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Victories

Federal court sets aside controversial Bush administration policy on endangered salmon runs
Decision will require protective controls for toxic emissions from waste burners
Earthjustice fends off Wyoming assault on Clinton-era law
Court shoots down EPA, industry appeals of 2006 ruling that weak agency smog rule violates Clean Air Act
State takes a major step towards protecting against harmful global warming pollution
Legal challenge keeps recycling jobs in the U.S.
Mining company proposed to destroy Alaskan lake and eviscerate the Clean Water Act
Ruling means state and federal water projects may be required to reduce pumping to protect fish from extinction
Government to make Kerr-McGee clean up its gas production facilities
High Court lets stand ruling that blocked thousands of facilities from increasing pollution
Biological Opinion violates ESA and fails to consider impact of Snake River dams

The high court says that carbon dioxide is a pollutant and that EPA has authority to regulate tailpipe emissions.

A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the practice of dumping the rubble into streams from blown up mountaintops violates the Clean Water Act.

To justify an increase in logging on steep slopes in the Northwest, the Forest Service ignored advice from leading scientists including some from the Fish and Wildlife Service.

An attempt by the Bush administration to remove wildlife protection and exclude the public from forest-management decisions is rejected.