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Sierra Club and Utility Agree to Landmark Global Warming Plan
A Victory for Illinois Clean Air and National Tallgrass Prairie
Enviropower's Proposed Dirty Coal Plant Poses Environmental Problems for Illinois
Weston 4 Coal Plant Challenge Moves Forward; Commission Refers Case to Attorney General for Investigation
Judge Stops Bush Giveaway to Polluters at Oglethorpe Power
Defending New Mexico’s Renewable Energy Program
WV Coal Plant to Have Strict Pollution Controls Thanks to Settlement
Beaufort Sea Oil and Gas Leases in Alaska
Challenging Secret Drilling Plans in the Arctic Nat’l Wildlife Refuge
Stopping Secret Giveaways to Wisconsin Electric Power Company
Delaware Sierra Club Looks to Forestall Backroom Deal between Oil Company and the Bush Administration
Challenging Timber Sales in the South
Series of Wins for Democracy in the National Forests
Grizzly Bear Fate Unknown in Montana
Defending Aquatic Ecosystems along the Wide Missouri
Saving Turkey Creek
Land Swaps or Land Grabs: National Forests and Ski Resorts
When Highways and Wildlands Intersect: Utah and Iowa
Preventing Clearcutting in Arkansas' Hardwoods
No More Roads through the Paradise Ridge Prairie in Idaho
Efforts to Protect Mammoth Lakes Area Continue in the Sierra Nevada
Protecting America’s Waterways: Multiple Cases
Trails, Not ORVs in Washington State
Florida Panhandle at Risk; Court Orders Stop to Construction Projects for Now
Historic Legacy Highway Settlement Passed in Utah
Protections Won for Snowy Plover Habitat in California
Judge Upholds Motorized Boat Limit at Boundary Waters
Protecting Steelhead Salmon in the Northwest
Coalition Fighting to Protect Alaska’s Northern Slope
Rock Island Preserve Saved from Highway 100 in Iowa
Challenging Secret Drilling Plans in the Arctic Nat’l Wildlife Refuge
Protecting Wisconsin's North Woods
Protecting the Sierra Nevada's National Forests
Victory in the Lolo National Forest in Montana
Stopping Logging Through the Boundary Waters Wilderness
Sierra Club “Friendly” to Coastal Tidelands in South Carolina
Yellowstone National Park Under Siege from Snowmobiles
No More Mining at Zuni Salt Lake
Protecting Bears from the Federal Exterminators
Development Threatens Endangered Southern Steelhead
Condos Threaten Coastal Dunes along Alabama's Coast
Dirty Nationwide Dredge-and-Fill Permits Rejected
Saving wetlands and wildlife from Utah's Legacy Highway
A Victory for Illinois Clean Air and National Tallgrass Prairie
Administration’s “Switcheroo” Thrown Out in Air Pollution Case
Supreme Court Sides with Local Farmers in Pesticide Suit
Inactive Colorado Mine Wastes must be Reported, Rules Judge in 10th Circuit
Alabama's Terrapin Creek Protected from Gold Mining Operation
Workers, Sierra Club Concerned about Ammonia at Threemile Canyon CAFO
Pollution Reduction Fleet Rules Upheld in South Coast Basin of CA
Hazardous Waste Incinerator Poses Threat of Air Pollution in St. Louis Area
Incinerator Rules Deemed Lacking in D.C. Court Ruling
Health of Tennesse Waterways Protected: Coal Mining Corp ordered to Stop Destructive Practices
No More Mining at Zuni Salt Lake
No More Guessing on Air Emissions in California
Georgia Pollution Plan Not Good Enough
Cement Plant Threatens Air Quality in Missouri
Circumventing Sprawl in Burlington, Vermont
Challenging Sprawl Nationwide
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Unhealthy Factory Farm Pollution Rule
Raising the Bar on Power Plant Pollution
Tyson Forced to Clean Up Its Act
Working to Stop Backroom Deals with Big Agriculture
Clean-up Plans for Delaware Waters
Revoking Florida’s Free Pass to Pollute: Taking Away Water Permitting Rights
Victory in Maine Requires Pollution Control Measures to Combat Smog
Cyanide Mining in Summit County, Colorado
Demanding Adequate Regulation of Radioactive Wastes
Maine’s Waters Safer with Halt of Aerial Spraying
Bush Administration Ignored Hazardous Air Quality in Dallas-Fort Worth
Florida Panhandle at Risk; Court Orders Stop to Construction Projects for Now
Historic Legacy Highway Settlement Passed in Utah
DC Seeks to Stop Toxic Trains at Risk from Terrorism
Proposed Lake Lanier Pollution Stopped by Georgia Supreme Court
Stopping Mercury Where it Starts: Chlorine Factories in the U.S.
Clean Water Safeguarded in West Virginia
Coalition Victory in the Battle for a Living Wage
Stopping mega-dairies in Northern California
Supreme Court Upholds Strict Air Standards in the Imperial Valley
Protecting America’s Waterways: Multiple Cases
Cleaner Water for Kansas Citizens
Toxic Waste Cleanup Exemptions
Hogs, Hogs, Everywhere Hogs
Victory Over Animal Factory Pollution in Alabama
California Animal Feedlots and Drinking Water
Hatton Canyon Saved . . . Again
Efforts to Protect Mammoth Lakes Area Continue in the Sierra Nevada
State of the Air in St. Louis: Bush Administration Changes Horses in Midstream
Delaware Sierra Club Looks to Forestall Backroom Deal between Oil Company and the Bush Administration
Wisconsin Forced to Toughen Clean Air Permits
Enforcing the Clean Air Act for California's Air
Radioactive Waste in Pacific Northwest
Yellowstone National Park Under Siege from Snowmobiles
Saving Turkey Creek
Challenging Nike’s Greenwashing
Defending Aquatic Ecosystems along the Wide Missouri
Dirty Nationwide Dredge-and-Fill Permits Rejected
Saving wetlands and wildlife from Utah's Legacy Highway
Bush Administration Case Against Greenpeace Thrown Out
Weighing in with the WTO
Sierra Club and Utility Agree to Landmark Global Warming Plan
A Victory for Illinois Clean Air and National Tallgrass Prairie
Weston 4 Coal Plant Challenge Moves Forward; Commission Refers Case to Attorney General for Investigation
Enviropower's Proposed Dirty Coal Plant Poses Environmental Problems for Illinois
WV Coal Plant to Have Strict Pollution Controls Thanks to Settlement
Other Cases
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