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Judge Orders Renewed Protection for Desert Bald Eagle

Article: Judge Orders Renewed Protection for Desert Bald Eagle

Posted March 17th, 2008, 9:03 AM by

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 14, 2008 (ENS) – The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubon have won a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to continue Endangered Species Act protection for the desert nesting bald eagle, found mostly in Arizona. The groups challenged the Service’s 2006 rejection of their October 6, 2004…

California Tailpipe Emissions Law Upheld in Federal Court

Article: California Tailpipe Emissions Law Upheld in Federal Court

Posted December 13th, 2007, 10:12 AM by

FRESNO, California, December 12, 2007 (ENS) – A federal district judge today upheld a 2002 California law that regulates the emission of greenhouse gases from the tailpipes of cars and trucks. The California emissions standard requires a 30 percent reduction in tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions by 2016. The reduction would be phased in gradually starting…