|National Smog Standards||Earthjustice is fighting for stronger
limits on ozone or smog -- pollution linked to premature deaths,
thousands of emergency room visits, and tens of thousands of
asthma attacks each year. Ozone is especialy dangerous to small
children and senior citizens, who are often warned to stay
indoors on polluted days. Smog pollution can also severely
damage forests and plants, stunting their growth and increasing
the risk of die-off from disease. Unfortunately, smog standards
recently adopted by the U.S. EPA are far weaker than recommended
unanimously by the agency's own science advisors, leaving public
health and the environment at great risk. Earthjustice is
challenging these standards on behalf of public health and
conservation groups.| |Strengthening Protections for Our
Nation's Forests|| In 2007, Earthjustice won its challenge to
the Bush administration's 2005 revision of the National Forest
Management Act planning regulations, which govern management of
the 193-million-acre National F