2004 Endangered Species Act Ocean 
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 7, 2025
In the most recent report to Congress last year, the Interior Department and its United States Fish and Wildlife Service said wetlands are vital to up to half of bird species found in North America, more than 80% of threatened and endangered birds and about half of all the animals and plants covered under the Endangered Species Act.
HumanNature
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Polar bears were the first species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act proactively. Climate change will alter ocean currents, jet streams, species distributions, and the human geopolitical landscape. Sea ice in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Modeling the past (1950–2004) and the future (2041–60).
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ESA
JANUARY 31, 2022
Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. UN seeks input about possible topics for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. USFWS: The agency is proposing listing the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly (E uphydryas anicia cloudcrofti ) as an endangered species. International. Scientific Community.
Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
Ninth Circuit Said Biden Action Mooted Case Challenging Trump Revocation of Withdrawal of Oceans Lands from Oil and Gas Leasing. In both cases, the New York plaintiffs argue that the allocation of the summer flounder quota is based on obsolete data that does not reflect the fishery’s northeast shift, which may be due in part to ocean warming.
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