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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Conservation : The preservation or restoration of a natural environment for the social, ecological, or even economical benefit. For example, a program of river conservation will increase biodiversity while making the surrounding environment and people who live there healthier.

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Trump’s Wall: Adios to Environmental Law?

Vermont Law

It includes NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and CERCLA, to name but a few. Since 2001, the waiver provision has been enacted five times, to exclude action from environmental statutes. The scope of the waiver asserted in the August 2017 determination is truly breathtaking.

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Policy News: December 6, 2021

ESA

3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossil fuel projects under the Clean Water Act. EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act. Lands and Waters By 2030. USFWS – Endangered Species Status for Bog Buck Moth. 13, 2021.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

ESA

Senators reintroduce Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. Judge rules Maui County, Hawaii must receive a Clean Water Act permit in a case that reached the Supreme Court. Conservation: Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) reintroduced the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. Executive Branch.

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