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Climate Attribution and the Willow Project: Federal Obligations to Evaluate the Effects of Fossil Fuel Leasing on Endangered Species

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Thus, there is a clear causal connection between the emissions attributable to the Willow project, sea ice loss, and adverse effects on species. It can therefore be argued that the effect on those species from GHG emissions is “reasonably certain to occur” even if the effect is relatively small or unquantifiable. 2d 1196, 1212 (D.