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2013

May 14, 2013 - OCE wins environmental improvement to local sewers | MercuryNews.com
February 27, 2013 - OCE comment letters to EPA | Regulatory Flexibility Act comments to the EPA l Enforcement Priority comments to the EPA
January 29, 2013 - Our Children's Earth Foundation and Ecological Rights Foundation file Endangered Species Act citizen suit against Stanford concerning the Searsville Dam | CItizen's Suit Notice l Palo Alto Online l MecuryNews.com | InsideBayArea.com | The California Report - Audio l Houston Chronicle l The Sacramento Bee l SFGate l The Republic l The Stanford Daily - Article 1 Article 2 l The Almanac l KQED

July 2, 2012 - Visibility to Improve at 18 National Parks and Wilderness Areas: EPA Proposes Major Clean Air Updates to Three Aging Arizona Coal Power Plants to Protect Health and Parks | EPA News Release | Earthjustice
June 24, 2012 - OCE Lawyers Named Finalists for Trial Lawyer of the Year Award: Our tireless OCE lawyers are being recognized nationally for their heroic efforts in our TVA case Their success in that case resulted in one of the largest reduction of  pollution from coal fired power plants ever!  | Public Justice | News Release
May 23, 2012 - United States: Environmental Groups Challenge California's "Cap And Trade" Regulations | mondaq
May 21, 2012 - Sierra Club Sues EPA over Schiller Station Permits | PortsmouthPatch
May 18, 2012 - The world according to CARB | CalWatchdog
April 12, 2012 - An "Additional" Challenge to California's GHG Cap-and-Trade Regime | McGuireWoods
March 28, 2012 - OCE Publishes Import FAQ In The Fight for Effective California Cap-and-Trade Solution
March 1, 2012 - Grants awarded for watershed restoration | KHON2 l Green Hawaii's Sustainable Living Magazine
February 27, 2012 - Watershed Restoration Grants Awarded to Two Hawaii Environmental Groups | Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing
February 24, 2012 - Group to use $230,000 grant to capture runoff | Honolulu Star Advertiser | Press Display
February 3, 2012 - Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act in United States of America and State of Hawaii v. City and County of Honolulu | Federal Register Volume 77, Number 23
January 7, 2012 - Apple moth treatment opponents make case | Register Pajaronian
January 5, 2012 - Cities, citizens file suit against LBAM plan | Sonoma News
January 3, 2012 - Apple Moth Lawsuit Opening Brief: State’s Analysis Gives License to Spray Pesticides Indefinitely without Studying Health Effects | Office of the City Attorney News Release | Opening Brief

