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. filed June 13, 2017).
ESA
AUGUST 30, 2021
Additionally, USFWS is proposing listing Texas fawnsfoot ( Truncilla macrodon ) as a threatened species. The agency attributes the species status to declining water quality and quantity. This proposed rule also designates 1,944 river miles as critical habitat for the species. This proposed rule is open for comments through Oct.
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ESA
OCTOBER 11, 2022
ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Congress passes a deal to keep the government funded through Dec. The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. How Government Ends – Boston Review.
ESA
MARCH 28, 2022
Request proposes increasing non-defense discretionary spending and spending on climate and clean energy across the government. Innovation and Competition Act to conference committee. USFWS proposes listing the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species. In this issue: Biden Releases Budget Request. Executive Branch.
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 Agency biologists warned Trump administration appointees that removing a large amount of critical habitat for the species would result in the eventual extinction of the Northern Spotted Owl.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. In addition, the agency expects to propose an updated rule governing the venting and flaring of methane pollution from onshore oil and gas leases in October but did not estimate when it would finish work on that regulation. Executive Branch.
ESA
DECEMBER 5, 2022
The Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Council on Environmental Quality announced government-wide guidance for agencies to recognize and include Indigenous Knowledge in research, policy and decision-making. Previously, the species was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
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