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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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at the level of an individual animal) contradicts both the conservation purpose of the ESA and the plain meaning of what qualifies as a “reasonably certain” effect. This kind of closed loop, circular reasoning is inappropriate when addressing the impacts of a massive fossil fuel project. See Nat’l Wildlife Fed’n v.