November 14, 2011 - Clean Air Groups Settle With EPA Over Haze Cleanup | Environment News Service
November 9, 2011 - EPA Sets Schedule to Improve Visibility in the Nation's Most Treasured Natural Areas | Consent Decree | Fact Sheet
November 9, 2011 - Clean Air Groups Announce Court Settlement Requiring Haze Cleanup Action for 43 States | National Parks Conservation Association | Class I areas that are covered by the Clean Air Act
November 9, 2011 - US EPA agrees to schedule on several state haze plan | Platts
November 8, 2011 - Cleaning Up Commonly Found Air Pollutants - The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act | US EPA
August 9, 2011 - City offers two grant programs for sewer lateral replacement | WaterWorld | MercuryNews.com
June 8, 2011 - The Environmental Protection Agency recently posted a page listing Our Children's Earth Foundation as one of 16 national organizations working on reduction strategies for smog-producing ozone. We are proud to be in good company. | US EPA List
May 23, 2011 - After OCE teamed with other organizations to reach a landmark settlement that will drastically reduce air pollution for coal, the President and CEO of TVA noted that "While the commitments TVA has made are noteworthy and challenging, the agreements contain a number of innovative features that provide TVA flexibility to make good decisions as it goes about the business of reducing emissions in the most cost-effective manner possible. The benefits of the agreements to the ratepayers and citizens of the Tennessee Valley are multiple: cleaner air, continued reliable and affordable electric service, and enhanced economic opportunities." | Personal Thank You Letter from TVA's Tom Kilgore
May 20, 2011 - Our Children's Earth's Consent Decree with the City of Pacifica
Ensures Cleaner Water | Media Alert
April 26, 2011 - Letter to Members from Executive Director, Tiffany Schauer
April 14, 2011 - Blockbuster Agreement: OCE reaches landmark legal settlement with Tennessee Valley Authority slashing air pollution from coal fired power plants | CNN.com | nytimes.com | Businessweek | see more links...
March 25-30, 2011 - Major clean air victory for OCE in Alabama: “There is a demonstrated link between fine particle pollution and asthma in children,” said Tiffany Schauer, Executive Director of Our Children’s Earth Foundation. “Thanks to today’s action, every family in Alabama can breathe a little easier.” | Alabama Environmental Council | State Implementation Plans | Fact Sheet | CBS 42 Birmingham | The Times Daily | WHNT | The Locust Fork News-Journal | al.com | Inside EPA
March 4, 2011 - EPA: Coal Ash rules won’t be done this year | The Charleston Gazette | Coal Tattoo
February 28, 2011 - Group Press Congress to Protect Kentuckians' Health from Toxic Coal Ash Pollution | Press Release
February 24, 2011 - Please Vote No on Any Continuing Resolution Riders Seeking to Defund EPA Coal Ash Work | Coal Ash Rider Letter
February 11, 2011 - EPA Releases More Electric Utility Plans to Improve Safety of Coal Ash Impoundments | US EPA Aging Initiative
February 1, 2011 - EPA’s Blind Spot: Hexavalent Chromium in Coal Ash | Coal Ash Chrome Report | Earthjustice
January 19, 2011 - OCE joins environmental groups' Notice to Sue the U.S. EPA for Clean Air Act Violations impacting National Parks - National Parks Conservation Association Press Release | Environment News Service | The Seattle Times | National Parks Traveler | Los Angeles Times | RV News Service

2010

August 10 - EPA, DOJ, State of Hawaii, environmental groups, reach agreement with the City and County of Honolulu to address wastewater collection and treatment systems - EPA Press Release | Hawaii Free Press | Manufacturing.net | Consent Decree for the City and County of Honolulu
August 10 - Honolulu reaches settlement over Clean Water Act violations - Hawaii News Now
August 10 - Honolulu to Upgrade Wastewater Collection System - WJTV.com
July 15 - Hannemann Builds Consensus Among EPA and Environmentalists - Just the Facts
June 28 - Sewer improvements, higher fees a result of settlement - Hawaii News Now
June 28 - Deal aims to stop sewage spills on Waikiki beaches - ABC News | Buffalo News | CBS News | Federal News Radio | MSNBC | SunHerald | The Kansas City Star | The News Tribune | The Palm Beach Post | The Seattle Times | The Washington Post
June 28 - EPA, city of Honolulu reach deal to prevent more beach sewage spills by upgrading aging pipes - LA Times
June 26 - City close to settling wastewater lawsuit - KNON2
June 3 - Environmental activists sue Pacifica for alleged ocean pollution - WaterWorld
May 19 - Get in Line: Another Public-Interest Group Sues the City of Pacifica - Pacifica Riptide
May 11 - Suits filed over light brown apple moth - Sonoma News
April 24 - Is it safe to spray to eradicate the light brown apple moth? Legal battles brew - LA Times
April 22 - Calif sued over new apple moth control plan - San Jose Mercury News
April 22 - OCE challenges California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) over state-sponsored pesticide spraying
April 22 - Cities & Citizens Sue over Apple Moth Program - Pan North America Press Release
April 22 - Godzilla versus Mothra: the LBAM sequel - San Francisco Bay Guardian
April 14 - The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Doesn't Deserve the Starring Role - Huffington Post
April 2 - Oakland City Attorney Applauds End to Apple Moth Spraying - OaklandSeen
March 22 - OCE files petition against state-sponsored pesticide spraying

