|Northwest Forest Plan: Aquatic Conservation Strategy||The
Northwest Forest Plan was written to balance timber demand with
wildlife needs. A part -- the Aquatic Conservation Strategy --
aims to protect salmon and clean water. The Bush administration
has drastically weakened the strategy, and on March 30, 2007, a
federal court found that administration acted illegally by
suppressing scientific evidence.| |Mercury from Chlorine
Plants||Mercury is a well-known byproduct of burning coal in
power plants, but another source -- chlorine plants -- goes
unmeasured, let alone regulated. An Earthjustice lawsuit seeks
to force the Environmental Protection Agency to correct this
dangerous situation.| |California Spotted Owl||The Fish and
Wildlife Service declined to grant federal protection to the
California spotted owl arguing that a management plan known as
the Sierra Framework would do so -- then it gutted the
framework. Earthjustice has filed suit to seek Endangered
Species Act protection for the owl.| |California Log