The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The MBTA protects 1,026 species of birds. . § 703(a); 16 U.S.C. § A violation of the MBTA results in a fine up to $15,000 and six-months imprisonment. 65844 (Nov. There is a circuit split on whether a person or entity is liable under the MBTA if the person or entity unintentionally, or even accidently, kills a migratory bird.

Clean Air Act 40

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). The plaintiffs charged that the U.S.

2016 40

2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

For red knots, a migratory shorebird listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act, fewer eggs mean reduced chances for survival. Since 2013, according to their site, reTURN the Favor volunteers have saved over 840,000 horseshoe crabs along the Delaware Bayshore beaches in New Jersey.

Endangered Species Act 104

Endangered Species Act Climate Change Conservation Environmental Science 104

ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Notably, Kimmerer is the author of the 2013 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rule to List the Queen Conch as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act. Information and comments on this proposed rule must be received by Nov.

2022 40

2022 Endangered Species Act 2023 Clean Water Act 40

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

2586 (2013). , Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) permitting program under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In both cases the Court emphasized that the government bears the burden of proving its exaction satisfies the standards. The third of the case triplets to hatch, Koontz v. Johns Water Management District. ,

Natural Resources 40

Natural Resources Endangered Species Act Government Regulations 40

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act. The complaint alleged that the U.S.

2019 40

2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2022

That hatchery, one of 23 facilities overseen by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, opened in 2013. The upper Columbia River spring Chinook and Snake River sockeye populations are listed as endangered under the 1973 Endangered Species Act.

Ocean 264

Ocean 2014 2018 Government 264

Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

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. These special rights include the right to kill endangered species.

2020 52

2020 Climate Change Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions 52

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.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. This move reverts the area to the previous management plan, finalized in 2013, which protected 11.2

2022 98

2022 Endangered Species Act Climate Change 2021 98

ESA

MAY 9, 2022

BLM: The Interior Department reverted to a 2013 management plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. In December 2020, USFWS made a determination that listing the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act is “warranted but precluded.”.

2022 52

2022 Ozone Conservation Natural Resources 52

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

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. Northern Plains Resource Council v.

2020 40

2020 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 40