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.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest. The new final rule removes around 200,000 acres of critical habitat.

2021 105

2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change 105

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold. Executive Branch. International. Steve Daines (R-MT).

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2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98