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.

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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.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Since 2009, this area has experienced Vietnam’s highest rate of emigration. . And it isn’t just farming — the flow of sediment influences ecosystems within the Mekong’s tributaries, including the health and movement of fish species. Farmers in the delta have already been forced to abandon rice for shrimp farming.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

In 2009, Cambridge physicist David MacKay showed that providing energy to the UK with 100 percent renewables would require a greater area than the landmass of the entire country. Wind developers are allowed to self-report violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S.

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Legal Planet

JULY 31, 2022

And the provision makes clear that it does not alter existing laws (such as the National Environmental Policy Act or the Endangered Species Act) that groups opposing oil and gas projects currently rely on. Second, the provision only requires leases to be offered at sale.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 6, 2023

Environmental organizations and an indigenous group filed two lawsuits challenging BLM’s decision to move forward with the Willow project. According to the Ninth Circuit, “[a]ny possible effect, whether beneficial, benign, adverse, or of an undetermined character” triggers the requirement. See Karuk Tribe of California v. USFS (9th Cir. 2012) ; Cal.

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