ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Appeals court rules that US Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied protections for Pacific walruses. Interior: The Biden administration suspended oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Executive Branch.

2021 98

2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Chuck” Sams III to be director of the National Park Service. Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services.

2021 105

2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change 105

CEQA Developments

MAY 2, 2023

DWR’s efforts in this regard took place from 2001 to 2006, involving “five federal agencies, five state agencies, seven local government entities, five Native American tribes, four local water agencies, and 13 nongovernmental organizations,” with three years of hearings and two years of negotiations.

Climate Change 88

Climate Change 2008 2017 Law 88

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the cap-and-trade program had argued that it was not authorized by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and that the requirement to purchase emissions allowances constituted a tax that required approval by a two-thirds majority of the State legislature. The plaintiffs claimed that the U.S.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40