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Victories

Protecting Puget Sound's Resident Orcas

Orcas get recognition by National Marine Fisheries Service, critical habitat established

Whale Advocates Join Suit to Defend Orca Whale Protections as Most of Puget Sound is Declared "Critical Habitat"
Developers challenged protection. More habitat protection needed
EPA to Phase Out Pesticide that Poisons Farmworkers
Lawsuit forces EPA to take action to protect workers
Army Corps of Engineers Suspends Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits
Unprecedented announcement means King Coal to stop burying streams at four West Virginia mines
Maui County Invests $7.2 Million To Secure Its Water Future
FY 07 Budget includes funding to appraise and acquire plantation watersheds & assets
Salmon Advocates Win Major Victory in Federal Court Over Snake River Water Operations
A federal judge has ruled that water management in the Upper Snake River basin illegally harms salmon.
House Affirms Need to Protect All U.S. Waters
Vote will block funds for policy of disowning certain waters
House Kills Tongass Logging Roads Funding
Forest Service road building for commercial logging was notorious taxpayer ripoff
House Votes to Stop Subsidizing Logging in the Tongass
Legislation seeks to protect America's largest intact temperate rainforest, sustainable economies dependent on it, and even save taxpayers money.
A Victory for Environmental Justice

Environmental justice advocates won an important victory when the Hastings amendment was adopted into the House Interior and EPA appropriations bill.

House Rejects Bush Administration's Misguided Water Policy
Vote will block funds for policy of disowning certain waters.
EPA to Adopt Stronger Drinking Water Protections
Agreement with EPA ends years of agency delay in guarding against deadly parasites and bacteria
Atomic Safety Board Orders Environmental Review of Proposed Nuclear Irradiator at Honolulu Airport
Concerned citizens secure public input on controversial project
Judge Blocks Forest Service Move to Exclude Public from Project Decisions
The public's right to appeal agency decisions is reinstated
Federal Appeals Court Tosses Wyoming's Wolf Lawsuit
Setback to state effort to force its anti-wolf views