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Victories

Long Overdue, Army Corps of Engineers Suspends Nationwide Permits for Mountaintop Removal Mining
Next step: Corps should end the destructive dumping of mining waste in our nation's waters
Senate Stands Up for Clean Air in America
In crucial vote, Senate refuses to give big polluters a bailout
EPA Moves to Ban DDT-Like Pesticide Endosulfan
Agency announcement represents 180-degree turn from previous administration
Florida Coal Plant Victory Leads to Renewable Power
In 2007, Earthjustice successfully opposed Florida Power and Light's proposal to build what would have been America's largest coal-fired power plant. Two years later, the utility announced plans to harness a different kind of energy: solar.
Obama Dumps Bush Rule on ESA Consultation

Important protections for the nation's most-endangered wildlife, such as the grizzly bear, salmon and manatee, were restored when the Obama administration repealed an eleventh-hour Bush rule allowing federal agencies to skip consulting with wildlife experts on many federal projects.

Wilderness Wins Over Drilling
A controversial oil and gas lease sale pushed by the Bush administration has been halted.
Court Rejects Stockgrowers' Demand to Haze or Slaughter All Horse Butte Bison
Cattle conflict non-existent
Finally -- The Valley of Mineral King Becomes Wilderness
Mineral King—the Sierra "birthplace" of Earthjustice and of environmental law—is one of many wild places across the nation that were granted wilderness status on March 25 by Congress, freeing them from the threat of degradation by development.
Exhilaration As Dam Falls on Rogue River
The Rogue River in Oregon is running free for the first time in 88 years—thanks to Earthjustice. Attorney Mike Sherwood tells how this dam removal is just part of the larger effort to restore salmon and steelhead runs throughout the West Coast.
Dazzling Flathead Valley Preserved From Development
In dramatic victories for conservation, the governments of British Columbia and Montana have signed an agreement to ban all mining and energy development on public lands in the transboundary North Fork of the Flathead River valley.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Soon Restrict Pesticide Use in Northwest
Move comes after pesticide makers refuse to take steps to protect salmon
EPA Cracks Down on Toxic Air Pollution
New rules will dramatically cut toxic air pollution, but potential exemptions leave many communities vulnerable
Hawaiian Supreme Court Puts Brakes on Outdated North Shore Development Plan
Developers will need to supplement decades-old review
EPA to Curb Power Plant Pollution

Toxic mercury, arsenic and dioxins emissions to be reduced

Court: EPA Must Rein In Unregulated Industrial Toxic Air Polluters
Coal- and oil-fired power plants will lose Bush-era exemption