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Death by a Thousand Cuts: Ontario’s Dismantling of the Endangered Species Act

Enviromental Defense

Unfortunately, changes to regulations in recent years clearly highlight Ontario’s lack of effort to protect these species. Policies that had been put in place to protect species at risk have since been whittled down, most notably by the current provincial government, as a way to prioritize development.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Senate committee holds hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Executive Branch.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

The manager’s bill package from Reed and Inhofe includes language from Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) reauthorizing the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000. US law protecting endangered species hampered by poor resources, study says – The Guardian.

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

Circle of Blue

government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. Today, there are hundreds of hatcheries in the Northwest run by federal, state and tribal governments, employing thousands and welcoming the community with visitor centers and gift shops. Now, that system is falling apart.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

By 2019, German household electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. Despite their substantial negative environmental impact, the federal government has repeatedly given the wind industry special rights. Transmission lines are the number one cause of mortality among whooping cranes.

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Federal Water Tap, September 7: New Federal Office Connects Climate Change and Health

Circle of Blue

And lastly, the federal government opens an Office of Climate Change and Health Equity. from 2017 through 2019 for illnesses related to harmful algal blooms. 32 billion gallons per year : Water use for hydraulic fracturing in the Permian basin , averaged across the years 2010 to 2019. Endangered Species Act Removal.