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document September 29, 2015

Court Opinion: Overturning Approval of Weak Haze Pollution Plan for Pennsylvania

On Petition for Review of Final Agency Action of the U.S. EPA (EPA-R03-OAR-2012-0002). The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the EPA’s approval of a Pennsylvania plan that failed to protect parks and wilderness areas from haze pollution generated by power plants and factories.

document September 28, 2015

Poll Results: New Poll Shows Strong Support for the Endangered Species Act in Missouri

Nearly three-fourths of registered voters in Missouri support upholding the Endangered Species Act

document September 28, 2015

Poll Results: New Poll Shows Strong Support for the Endangered Species Act in Indiana

Eighty-three percent of registered voters in Indiana support upholding the Endangered Species Act

document September 28, 2015

Poll results: New Poll Shows Strong Support for the Endangered Species Act in Montana

Three-fourths of registered voters in Montana support upholding the Endangered Species Act

document September 28, 2015

Poll results: New Poll Shows Strong Support for the Endangered Species Act in Colorado

Eight in ten registered voters in Colorado support upholding the Endangered Species Act, including 49% who strongly support it

document September 25, 2015

COURT DOCUMENT: Settlement

Maui County and four community groups represented by Earthjustice—Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund, Surfrider Foundation, Sierra Club-Maui Group, and West Maui Preservation Association—lodged a settlement in federal court that requires the County to come up with safer ways to dispose of wastewater at its Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility.

document September 23, 2015

Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate

Environmental justice and conservation groups are suing the Southern California city of Moreno Valley over its approval of the World Logistics Center, a sprawling 40-million-square-foot warehouse project.

document September 21, 2015

Letter to Oakland City Council on the Proposed Oakland Coal Export Terminal

On behalf of the Sierra Club, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, San Francisco Baykeeper, and Communities for a Better Environment, to provide a response to the September 8, 2015 letter sent by Stice & BlockLLP and attachments on behalf of the Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal, LLC.

document September 21, 2015

Exhibit: Environmental, Health And Safety Impacts Of The Proposed Oakland Bulk And Oversized Terminal

Prepared by Phyllis Fox, Ph.D., PE, Consulting Engineer. Exhibit to letter sent on September 21, 2015, to the Oakland City Council from Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, San Francisco Baykeeper, and Communities for a Better Environment.

document September 21, 2015

Exhibit: Technical Memorandum – Air Quality, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice Issues from Oakland Trade and Global Logistics Center

Prepared by Sustainable Systems Research, LLC. Exhibit to letter sent on September 21, 2015, to the Oakland City Council from Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, San Francisco Baykeeper, and Communities for a Better Environment.

document September 18, 2015

Judge Upholds Decision to End “No-Otter Zone” Allowing Population to Expand Southward

Ruling upholds Fish & Wildlife Service’s decision to end misguided program

document September 16, 2015

Full Florida Poll Results: Earthjustice & GreenLatinos – 2015 Environmental Attitudes Survey by Latino Decisions

Complete Florida results, in English and Spanish.

document September 16, 2015

Official Latino Decisions Polling Memo: Earthjustice & GreenLatinos 2015 Environmental Attitudes Survey (Florida Results)

Latino Decisions, in partnership with Earthjustice and GreenLatinos, conducted a national survey of Latino registered voters and their attitudes toward the environment. Polling memo for Florida results.

document September 15, 2015

Report: Clearing Up the Smog

Earthjustice releases a report that exposes the deeply flawed economic analysis being circulated by polluters to oppose more protective ozone standards. The findings show that industry has been exaggerating the cost of meeting stronger standards by more than 700% while ignoring major health and other benefits.

document September 14, 2015

Court Document: Navy Agrees to Limit Underwater Assaults on Whales and Dolphins

A federal court entered an order settling two cases challenging the U.S. Navy’s training and testing activities off the coasts of Southern California and Hawai‘i, securing long-sought protections for whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals by limiting Navy activities in vital habitat.

document September 14, 2015

Navy Sonar & Marine Mammals: Maps

Maps of where certain U.S. Navy activities will be limited under the September 2015 settlement.

document September 14, 2015

Navy Sonar & Marine Mammals: Map 1

Areas around Hawaii Island.