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September 11, 2000
Earthjustice Files Brief in Defense of Clean Air Act
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, acting on behalf of the American Lung Association, filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court opposing industry attempts to require national air quality standards to be set through cost-benefit analysis.
September 9, 2000
Suit Filed to Strengthen Air Pollution Controls
Earthjustice filed suit in federal court in an attempt to force the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen air pollution regulations in 15 communities throughout the nation.
September 8, 2000
Critical Habitat Proposed for Twain's Jumping Frog
The Fish and Wildlife Service's announcement that almost 5.4 million acres of frog habitat will be designated as "critical habitat" under the Endangered Species Act is a major leap forward for the preservation of the California red-legged frog.
September 5, 2000
Court Order Paves Way to Stop Saltwater Intrusion into Florida's Drinking Water
A federal appeals court ruled to protect southwest Florida's drinking water from saltwater intrusion.
August 24, 2000
Victory for Family Farm Water Rights in Hawai'i
Attorneys persuade the State Water Commission to restore stream flow to the Waiahole-Waikane watershed protecting traditional Hawaiian gathering rights.
August 22, 2000
Russian Environmentalists Sue President Putin Over Dissolution of Environmental Regulatory Agency
Ecojuris Institute, a Russian environmental law group, filed suit asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional and invalid a decree issued by President Vladimir Putin on May 17th that abolished the independent Russian State Committee on Environmental Protection and the Russian Forest Service, and transferred their functions to the Ministry of Natural Resources.
August 10, 2000
Federal Court Rules that Army Corps of Engineers Violated Law
Representatives of the Gulf Islands Conservancy and Friends of the Earth expressed satisfaction and claimed vindication at news that a federal judge has blocked construction of three casino resorts proposed in coastal Mississippi pending a thorough environmental impact study by the Army Corps of Engineers.
August 8, 2000
SEA LION INJUNCTION GOES INTO EFFECT
The ban on trawl fishing in critical habitat for endangered Steller sea lions, ordered last month by a federal court in Seattle, is set to take effect at noon Pacific time August 8th.
July 28, 2000
Court Directs Washington State to Adopt Medical Monitoring for Farm Pesticide Handlers
The Washington State Court of Appeals held that the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA) requires that the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) adopt medical monitoring rules to protect farmworkers who handle neurotoxic pesticides.
July 20, 2000
Court Orders Major Fishery Changes for Steller Sea Lions
A Federal Court ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service must implement immediate and significant changes to the Alaska groundfish fisheries in order to protect endangered Steller sea lions.
July 19, 2000
CONSERVATION GROUPS SUE TO PREVENT ABUSE OF ROADLESS POLICY BY SHOSHONE NATIONAL FOREST
July 17, 2000
Report Finds Ships the Dirtiest Transportation Source, Causing Smog at Sea and in Port
Lawsuit Filed Against EPA for Failure to Regulate Large Ship Emissions
July 13, 2000
SUIT FILED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE IN SOUTHERN NATIONAL FORESTS
Rare Birds, Fish in Southern US Harmed by National Forest Logging
July 12, 2000
CITIZENS DEMAND ATTENTION FOR POLLUTED WATERS IN HAWAII
July 11, 2000
USFWS PROPOSES DROPPING GRAY WOLF PROTECTIONS
Is it Time to Declare Victory?