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California Adopts CEQA Guidelines Aimed at Improving Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change Impacts in Environmental Reviews

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of Fish & Wildlife, 62 Cal.4th 4th 204 (2015) (invalidating EIR because agency determination that project’s emissions were consistent with statewide emission reduction goals and therefore insignificant was not supported by a reasoned explanation based on substantial evidence); Friends of Oroville v. 4th 455 (2d.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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The Ninth Circuit found that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) had acted reasonably based on best available scientific and commercial data when it relied on projections of loss of sea ice through the end of the century as the basis for its listing decision. Harvard Climate Justice Coalition v. 15-P-905 (Mass.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court rejected the argument that claims against the original and 2012 versions of the LCFS were moot, noting that these earlier versions affected how credits were calculated under the 2015 version. Environmental Groups Said California Water Diversion Project Would Increase Water Temperatures and Harm Threatened Delta Smelt.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Chuck” Sams III to be director of the National Park Service. Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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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. Executive Branch. EPA announced plans to repeal and replace the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Rule. International.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. This bill provides a combined $1.4 This butterfly is native to New Mexico.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

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The Agricultural Research Service receives $1.9 The Forest Service Forest and Rangeland Research account receives $339 million, a $49 million dollar increase over FY2022. The National Park Service receive $2.976 billion, a $300 million increase and the U.S. Global Change Research Program since 2015. Biden calls for $17.4

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