Residents hope city’s commitment means cleanup will begin at long last
June 17, 2009Fish and Wildlife Service Reverses Bush Policy, Protects Rare Seabird Decision one more reason to withdraw Bush Oregon logging plan
June 16, 2009EPA Air Pollution Hearing Draws Advocates From Around CA Affected communities cheer federal proposal to slash pollution from cement kilns
June 12, 2009U.S. EPA to Review Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustors Failure to regulate has allowed release of tons of toxic pollution released annually
June 11, 2009White House Announcement on Mountaintop Removal Does Little to Stop Destruction Federal agencies hide behind misinterpretation of the law to allow mountaintop removal to continue
June 11, 2009Conservationists Applaud Interior Plans to Fix Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sale Interior report cites flaws in Utah lease sale process
June 10, 2009Feds Link Harm to Endangered Puget Sound Killer Whales to Destruction of Freshwater Salmon Habitat in California Scientific finding should affect other salmon rivers
June 10, 2009Wolverines to Get a Second Chance Feds to reconsider Endangered Species Act protections
June 9, 2009Bill Would Protect Drinking Water From Toxic Chemicals Bill seeks to close "Halliburton loophole," requires oil and gas companies to follow the Safe Drinking Water Act
June 8, 2009U.S. Dodges Bullet on NAFTA Glamis Case Mining firm’s claim had major flaws, but four foreign investor cases against U.S. totaling over $6 billion still pending
June 8, 2009Court: Chevron Refinery Must Redo Environmental Review in Richmond, CA Community, public health, and climate advocates cheer
June 4, 2009Federal Court Gives Lake Okeechobee Polluters and State Free Pass to Pollute "Back pumping" polluted water into Okeechobee can continue without Clean Water Act permits
June 4, 2009Fisheries Service Announces Measure to Protect Imperiled California Salmon Fishermen, tribes, and conservationists hail decision to protect fish, jobs, and local communities
June 2, 2009Conservation Groups Challenge Northern Rockies Wolf Delisting State sponsored hunts scheduled for fall
May 28, 2009Obama Administration Calls for Roadless Development Timeout Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen says good first step
May 27, 2009Court Rules Glen Canyon Dam Operations Illegal Dam operated in ways destructive to native Grand Canyon fish
May 27, 2009Colorado Citizens' Groups Go to Court to Defend Oil & Gas Rules Industry refuses to accept new law protecting drinking water & wildlife