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recommended an evacuation of all pregnant women and small children,
and many area residents did leave their homes for several days. As it
turned out, no dangerous radiation was released.
People Against Nuclear Energy (PANE), an association of area residents
who opposed further operation of the nuclear power plants at Three Mile
Island, sued to enjoin the plants from reopening. They argued that the
reopening of the plants would cause severe psychological health damage
to persons living in the vicinity and serious damage to the stability and
cohesiveness of the community. Are these reasons sufficient to prevent
the reopening of the nuclear power plants? Metropolitan Edison
Company v. People Against Nuclear Energy, 460 U.S. 766, 103 S.Ct.
1556, 75 L.Ed.2d 534, Web 1983 U.S. Lexis 21 (Supreme Court of the
United States)
45.7 Endangered Species The red-cockaded woodpecker is a small bird
that lives almost exclusively in old pine forests throughout the southern
United States. Its survival depends on a very specialized habitat of pine
trees that are at least thirty, if not sixty, years old, in which they build
nests and forage for insects. The population of this bird decreased
substantially as pine forests were destroyed by clear-cutting. The U.S.
secretary of the interior has named the red-cockaded woodpecker an
endangered species. The U.S. Forest Service manages federal forests and
is charged with duties to provide recreation, protect wildlife, and provide
timber. To accomplish the charge of providing timber, the Forest Service
often leases national forest lands to private companies for lumbering.
When the Forest Service proposed to lease several national forests in
Texas, where the red-cockaded woodpecker lives, to private companies
for lumbering, the Sierra Club, an environmental organization, sued. The
Sierra Club sought to enjoin the Forest Service from leasing these
national forests for lumbering. Who wins? Sierra Club v. Lyng,
Secretary of Agriculture, 694 F.Supp. 1260, Web 1988 U.S. Dist. Lexis
9203 (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas)
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