2009

Dec. 22 - OCE marks the one year anniversary of the TVA Kingston ash spill with a call for tougher regulation - Washington Post ad
Dec. 14 - OCE Wants TVA Prosecuted in Ash Spill - AP New York Times
Dec. 14 - OCE supported Environmental Integrity Project releases report on Tennessee Valley Authority "Outside The Law" and sends letter to President Obama
Nov. 6 - OCE Prompted Audit of City's Sewers Finds Safety Concerns - The Daily Californian Online
Nov. 5 - OCE Legal Action Prompts EPA To Say Berkeley Violated Water Act - The Berkeley Daily Planet
June 10 - TVA'S Clean Air Efforts -- and Lawsuits - Metro Pulse
June 2 - Ex-TVA official says he Violated Clean Air Act - knoxnews.com
June 1 - OCE & TVA spar in court - The Daily Times
April 10 - OCE Influences EPA to Reconsider Bush-era Move to Ease Clean Air Rule in Alabama - Environment News Service
April 10 - Obama breathes life back into OCE’s opposition to easing of power plant regulations - Alabama Rivers Alliance
Jan. 27 - OCE Sound Alarm on Unregulated Coal Ash Waste - Alabama Rivers Alliance
Jan. 6 - OCE support instrumental in EPA ruling requiring city to clean up sewer contamination - Star-Bulletin | Honolulu Advertiser | U.S. EPA

2008

Nov. 18 - OCE lawsuit prompts Judge to order City of Honolulu to release sewage-spill information - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Oct. 2 - OCE asks U.S. Supreme Court to Review Water Standards - Inside EPA
Aug. 20 - Honolulu Found Liable for Hundreds of Clean Water Violations - Associated Press
Aug. 20 - Judge Finds Honolulu Liable for 297 Violations in Sewage Spills - Honolulu Advertiser
Aug. 20 - Federal Judge Finds Honolulu Liable for Clean Water Violations - KPUA
Aug. 19 - OCE victorious in case finding Honolulu city and county liable for thousands of Clean Water Act violations - News Release
Aug. 7 - Settlement on School Bus Fixes to Cut Fumes - SF Gate
Aug. 6 - Better Buses for California School Children: Laidlaw Transit to Provide Clean School Buses - News Release
May 23 - OCE-funded Lawsuit Helps Clean-Up of Texas Power Plant - News Release | Consent Decree
May 13 - Judge Denies City and County of Honolulu’s Request to Delay Controlling Sewage - News Release | U.S. District Court Order
Jan. 1 - EPA's Review of Effluent Guidelines Must Adhere to Technology-Based Approach - U.S. Law Week

2007

Dec. 17 - Santa Maria Times: Grant OK'd for Farmworker Van Program
Dec. 12 - Star-Bulletin Editorial: Writing on the Wall for City's Water Treatment Plants
Dec. 11 - EPA Denies Sand Island Exemption
Nov. 12 - Inside EPA - Ruling May Force Strict Technology Approach in EPA Effluent Reviews
Nov. 1 - Honolulu City and County liable for thousands of Clean Water Act violations - U.S. District Court Order - Read the Honolulu Star-Bulletin's editorial l - Read the Honolulu Advertiser's coverage - More from the Honolulu Advertiser
Nov. 1 - EPA must consider the best technologies for water pollution discharges - U.S.9th Circuit Court Order - Watch the Daily Case Report (external link) - Read SF Gate's coverage
Sept 24 - Honolulu spending millions fighting environmental lawsuit
August 8 - School bus company to fix or replace all its diesel vehicles
May 17 - School bus company falsified emissions test data
May 15 - Request for Cancer Warnings on School Buses Spells Trouble for Laidlaw
April 18 - Honolulu City and County liable for thousands of Clean Water Act Violations
April 5 - Governor, Mayor talk stink over sewage plant upgrade order
March 23 - OCE headed back to court with EPA over Honolulu sewage spill

2006

May 2 - OCE and the Environmental Law Foundation take action to protect public school children from the harmful effects of diesel engine exhaust
March 15 - OCE Submits Friend of the Court Brief to the Supreme Court on Power Plant Regulations
January 11 - OCE Takes Action to Stop Illegal Toxic Discharges into San Francisco Bay |
Complaint

2005

December 15 - OCE tells EPA to reduce hazardous emissions from refineries throughout the US
View the consent decree here
October 18 - Refineries Should be Required to Install Up-to-Date Air Pollution Controls
August 30 - VICTORY! OCE Action Leads to Reduced Pollution from Petroleum Refineries! | Federal Register Notice | Consent Decree
July 14 - OCE appeals court's decision, U.S. EPA should review and revise water standards
June 17 - OCE action prompts Santa Barbara County to dedicate funds for farmworker transportation. Services to begin March 2006
May 26 - OCE files a petition with the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging a U.S. EPA ruling in March on the air permit for the Tesoro Refinery in Martinez
April 27 - OCE tells company to stop polluting the San Francisco Bay with storm water runoff pollution. | View 60-day notice here
April 4 - OCE presents oral arguments in court today about alleged Clean Water Act violations by City and County of Honolulu
March 18 - EPA wants tougher monitoring of refinery flare emissions
January 11 - OCE asks courts to stop discharge of inadequately treated sewage into San Francisco Bay
January 6 - OCE tells EPA to enforce the law and clean up emissions from petroleum refineries

2004

December 8 - OCE Asks U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Object to Two Bay Area Refinery Permits
November 30 - OCE and Others Ask Court to Overturn EPA-Industry Deal that Significantly Cuts Clean Air Monitoring of Polluters; New Rules Eliminate Requirements that Industry Monitor its Pollution Output
November 9 - South Coast Air District Names Recipients of a $1 Million Dollar Fund; Environmental Groups Required the Creation of Fund as a Result of a Lawsuit
October 24 - Group Joins Lawsuit Against TVA Plant for Clean Air Act Violations
September 1 - U.S. EPA Agrees to Issue Water Permits to Oil Platforms; New, Updated Permits Will Diminish Continued Pollution Discharge into Pacific Ocean
June 29 - Environmental Groups Sue City and County of Honolulu for Federal Clean Water Act Violations
June 24 - Report Names Sequoia-Kings Canyon Smoggiest Park; Ozone Pollution Threatens Park, Visitors' Health
June 22 - Environmental Group Asks Court to Intervene to Clean-up Smog in the Bay Area; Group Also Challenges EPA's Suspension of Certain Clean Air Rules
May 31 - Environmental Groups Sue U.S. EPA for Failing to Review and Revise Water Standards
May 20 - Environmental Group Asks Court to Stop County from Illegally Spending State Transit Funds for Road Improvements
May 4 - Environmental Groups to Sue City and County of Honolulu for Federal Clean Water Act Violations
April 28 - Bay Area Community and Environmental Groups Appeal Court Decision; Seek Transit Improvements Promised by Regional Transit Agency in 1982
March 24 - L.A. Clean-Air Agency Settles Suit Over Pollution Trading Program
March 24 - Suit Over Smog Settled; Region's Anti-Pollution Agency Admits Mismanaging A Key Program
March 23 - South Coast Air Quality Management District Agrees to $1 million Fund to Cleanup Air in Environmental Justice Communities
March 18 - Environmental and Public Health Groups Ask Court to Block EPA's Weakened "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Air Pollution Monitoring Rules
February 26 - Environmental Group Depicts Ford's Chief as Pinocchio
February 24 - Mirant Potrero LLC agrees to limit use of pollution credits at Portrero Power Plants
January 30 - Environmental Group Denied Right to Intervene in Hearing on Refineries' Violation of Air Permits
January 22 - Environmental Groups Sue US EPA for Failing to Issue Water Permits to Oil Platforms

