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        September 20, 2010 -
        
  
        BP successfully killed its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico but the effects of the oil spill can already be seen in coastal communities and ecosystems.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 29, 2009 -
        
  
        Everyone else is chiming in with their grade on President Obama's first 100 days in office, so we thought we'd join in, too. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 16, 2009 -
        
  
        A federal judge denied the Tennessee Valley Authority's appeal for more time to install pollution controls on coal-fired power plants in Alabama and Tennessee.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 31, 2008 -
        
  
        Earlier this month, 11 grassroots environmental groups in North Carolina sent a letter to Gov.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        September 30, 2005 -
        
  
        Yesterday the House voted to strip down the Endangered Species Act, one of the landmark achievements of the 1970s environmental movement:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 28, 2005 -
        
  
        U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has slipped a provision into a military spending bill that would grant his state authority to sell or lease mineral rights in the Gulf Islands National Seashore, an offshore national park.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 22, 2005 -
        
  
        In covering Earth Day activities today, the online magazine Grist makes a compelling point: