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

Enviromental Defense

Ontario’s (once) Promising Endangered Species Act Ontario was the first province in the country to pass an Endangered Species Act in 1971. Despite the leadership the province showed, the Act needed significant improvements to effectively protect species at risk. Where do we go from here?

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Texas Sues FWS Over Decision to List the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Under the Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

The post Texas Sues FWS Over Decision to List the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Under the Endangered Species Act appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. On March 22, 2023, the State of Texas filed a lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) over its recent.

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Judge Issues Ruling in Klamath River Dispute

National Law Center

On February 6, 2023, a federal judge in California issued a ruling concluding that the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) preempted an. The post Judge Issues Ruling in Klamath River Dispute appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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When is a bee a fish?

Legal Planet

The California Fish and Game Commission had accepted petitions to list four species of native California bees for protection under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). That was the question before the Third District of the California Court of Appeal.

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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

Legal Planet

Climate change as reason for threatened or endangered status under Endangered Species Act. Investment and incentives for clean technologies under the Inflation Reduction Act. Other impacts (health, agriculture, etc.) SEC rules on disclosure of climate-related risks. Federal energy policy A. Adaptation A.

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Endangered Northern Long Eared Bat is a Victim of Biodiversity Degradation

Greenbuilding Law

Less than a week before the effective date of the uplisting of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. agriculture economy through pest control and pollination. Biodiversity degradation is an existential crisis playing out right now in front of our eyes.

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Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Advocates Cancellation Of Tracy Ridge Burn Project To Protect Bat

PA Environment Daily

Fish and Wildlife Service announced their proposal to move the northern long-eared bat from its current status of “threatened” to “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. White-nose syndrome, caused by a fungus originating in Europe, also affects 11 other North American bat species.