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Fred Tutman, the Only Black Riverkeeper in the United States, Discusses the Lack of Diversity in the Mainstream Environmental Movement

Vermont Law

In 2004, Tutman founded the Patuxent Riverkeeper , a non-profit organization that aims to “conserve, protect and replenish Maryland’s longest and deepest intrastate waterway.” The result: a legal loophole destroyed Mills’ rights to use the water on his property. When the lawsuit gained public attention, the response was outrage.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Environmental groups had identified five categories of new information since the 2004 preparation of an EIS that they contended warranted supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. North Dakota v. 16-1242 et al. Arizona Board of Regents , No.

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Fourth District Addresses Numerous Significant CEQA Issues In Action Challenging City of San Diego’s Utility Undergrounding Projects

CEQA Developments

3d 605 do not apply to decisions that do not deprive adjacent property owners of significant property interests, and which have only a de minimus effect on land, and CEQA notices for environmental determinations – such as the notice of exemption determination by a nonelected official at issue here – fall into that category. 4th 572, 592.)

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

This proposed rule contrasts the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2004 and 2009 determinations that the species did not warrant protections. K-12 STEM education and student performance across demographic and socioeconomic categories and geographic regions. This butterfly is native to New Mexico. The report finds that the U.S.

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