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Environmental Advocacy Projects
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Target: Power Corridors (Delaware River Valley) |
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  In a project known as the Susquehanna to Roseland
Transmission Line, PSE&G and PP&L are proposing to expand their
transmission powerline right-of-way across the Delaware River, through the Wild
and Scenic Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and across the Appalachian Trail. The proposed powerlines include towers
twice as tall as the tree line. The Susquehanna to Roseland Transmission Line
will negatively impact Visitor Experience in such historic and scenic areas as
the New Jersey section of the Appalachian
Trail, the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and the view sheds in
the Pocono Mountains, the New Jersey Highlands and the Upper Delaware
River. The views seen from
throughout the Park, along the River and the Appalachian
Trail are priceless.
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 In 1908, a paper mill began operating in the small mountain town of Canton,
North Carolina. Over the last century, the expanded mill has been polluting the
tiny Pigeon River, now known as the “Dirty Bird” by locals and whitewater
enthusiasts. Yet, to this day, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality
(DWQ), responsible for Clean Water Act compliance, has been reluctant to enforce
discharge requirements protective of fish species, aquatic life and healthy
recreational conditions.
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Target: Protecting Wilderness from Drilling |
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 Target: Protecting Wilderness from Drilling
Drilling for oil and
natural gas occurs on millions of acres of public lands that are administered by
the Bureau of Land Management. The agency has proposed a plan that would open up
Colorado's Roan Plateau to drilling. Since 2005, RtE has argued that the proposed plan violates federal law, and advocates that BLM select an alternative which honors the community-supported compromise solution for the Roan Plateau. The compromise was designed to protect the area's top cliffs and utilizes state of the art drilling techniques readily available and applicable to the Roan.
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Target: Protecting the Rights of Indigenous People |
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 Target: Protecting the Rights of Indigenous People
Cameco, the largest uranium mining company in the world, is seeking to expand its Crow Butte mine near Crawford, Nebraska. The mine expansion will impact the water rights and threaten the health, livelihood and sacred sites of both the Oglala and Lakota Sioux Tribes. Petitioners representing the rights of the indigenous peoples to be impacted have moved to intervene in the permit process now occurring before the US Nuclear Regulator Commission. Rock the Earth has joined with the Center for Water Advocacy to support their right to intervene and have their concerns considered in the permitting process.
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 Target: Cruise Ships
Discharges and air emissions from cruise ships have an
incredibly damaging impact on ocean and coastal areas throughout the world. The
vast majority of cruise ships utilize minimal water treatment, resulting in
millions of gallons of waste being discharged directly into the ocean, sometimes
in critical aquatic ecosystems and in violation of federal requirements. It is our view that cruise
lines must take measures to reduce their impact
on the environment, and cannot continue to operate outside of legal requirements
simply because operations take place in international waters.
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Target: Protecting Native Resources in Hawaii |
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 Target: Protecting Native Resources in Hawaii
With support of musical
artist Jack Johnson, Rock the Earth is working with local conservation groups to
protect an important marine ecosystem off the coast of the Northwest Hawaiian
Islands. The NW HI Islands ecosystem contains over 3.5 million acres of some of the world's oldest living coral
colonies and encompasses tremedous biodiversity.
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Target: Military Proposals Without Proper Review |
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 Target: Military Proposals Without Proper Review
The
Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) supports a diverse ecosystem with large
numbers of big and small game, fisheries, non-game wildlife, forest, rangeland,
mineral resources, as well as containing significant archeological and
paleontological resources. Rock the Earth
is opposing the Army’s proposed expansion of the PCMS as the plan lacks the
necessary environmental evaluation to go forward, fails to review other
reasonable alternatives to expansion, and fails to take all measures necessary
to protect the important environmental, archeological and paleontological
resources found in this area.
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Target: Defending the Colorado River |
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 Target: Defending the Colorado River
The segment of the Colorado River that flows through Grand Canyon National Park is currently managed in a way that unacceptably favors commercial interests over the public. To protect the river for future generations, we have sued the National Park Service to modify the Management Plan, restore natural flows to the River, eliminate motorized transport, and equalize access to the river that does not favor commercial interests over others.
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Target: The Hetch Hetchy Valley |
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 Target: The Hetch Hetchy Valley
Hetch Hetchy Valley, in Yosemite
National Park, is an area of remarkable natural beauty. In 1923, the natural
flow of the Tuolumne River was interrupted when O'Shaughnessy Dam was completed
along the western end of the valley, creating Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. The
National Park Service (NPS) is currently developing the scope of a new
management plan for the Tuolumne River under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. At
the suggestion of Hot
Buttered Rum, Rock the Earth has argued that the National Park Service must consider the impact from the operation of the dam on the
Tuolumne within the scope of the Management Plan.
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Target: High Impact Polluters |
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 Target: High Impact Polluters
Snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand
Teton National Parks cause air pollution and negatively impact both wildlife and
visitors to the Parks. We argued to the National Park Service against the use of these unregulated and harmful
vehicles, and advocated for the immediate elimination of recreational snowmobile
use within the park's boundaries.
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Target: Protecting Public Lands from Livestock Grazing |
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 Target: Protecting Public Lands from Livestock Grazing
Livestock
grazing occurs on millions of acres of public lands that are administered by the
Bureau of Land Management. The agency has proposed amending its grazing
regulations in order to achieve greater efficiency in its overall management
process. In February 2004, RtE argued that these proposed changes were contrary to federal law, diminished
protection of public lands, and curtailed the American public's ability to
participate in the regulatory process.
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Target: Protecting Endangered Species from Pesticides |
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 Target: Protecting Endangered Species from Pesticides
Under the
Endangered Species Act, EPA is required to consult with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife and National Marine Fisheries Services (the "Services") to ensure that
no EPA actions impact endangered species. The Services have proposed to
streamline this process by allowing EPA to conduct these risk assessment
evaluations when registering pesticides and renewing pesticide registrations. In
March, we argued that the EPA has
neither the legal authority nor the technical expertise to bypass this necessary
review by the Services.
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Target: Raw Sewage Discharges |
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 Target: Raw Sewage Discharges
In many parts of the country, municipal
sewage systems are combined with stormwater drainage systems, leading to
inadequately-sized publicly owned sewage treatment works ("POTW"s) to be
overwhelmed during rain events. Rock the Earth has argued to the EPA that the agency's
proposed guidance to allow for raw, untreated sewage to bypass POTWs is improper
and illegal, poses a threat to the environment, the ecology and human health,
and therefore, requires strict regulatory standards.
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Target: Preserving National Forests |
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 Target: Preserving National Forests
Roadless areas are exactly that --
places where no roads have been built and where, as a result, no logging or
other development has occurred. Recently proposed regulations would change how
these areas are regulated, opening them up to timber and mining interests. In
November 2004, RtE joined with several other Coorado based groups to oppose the propsed regulatory roll-back.
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Target: Water, Air and Noise Polluters |
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 Target: Water, Air and Noise Polluters
Personal water craft (PWC) in
our public National Recreation Areas are a nuisance. Not only do they emit
greenhouse gas emissions and pollute our waterways, but they interrupt the peace
and tranquility enjoyed by visitors. We advocated for the immediate removal of
PWC in the Glen Canyon (AZ) and Amistad (TX)
National Recreation Areas.
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