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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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FWS developed the interpretation in a 2011 “Polar Bear Memo” that addressed the determination of threatened status for polar bears.) Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana.

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

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EPA: The agency issued a rare Clean Water Act veto, further stopping the proposed Pebble copper and gold mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. This follows an Army Corps of Engineers decision made late in the Trump administration to block Clean Water Act permits for the mine. Nominations are due March 2, 2023.

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