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November 9, 2001 | Press Release

Groups Sue U.S. Trade Representative for Concealing Trade Negotiations

Environmental and public interest groups filed suit in US District Court in Washington, DC, for public disclosure of negotiations regarding the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement.

November 9, 2001 | Press Release

Victory for Clean Air and Public Transit in SF Bay Area

U.S. District Court declared that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, with the cooperation of six major transit operators, must increase Bay Area public transit use by 15 percent above 1983 levels.

October 29, 2001 | Press Release

Environmentalists Submit Comments to Corps of Engineers: Don't Continue to Destroy Wetlands and Streams

Environmental organizations strongly protested a US Army Corps of Engineers' proposal continuing broad blanket permission to destroy and damage wetlands and streams.

October 23, 2001 | Press Release

Oral Arguments Heard In Earthjustice Case To Prevent Home And Parkland Damage From Coalmines

The federal District Court for the District of Columbia is scheduled to hear oral arguments today in an Earthjustice case challenging a 1999 Interior Department regulation that allows coal companies to collapse the surface under homes, schools, national parks, and other sensitive areas that Congress protected.

October 23, 2001 | Press Release

Facing Lawsuit, EPA Reclassifies California Central Valley Air Pollution as 'Severe'

Te US Environmental Protection Agency, under threat of legal action by medical, community, and environmental groups, has reclassified California's San Joaquin Valley as a 'severe' region for ozone air pollution.

October 20, 2001 | Case

Recycling A Toxic Fleet Of Ghost Ships

An Earthjustice lawsuit blocked the export of nine ex-naval ghost ships full of toxic materials. The victory ensures that these dangerous ships will be dismantled and recycled safely in the U.S., preventing a long and risky shipment across open waters.

October 10, 2001 | Press Release

Healthy Communities

Groups Sue U.S. Trade Representative for Concealing Trade Negotiations

Victory for Clean Air and Public Transit in SF Bay Area

Environmentalists Submit Comments to Corps of Engineers: Don't Continue to Destroy Wetlands and Streams

Oral Arguments Heard In Earthjustice Case To Prevent Home And Parkland Damage From Coalmines

Facing Lawsuit, EPA Reclassifies California Central Valley Air Pollution as 'Severe'

Recycling A Toxic Fleet Of Ghost Ships

Earthjustice Makes a Stand for Clean Air in California's Imperial Valley

Settlement Reached on Air Pollution Lawsuit in San Joaquin Valley

Citizens and Army Settle Lawsuit Over Live-Fire Training at Makua, Hawai`i

California Developers Lose Attempt to Overturn County's Urban Growth Boundary

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