Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Construction began in 2018 and was forecast to be completed within a year, but lawsuits contesting federal and state construction permits due to environmental impacts to forests, waterways, and wildlife slowed its construction. This brought the case to the U.S.

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Environmental Crimes

JUNE 29, 2018

On June 26, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion that reversed the trial court conviction of a Montana man who had been convicted under the criminal provisions of the Endangered Species Act for shooting and killing a grizzly bear. June 26, 2018). United States v. Charette , F.3d

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2022

Endangered species are the rarest and most vulnerable plants and animals.By the time a species is designated under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), it’s because its very existence in Ontario has been determined to be hanging by a thread.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Shapiro’s Budget Supports Outdoor Recreation Economy, Park And Forest Infrastructure -- The Water Center At University Of Pennsylvania Hosts March 17 In-Person Panel Discussion Of Delaware Basin-Wide Cooperation For Drought Resilience In Philadelphia -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To 2023 Save The Bay Photo Contest [PaEN] -- York (..)

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

There were no environmental laws in the United States until Congress passed The Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts in the 1970s,” she said. In 2018, the delegation met in council with the Haudenosaunee Elders at Akwesasne, a town near the Canadian border in upstate New York.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. IPBES releases reports about valuing nature and the use of wild species. Endangered Species Act: A federal court struck down Endangered Species Act regulations finalized during the Trump administration.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Between 2018 and 2020 Trump’s EPA removed or decreased protection for wildlife by amending a number of different protections that were in place. The “Endangered Species Act” was changed to give more focus on economic considerations; including conducting economic assessments when deciding whether a species needed protection or not.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2018

Tammany Parish, Louisiana as “critical habitat” for the endangered dusky gopher frog. The FWS made this “critical habitat” designation under the Endangered Species Act. On January 22, 2018, the United States Supreme Court granted review of the Petitioner’s writ of certiorari in Weyerhaeuser Co.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Christiansen became the Forest Service chief in March 2018, after former Chief Tony Tooke resigned amid allegations of misconduct. Senate holds confirmation hearing for Bureau of Land Management director nominee. Executive Branch. International.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2022

According to our analysis, salmon populations released from 2014 to 2018, the most recent years for which complete data was available, had some of the worst survival rates on record. But major shortages across the Columbia basin in 2018 and 2019 left hatcheries scrambling to find enough egg-bearing female fish.

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ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Executive Branch. White House releases scientific integrity report. International.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. EPA’s 2018 rule also suspended the prohibition for companies currently using ozone-depleting substances. In ruling on the challenge to the 2018 rule, the D.C. The court also rejected the contention that the 2018 rule was not final action.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2023

2018) ; Tartu et al. 2018) ; Aars et al. There is also research on the adverse effects of sea ice loss on seals and other ice-dependent species. The Biden administration’s approval of the project appears to contravene President Biden’s campaign promise to stop oil drilling on federal lands. See, e.g., IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.3

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

2018) ; Tartu et al. 2018) ; Aars et al. There is also research on the adverse effects of sea ice loss on seals and other ice-dependent species. Environmental organizations and an indigenous group filed two lawsuits challenging BLM’s decision to move forward with the Willow project. See, e.g., IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.3

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The plaintiffs asserted Endangered Species Act claims, focusing on the federal agencies’ consideration of impacts on grizzly bears and bull trout; the plaintiffs alleged that bull trout are “particularly vulnerable” to climate change because they require cold water to spawn and rear. The groups alleged that the U.S.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Frey is a former chair of the EPAs Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and he was a member of the CASAC Particulate Matter Review Panel that former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler dismissed in 2018. He was a prominent critic of the EPA during the Trump administration.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Global Change Research Act, passed in 1990, requires the US Global Change Research Program to complete a National Climate Assessment every four years. The most recent assessment was released in November 2018. NOAA NMFS – Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Advisory Panel. National Nature Assessment. Led by the U.S.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

Former EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler suddenly disbanded two advisory panels to the CASAC in 2018. USFWS: The agency is proposing downlisting the status of the Hawaiian stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus knudseni , also known as ae`o) from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In the 1980s and ‘90s, three salmon and suckerfish species that call the Klamath Basin home were listed under the Endangered Species Act, a move that required USBR to limit surface water for farming during droughts to protect the fishes’ habitats.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider 2019 decision to not list Joshua Trees under the Endangered Species Act. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals report finds that 70% of protected species are hunted for wild meat. Judge orders U.S. Illinois Governor signs climate legislation.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

Nelson is a former astronaut who served three terms in the Senate before losing re-election in 2018. In 2018, women from underrepresented minority group earned more than half of the S&E degrees awarded to their respective racial and ethnic groups at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate levels. Meters) in Length.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

NOAA NMFS – Joint Council Workgroup for Section 102 of the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018 (Oct. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rule to List the Queen Conch as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

The report updates the priorities identified in the 2018 Decadal Vision for ocean science and technology and describes opportunities to advance equity across the full the ocean science and technology enterprise. This emergency listing jeopardizes a large geothermal energy project in the toad’s habitat.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Torres Small represented a rural New Mexico district in Congress from 2018 to 2020 and has served as USDA’s undersecretary for rural development since 2021. USDA: President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Xochitl Torres Small to be the deputy secretary of Agriculture.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

Even when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate in 2017 and 2018, Congress largely rejected these steep cuts. An EPA Inspector General Report finds that senior managers in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention altered scientific documents to support keeping the weed killer dicamba on the market in 2018.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it designated the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. 452044/2018 (N.Y. Northern Plains Resource Council v. The attorney general opposed intervention. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Frey is a former chair of the EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and was a member of the CASAC Particulate Manner Review Panel that former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler dismissed in 2018. EPA – Proposed Stipulated Partial Settlement Agreement, Endangered Species Act Claims. 8, 2021.

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

The most recent NCA was released in November 2018. The Global Change Research Act requires the federal government to submit a report to Congress and the White House on the current state of climate science, the impacts of climate change, trends in climate change and projected trends for the next 25-100 years every four years.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The magistrate judge’s order also set the trial to begin on February 5, 2018. The court agreed with the magistrate’s conclusion that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim for violation of a nondiscretionary duty under the Endangered Species Act and that the court therefore lacked jurisdiction.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. On June 14, 2021, the U.S.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Endangered Species Act : Nearly every country has one of these now as well as international laws and designations for cross-border co-operation on conservation. This Act came into being in 1973 with the aim of setting out special protections for species at risk of extinction.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

In King County’s case, which has been stayed since October 2018, the court granted the parties’ stipulated motion regarding deadlines for the defendants’ renewed motions to dismiss. The defendants’ opposition to the motion is due by August 16. City of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 1:21-cv-04807 (S.D.N.Y. July 7, 2021).

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