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Whales PrevailFebruary 2008 - A federal judge struck down a White House effort to exempt the U.S. Navy from obeying a key environmental law during sonar training exercises off the southern California coast. NRDC, our partner organization, had previously won a court order requiring the Navy to put far-reaching safeguards in place during the maneuvers to protect whales from needless injury and death. |
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Toll Road Scheme DefeatedFebruary 2008 - After receiving a flood of phone calls and messages from our California activists, the California Coastal Commission rejected a proposal to build a six-lane toll road through the heart of San Onofre State Beach - one of southern California's most popular state parks. |
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Congress Passes Far-Reaching Energy BillDecember 2007 - Last year, more than 100,000 activists wrote to Congress to demand a cleaner energy future. In late December, Congress passed a bill that will dramatically increase the development of clean-burning biofuels, with important environmental safeguards, and raise fuel economy standards for the first time in three decades. |
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Toyota Changes Gear on Gas MileageDecember 2007 - After more than 87,000 NRDC Action Fund activists flooded Toyota with protest messages, the car company reversed course and supported the strong fuel economy standards in the energy bill passed by Congress. |
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Attack on Wolves Spurs OutcryMay 2007 - Our online activists generated nearly 70 percent of an estimated 200,000 messages to the Fish and Wildlife Service protesting a plan that would pave the way for the mass killing of Greater Yellowstone's gray wolves. |
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California Votes to Curb Deadly Naval SonarJanuary 2007 - Responding to more than 16,000 messages and in-person testimony from our local activists, the California Coastal Commission voted in January to require that the Navy put protections in place for marine mammals during two years of planned Navy sonar exercises. |
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