2003

December 13 - Plant Boss Dismisses Pollution Allegation
December 6 - Buses Go on Ballot -- Voters May Choose to Retire Older, Polluting Models
November 20 - Groups Seek to Use EPA Pact to Set Mercury Limits for New Sources
November 13 - Power Plant Standards May Stiffen -- Facilities on East Coast would be most affected
November 13 - EPA to Update Power Plant Pollution Standards
November 12 - Federal Court Orders EPA to Review Utility Emission Standards
November 12 - Bush Administration Must Update Clean Air Standards for Newer Power Plants
November 11 - Firm Gives Up on Potrero Hill Power Station
November 11 - From Bay City News
November 10 - Mirant Potrero LLC Suspends Application to Expand Power Plant; Environmentalists Opposed to Upgrade Declare Win
November 10 - From Bay City News
October 9 - Groups Sue California District, Allege Clean Air Program Mismanaged
October 1 - So. Cal. Trading Program Mismanaged, Suit Alleges
October 1 - Air Pollution Southern California Air District Sued Over Management of Trading Program
September 30 - Clean Air Agency Sued Over Pollution Trading
September 30 - Enviros Sue Calif. Air Agency for Mishandling of Smog Program
September 30 - Southland Agency Mismanaged Smog Credit Program, Suit Alleges - Environmentalists Accuse the AQMD of Allowing Pollution Levels to Rise because of Poor Oversight and Record-Keeping
September 29 - L.A. Clean-Air Agency Sued Over Pollution Trading Program
September 29 - Environmental Groups Sue SCAQMD For Violating the Clean AIr Act; Pollution Trading Scheme Under Attack For Causing Smog
September 17 - EPA Requires California's Farmers to Re-Apply for Diesel Pump Permits
September 16 - Lawsuit Over Farm Emissions Settled
September 16 - EPA Settles Clean Air Lawsuit with Community and Public Health Groups: Diesel Irrigation Pump Engines to be Better Regulated
July 29 - Banned MUNI Ads Go Up At Bus Shelters Around SF
July 28 - Controversial Muni Ads Go Up
July 21 - Environmental Group to Sue Eleven TVA Power Plants for Clean Air Act Violations
June 17 - New Documents Reveal MUNI has Lost $1 Million for Failing to Replace Old Buses and Clean Up Dirty Diesel Fleet
June 16 - Anti-Diesel Group Fuming After MUNI Rejects Ad
May 19 - California Agriculture Air Pollution Plan Changed
May 15 - Groups Challenge EPA Implementation of Agricultural Air Pollution Permit Program
May 13 - Activists Sue in Ag Pollution Dispute
April 22 - EPA Agrees to Put Clean Air Laws on the Web
April 3 - City of Burbank Settles Environmental Lawsuit for Pollution Trading Violations
April 1 - New Survey Finds MUNI Dispatching Dozens of Old, Unhealthy, and Unreliable Diesel Buses Daily
March 29 - New ag pollution rule confuses
March 20 - Environmental Groups Sue BAAQMD, Valero Refining Co. Over Plan to Use Pollution Credits
March 15 - OCE Forces Four California County Air Districts to Take Action on Overdue Permits
February 20 - OCE Sues EPA for Failing to Review Power Plant Emissions Standards
January 17 - OCE forces U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Fix Faulty Air Pollution Permit Program

2002

October 17 - Community Groups Settle Lawsuit with MTC under the Clean Air Act
October 4 - Bay Area Transportation Projects Halted to Protect Air Quality
September 23 - New Report Ranks Most Polluted National Parks
August 20 - Environmental Group Settles Lawsuit Against Placer County Air District and Top Officer
August 20 - Environmental Group Sues Four California County Air Districts and Top Officers
August 14 - Environmentalists Settle Seven Federal Lawsuits Over Embattled Pollution Trading Credits; Companies to Reduce over 200,000 Pounds of Smog-Forming Pollution
July 29 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission Hits Serious Legal Trouble
June 3 - Environmental Groups Successful in Bid to Secure Clean Air Permits for High Polluting TVA Plants
May 20 - MUNI Settles Lawsuit with Community and Environmental Groups
May 15 - OCE Settles Lawsuit Against Bay Area Air District and Its Top Officer
May 14 - EPA Settles Lawsuits with Community and Environmental Groups: Big Agriculture in California Will Be Required To Obey Clean Air Act
May 13 - Environmental Groups Sue Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation and Executive Secretary of the Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board
March 11 - Environmental Groups Sue Nine Los Angeles Companies for Pollution Trading Program Violations
February 5 - Environmental Group Sues Bay Area Air District and its Top Officer
January 10 - Judge Upholds Mirant Potrero Peaker Settlement Despite State Objection

2001

December 26 - OCE Forces Reversal of High Cancer Risk Standard for Diesel Engines
November 13 - California Energy Commission's Fast-Tracking of Power Plants Sacrifices Health and Quality of Life of Low-Income Communities of Color
November 9 - Victory for Clean Air and Public Transit
October 31 - Community Groups Stop Illegal Pollution from Mirant Potrero Power Plant

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