By MICHAEL JAMISON of the Missoulian
KALISPELL - Shareholders have asked Plum Creek Timber Co. to abandon a deal struck with the U.S. Forest Service, saying short-term gains won through backroom negotiations could result in long-term losses.
“I don’t know if this reaches the level of scandal, but it’s certainly very close,” said Shelley Alpern. “And scandal […]

Global warming harming bears, Arctic Ocean oil and gas development needs time out
Juneau, AK - Earthjustice welcomes protection for polar bears under the Endangered Species Act, but calls on the government to put the brakes on oil and gas activities in polar bear habitat.
“The Arctic is melting and polar bears are feeling the heat,” […]

“Oil and gas development in the Arctic’s Polar Bears Seas must be put on hold until the Bush administration decides what level of protection polar bears deserve,” said Earthjustice attorney Erik Grafe. “Only after deciding what level of protection polar bears warrant can informed decisions be made about how, where and when oil and […]

The pesticides poison farmworkers and drift onto rural schoolyards and homes.
San Francisco, CA - A coalition of farmworker advocates and environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the continued use of four deadly organophosphate pesticides. These pesticides were derived from nerve gas developed during World War II. Some of […]

Seattle, WA – A federal court ruled late Friday that the Bush administration acted illegally by suppressing scientific dissent in order to weaken protections for salmon and clean water from logging on Pacific Northwest federal forests. The ruling came in a case brought by fishing and conservation groups seeking to restore environmental protections primarily […]

Kansas City — The refusal by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to fairly consider objections to a new massive coal-fired power plant near Holcomb was challenged in court today. The plant at the heart of the suit is the proposed Sunflower 2100-megawatt coal-fired power plant.
The environmental law firm, Earthjustice, representing the […]

The 2001 Roadless Rule was a widely supported regulation that protected over 58 million acres of public land on national forests from road construction, commercial logging, and development. Hunters, fishermen, hikers, and millions of regular Americans considered it one of the greatest forest conservation measures in U.S. history. Despite its valuable protections, the 2001 Roadless Rule was formally repealed by the Bush administration in May of 2005.

Bush Administration Regulations Reverse Decades of Progress in Forest
Management, Eliminate Wildlife and Natural Resource Protections

Inuit Leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier Announces Intention to File a Human Right Claim Against the U.S. for its Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Over 6,000 public appeals ignored, fire resistant 30-inch diameter old growth trees to be cut, safeguards for water and wildlife will be limited, logging given preference over protecting communities from wildfire