Posts Tagged ‘Environmental News’

Court Ruling Protects Salmon and Clean Water from Harmful Logging

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

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 […]

Coal Plant Expansion Challenged by Conservation Groups

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

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 […]


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