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March 20, 2001
Environmental Organizations Call for Increased Protection of Plant Habitat on Maui and Kaho'olawe
Environmental groups renewed their efforts to protect dozens of threatened and endangered Hawaiian plants by calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to follow the law and designate critical habitat in all areas essential to the plants' recovery.
March 19, 2001
Victory for Gulf Sturgeon, Other Endangered Species
The endangered Gulf Sturgeon and other rare species were granted additional protections by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
March 19, 2001
National Forest Roadless Policy in Peril
In response to a court challenge seeking to overturn the roadless policy filed by Boise Cascade Company, the state of Idaho and others, the U.S. Justice Department Friday "committed to postponing" implementation of the policy yet again.
March 16, 2001
US Agrees to Open Secret Chemical Trade Advisory Committee to Environmentalists
The Office of the United States Trade Representative and the U.S. Commerce Department announced that they will appoint one environmental representative to the all-industry Chemical Industrial Sector Advisory Committee that advises the government on chemical trade related matters.
March 16, 2001
East Bay Hills Get Reprieve
Two federal agencies have agreed to re-think their approval of a sprawling East Bay development after a legal challenge from Bay Area environmentalists.
March 7, 2001
U.S. Trade Representative Sued for Hiding Documents from Public
Earthjustice filed a lawsuit challenging the US Trade Representative's latest trade negotiations for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas, which would expand the North American Free Trade Agreement -- NAFTA -- to encompass the entire hemisphere.
March 7, 2001
Settlement Will Reduce Lake Okeechobee Pollution by 70 Percent
As a result of a settlement agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, there will be a 70 percent reduction of phosphorus pollution permitted into Lake Okeechobee in Okeechobee County, Florida.
March 6, 2001
Mark Twain's "Celebrated Jumping Frog" Finally Receives Habitat Protection
After years of delay and under federal court order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a rule to protect the habitat of the threatened California red-legged frog.
March 2, 2001
Coalition Defends Clean Air Standards for Diesel Trucks and Buses
A coalition of public health, environmental and conservation organizations intervened in a case to oppose the oil refining industry's attacks on an EPA regulation requiring large diesel trucks and buses to reduce air pollution.
February 27, 2001
Supreme Court Upholds Clean Air Standards Against Industry Attack
In a victory for clean air, the US Supreme Court upheld the authority of the EPA to set smog and soot standards.
February 27, 2001
Environmental Groups Intervene to Protect Giant Sequoia National Monument
Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council intervened in a case to protect Giant Sequoia National Monument, created to conserve nearly 330,000 acres of forest ecosystems and the last unprotected giant sequoia groves in the Sierra Nevada.
February 23, 2001
Alaskan Conservation Groups Defend Undisturbed National Forests in Court
On behalf of eight conservation groups, lawyers from Earthjustice and Natural Resources Defense Council filed court papers against the State of Alaska's lawsuit seeking to overturn the U.S. Forest Service's new Roadless Rule.
February 22, 2001
Maxxam/Pacific Lumber on Notice to Halt Illegal Discharges of Pollution into Northern California Rivers
Citing violations of the Clean Water Act, the Garberville-based Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) put Maxxam/Pacific Lumber (Maxxam/PL) on formal notice that they will file a federal lawsuit in 60 days if the company continues to illegally discharge pollution into five watersheds.
February 21, 2001
Lawsuit Filed to Fix Bay Area Transit and Air Pollution Problems
A coalition of environmental, transit, and community groups filed suit in U.S. District Court against the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and two Bay Area transit operators to enforce long-standing, unfulfilled commitments to improve transit ridership and air quality.
February 20, 2001
Endangered Manatees Awarded New Protections Thanks to Landmark Legal Settlement
Florida's manatees received a welcome boost today with the announcement of a settlement between the conservationists and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC).