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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.” AquAlliance v.

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

ESA

Estenoz led Everglades restoration initiatives in the Interior Department during the Obama administration and received ESA’s 2016 Regional Policy Award. Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high – The Guardian. Shannon Estenoz to be assistant secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks in the Interior Department. Justice Dept.

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Policy News: May 6, 2021

ESA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently announced the expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, nearly tripling the size of the sanctuary. A new provision in the bill allocates more funding to states with more federally listed threatened and endangered species. Justice Dept.

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