Climate Attribution and the Willow Project: Federal Obligations to Evaluate the Effects of Fossil Fuel Leasing on Endangered Species
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Recognizing that the Willow Project had the potential to affect ESA-listed species, BLM entered into a Section 7 consultation with both FWS and NMFS, which culminated in the publication of a BA in August 2022 and a BiOp in January 2023. See Nat’l Wildlife Fed’n v. Nat’l Marine Fisheries Serv. , 2d 1196, 1212 (D.
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