Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? A contrary ruling would have gutted the statute, leaving water quality largely subject to state permit authorities. Train, 420 U.S. Hill, 437 U.S.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. League of Conservation Voters v. Seven weeks after the U.S. San Francisco Baykeeper v. 20-17367 (9th Cir. Biden , No. 19-35460 (9th Cir.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Conservation Congress v. The court invited the conservation groups to seek amicus curiae status.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The First Circuit found that it had appellate jurisdiction even though the stay order was not a final decision because the stay order rendered Conservation Law Foundation “effectively out of court” due to the length of the stay and its indefinite nature. Conservation Law Foundation v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 20-1456 (1st Cir.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Clean Air Act provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.” The conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12. Rocky Mountain Wild v.

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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. Northern Plains Resource Council v. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. or WOTUS. “In

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

Executive Branch Top environmental official at the State Department to depart to lead the Wildlife Conservation Society. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying a U.S.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

This includes a $35 million increase for the Ecological Services for Endangered Species Act activities. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) from funding conservation projects that violate human rights. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the North American Grasslands Conservation Act ( S. billion, a 17% increase.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Congress President Joe Biden vetoes measure to nullify the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule. Executive Branch Top environmental official at the State Department to depart to lead the Wildlife Conservation Society. Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying a U.S.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Interior Department seeks nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Council. Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

The plan includes $10 billion to establish a Civilian Climate Corps, which would put young Americans to work conserving public lands and waters and advancing environmental justice. Legislative updates: Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) introduced the Global Amphibians Protection Act ( H.R. 2026 ), which would re-establish the U.S.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossil fuel projects under the Clean Water Act. The Atlantic humpback dolphin is a shallow water dolphin and is found off the coast of western African from Western Sahara to Angola. Lands and Waters By 2030.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Congress Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. ESA has honored past award recipients for policy work that included: wildlife conservation green urban renewal initiatives stream, river, lake restoration ESA’s 2023 Annual Meeting will take place in Portland, Oregon.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The Supreme Court will hear this case, which pertains to the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the definition of the Waters of the U.S.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Regan and the EPA’s top water official, Radhika Fox, announced that the agency will hold listening sessions across the country this summer and fall to seek stakeholder input about how the agency should define streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

Richard Blumenthal introduced the Extinction Prevention Act ( H.R. This bill authorizes $5 million annual conservation funds for freshwater mussels, southwest desert fishes, North American butterflies and threatened and endangered plants in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

In this issue: Biden administration unveils 10-year plan to conserve one-third of U.S. Plan follows up on Biden’s commitment to conserve 30% of lands and waters by 2030. Biden administration unveils 10-year plan to conserve one-third of U.S. Executive Branch. President Biden announces NOAA, BLM and DOE science nominees.

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