But in 1998, residents and environmentalists sued, arguing that many of the mines were illegal under laws protecting the nation's water supplies.

The environmentalists are suing Maytag and Sanyo, which still make full-sized refrigerators using CFC's.

But environmentalists and neighbors of the 700-acre airfield - many living in some of the nation's wealthiest suburbs - had sued to stop any expansion, fearing it would bring more flights and thus more noise and pollution.

He also represented environmentalists sued by Tasmanian timber company Gunns for campaigning against and damaging them.

But environmentalists sued, saying that disposal method was unsafe.

Even devout environmentalists may not sue simply because they dislike some Interior Department action.

Tenant groups and environmentalists sued, charging that the new law weakened standards so far as to be illegal.

Canadian environmentalists and Native American groups are suing to prevent a mining company and British Columbia from reopening a mine on the Taku River that they say could pollute a watershed that runs into Alaska near Juneau and is rich in wild salmon.

The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed in the mid-1980's when environmentalists and lawyers representing the city of Quincy sued the district commission for polluting the harbor.