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September 28, 2001 | Press Release

Court Rejects Clean Air Label For Cincinnati

Earthjustice called a recent federal appeals court decision that rejected designation of metropolitan Cincinnati as a clean air region "an important step in ensuring the citizens of Cincinnati have healthy air to breathe."

September 18, 2001 | Press Release

Schregardus Withdraws Nomination to EPA

Donald Schregardus, the Bush administration nominee for the EPA's top enforcement position, withdraws his name from consideration.

September 4, 2001 | Press Release

Victory for Water Quality in Hawai'i

Judge David Alan Ezra of the Hawai`i District Court has ordered the United States Environmental Protection Agency to identify all of Hawai`i's polluted streams and other water bodies.

September 4, 2001 | Press Release

New Study Analyzes Seven Years of Corporate Investor Challenges to Democratic Governance and State Sovereignty Under NAFTA

A new report documents the growing threat to democratic govenanace posed by the corporate rights already granted under NAFTA to be expanded under the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

August 14, 2001 | Press Release

Airport Expansion at Mammoth Lakes, CA on Hold

A controversial airport expansion project in the eastern Sierra Nevada will get a much-needed dose of scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Administration.

August 14, 2001 | Press Release

Bush Administration Continues to Plan Energy Policy Behind Closed Doors

Earthjustice called the Environmental Protection Agency's decision not to release its final New Source Review report to the public the latest attempt by the Bush administration to shroud the energy policy process in secrecy.

August 8, 2001 | Press Release

Bush Administration Proposes to Weaken Vital Clean Water Act Permitting Program

Earthjustice called today's announcement by the Bush administration that it will weaken a key program under the Clean Water Act another extreme example of pandering to the special interests that helped get the President elected.

July 27, 2001 | Press Release

Attempt To Weaken Clean Air Standards Called An Attack On Public Health

Reacting to the latest expected attempt by industry to circumvent clean air standards, Earthjustice called the effort an attack on public health.

July 26, 2001 | Press Release

Conservation Group Sues to Protect Wetlands from Outdated Facilities at Duke Energy Facility in Monterey County

Earthjustice filed suit in state court to compel Duke Energy's proposed expansion of its Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County to obey the Clean Water Act.

July 25, 2001 | Press Release

Environmentalists Sue to Halt Federal Clean Water Violations by Pacific Lumber Co. in Northern California

Charging that Pacific Lumber Company is illegally dumping pollution and violating the Clean Water Act, Earthjustice filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court to challenge logging operations in one of the most imperiled watersheds on California's North Coast.

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