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June 21, 2001
Fishermen Call For Congressional Hearing Over Klamath Water
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations calls on Congress to hold a field hearing in Eureka, California on the effects of the Klamath Basin water shortage.
June 21, 2001
Court Asked to Order EPA Action on Imperial Valley Air Pollution
Earthjustice asked a federal court to order EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman to decide within 90 days whether Imperial Valley, CA must be reclassified under the Clean Air Act to a more serious air pollution category.
June 13, 2001
California Rivers, Streams and Wetlands Under Attack
California developers filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to undo critical habitat protections for the threatened California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii), the amphibian made famous by Mark Twain's story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."
June 8, 2001
Conservation and Fishing Groups Challenge Army Corps' Decision
Environmental and fishing groups ask a federal judge to order the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to address water quality standard violations caused by the operation of four dams on the lower Snake River.
June 6, 2001
Governor Bush and Cabinet May be Last Hope for Critically Ill Okeechobee
Reacting to the critically ill nature of Lake Okeechobee, leading Florida environmental groups today appealed to Florida Governor Jeb Bush and the Cabinet to order a halt to the pumping of polluted water into the ecologically fragile lake.
May 31, 2001
Ninth Circuit Rules Federal Forest Timber Sales Harm Salmon and Violate Law
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules federal government violating law with timber sales in threatened salmon habitat.
May 31, 2001
Environmental Groups Sue for Sierra Nevada Amphibian Protection
The Fish and Wildlife Service has illegally delayed making a decision on petitions to list the Yosemite Toad and the Sierra Nevada population of the mountain yellow-legged frog.
May 30, 2001
Bush Budget's Fine Print Includes Death Warrant for Endangered Species
Dr. Jane Goodall joins religious leaders, conservationists, and celebrities in calling for a halt to the Bush administration's plan to weaken the ESA through funding cuts and policy changes that would undermine citizen oversight and leave species listing decisions almost entirely in the hands of the Secretary of Interior.
May 24, 2001
Coalition of Environmental Organizations and States Sue EPA over Inadequate Mobile Source Toxics Rule
A coalition of environmental organizations and states today filed a lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency stating that the agency's mobile source air toxics rule falls far short of fulfilling legal requirements of the Clean Air Act.
May 22, 2001
Bush Administration Disregards Congressional Deadline, Finalizes Delay of Arsenic Rule
Bush administration will delay until February a rule to strengthen the standards for arsenic in drinking water.
May 22, 2001
Groups Sue Fisheries Service Again to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles in Hawai'i
Environmental groups sued the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Department of Commerce, and Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce, challenging the decision to authorize continued killing of endangered leatherback and green sea turtles by the Hawai`i-based longline fishery.
May 18, 2001
Energy Conservation and God's Creation
Quoting Scripture and speaking with a powerful moral voice, thirty-nine of the nation's most senior religious leaders released an open letter to President Bush, the Congress and the American people, calling for moral reflection on the country's energy policy.
May 17, 2001
Earthjustice Statement on Bush Administration Energy Plan Released Today; Another Payback for Industry
Responding to today's release of the Bush administration's energy policy, Buck Parker, executive director of Earthjustice said, "We are deeply concerned by several aspects of President Bush's energy policy..."
May 16, 2001
International Trade Agreements and California Law
Earthjustice gave testimony before a joint committee of the California state legislature on international trade and California's attempts to protect its drinking water from MTBE contamination.
May 16, 2001
Citizens to Challenge Environmental Assessment of Military Training at Makua, Hawai'i
Malama Makua, represented by Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, will return to court to challenge the US Army's claim that resuming live-fire training and related activities at Makua Military Reservation on O`ahu would have no significant impact on the more than 40 endangered species and dozens of sacred and cultural sites found at Makua and on neighboring communities.