Enviromental Defense
JANUARY 26, 2024
Ontario’s (once) Promising Endangered Species Act Ontario was the first province in the country to pass an Endangered Species Act in 1971. Despite the leadership the province showed, the Act needed significant improvements to effectively protect species at risk. Where do we go from here?
Vermont Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Ever increasing water use, and severe drought conditions, brought conflicts over water use to a head in the early 2000s when water conservation measures were taken in order to protect several fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Three KRB fish species are especially significant from an environmental perspective.
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Columbia Climate Law
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and NOAA Marine Fisheries (NMFS) issued a sweeping proposal to amend key provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), including provisions pertaining to listing decisions, critical habitat designations, and interagency consultations. By Jessica Wentz. In July, the U.S.
HumanNature
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Polar bears were the first species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act proactively. That is, they were listed based on the preponderance of evidence supporting climate change and its effect on their sea ice habitat, and not because their numbers at the time of the 2008 listing were dire 1. 2 Molnár, P.
Ocean Conservancy
AUGUST 19, 2022
The North Pacific right whale has been listed as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act since 1973 and is listed as “depleted” under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Critical habitat is habitat that is needed to support recovery of a listed species. © NOAA.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs charged that the U.S.
Law Columbia
DECEMBER 5, 2023
The 2008 Bernhardt Memorandum Should be Repealed BLM is not unique in its decision to exclude GHG emissions from its ESA consultation for Willow. The Biden administration’s approval of the project appears to contravene President Biden’s campaign promise to stop oil drilling on federal lands.
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