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Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Overreaching on CAA and MBTA

The Energy Law Blog

14-40128, 2015 U.S. 4, 2015). 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. The MBTA protects 1,026 species of birds. United States v. 16 U.S.C. §

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Environmental groups had identified five categories of new information since the 2004 preparation of an EIS that they contended warranted supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Bird Groups Sent Notice of Violations in Connection with Ohio Wind Turbine Project. Mission Bay Alliance v. A148865 (Cal.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. Eleven states and New York City filed a complaint in the federal district court for the Northern District of California challenging the U.S.

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The Long Life and Sudden Demise of Federal Wetlands Protection

Legal Planet

A footnote explains that this category includes “”all other waters of the United States that could be regulated under the federal government’s Constitutional powers to regulate and protect interstate commerce.” Supreme Court strikes down a rule covers any wetland or pond used by migratory birds. In Rapanos v.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

EPA unveiled a proposed rule that would take the Navigable Waters Protection Rule off the books and reinstate long-standing regulations defining which streams and wetlands are subject to federal protection, a category known as “Waters of the U.S.,” NOAA NMFS – Call for Nominations for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

By October, Interior says it will complete its revocation of a controversial late Trump-era rule weakening protections for migratory birds. She also voiced support for the Obama administration’s 2015 sage grouse conservation plans and the Trump administration’s plans to remove wild horses and burros from public lands.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

This bill responds to an executive order from President Trump to create a “schedule F” category for federal employees, who would be easier to fire. The scientific community opposed this executive order, over concerns that this category could be used fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political employees.

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