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September 4, 2001
Victory for Water Quality in Hawai'i
Judge David Alan Ezra of the Hawai`i District Court has ordered the United States Environmental Protection Agency to identify all of Hawai`i's polluted streams and other water bodies.
July 20, 2001
Judge Halts Army Training at Makua
A U.S. District Court in Hawai`i issued an order barring the U.S. Army from conducting live-fire training exercises at Makua Military Reservation (MMR) on O`ahu pending a final decision on whether the Army must prepare a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
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 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.
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.
January 3, 2001
Citizens Sue to Protect Critical Habitat for 17 Forest Birds in Hawai'i
Attorneys in Earthjustice's Honolulu office filed suit in federal district court on behalf of Conservation Council for Hawai`i (CCH) seeking to compel federal agencies to take action on CCH's 1992 petition to designate critical habitat for 17 species of severely imperiled Hawaiian forest birds.
December 20, 2000
Citizens File Lawsuit to Protect Makua Valley
Earthjustice filed suit against the U.S. Army, once again seeking an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act for training and related activities at Makua Military Reservation on O`ahu.
December 12, 2000
Suit Filed to Halt Navy Bombing of Migratory Birds on Pacific Island
Earthjustice filed suit in federal court in the District of Columbia to stop the U.S. Navy from continuing to use the Pacific island of Farallon de Medinilla for live-fire training, endangering protected birds.
November 20, 2000
COURT RULES FISHERIES SERVICE ILLEGALLY FAILING TO PROTECT MONK SEALS IN HAWAII; INJUNCTION ISSUED
Federal District Court Judge Samuel King has issued a ruling declaring that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is also illegally failing to protect the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal from the impacts of two other local fisheries, the lobster fishery and the portion of the bottomfish fishery operating in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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.
July 12, 2000
CITIZENS DEMAND ATTENTION FOR POLLUTED WATERS IN HAWAII
June 26, 2000
JUDGE ORDERS FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO PROTECT IMPERILED O`AHU FOREST BIRD'S CRITICAL HABITAT
June 8, 2000
VICTORY FOR IMPERILED HAWAIIAN INVERTEBRATES
April 18, 2000
Citizen Suit Secures Protection For Imperiled O`ahu Forest Bird
Native forest bird to be added to the Endangered Species List and get legal protection
April 3, 2000
Citizen Suit To Protect Habitat For Guam Endangered Species
Seven endangered species need legal protection to survive