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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Forest Service (USFS) from proceeding with timber management actions in 11 national forests in Arizona and directed the FWS and the USFS to reinitiate a formal Section 7(a)(2) consultation pursuant to the Endangered Species Act to reassess the jeopardy analysis and the effect of Forest Plans on recovery of the threatened Mexican spotted owl.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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