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2012
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
2011
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
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
January 7, 2012 - Apple moth treatment opponents make case |