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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law Blog

Specifically, the Court of Appeals concluded that the use of the words “harass” and “harm” in the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act results in those statutes including negligent and unintentional acts within the definition of “take,” and found it persuasive that the MBTA does not include those words among the prohibited acts.

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

Circle of Blue

In the 1980s and ‘90s, three salmon and suckerfish species that call the Klamath Basin home were listed under the Endangered Species Act, a move that required USBR to limit surface water for farming during droughts to protect the fishes’ habitats. Geological Survey report.

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Using Attribution Science to Evaluate the Effects of Oil and Gas Emissions on Endangered and Threatened Species

Law Columbia

2012) ; Cal. There is also research on the adverse effects of sea ice loss on seals and other ice-dependent species. Environmental organizations and an indigenous group filed two lawsuits challenging BLM’s decision to move forward with the Willow project. See Karuk Tribe of California v. USFS (9th Cir. USDA, (9th Cir. 3 ; Laidre et al.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it designated the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. Williams , No. 19-cv-6855 (E.D.N.Y.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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