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2008

Jan. 1 - EPA's Review of Effluent Guidlines Must Adhere to Technology-Based Approach

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
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 - 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 - Environtmental 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 - Environmmental 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 Polluion 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 Smon-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