The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion regarding criminal liability under environmental statutes. The district court found Citgo guilty of two counts of knowingly operating two tanks as oil-water separators without CAA emission controls, and three counts of “taking” migratory birds in violation of the MBTA.

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Clean Air Act Endangered Species Act 2015 Regulations 40

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). DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v.

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2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Offered each year, this award gives graduate students hands-on training and science policy experience including interacting with congressional decision-makers, federal agency officials, and ecologists who work in the science and public policy arena. That decision is on appeal, though, and could be reversed. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change 105

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Appeals court rules that US Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied protections for Pacific walruses. Next, the Biden Administration will craft ist own version of the Clean Water Rule, which will likely face challenges in the courts.

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