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Policy News: July 18, 2022

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Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. IPBES releases reports about valuing nature and the use of wild species. House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. Executive Branch. International. She has a Ph.D.

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ESA Policy News: May 15, 2023

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Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. One rule repeals a Trump-era definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.

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ESA Policy News: April 3, 2023

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billion in annual mandatory funding to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation of at-risk species and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. Lawmakers have introduced different versions of this bill since 2016 but have struggled to agree on a funding source for the bill. This bill provides $1.4

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

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5345 ) in the House of Representatives, which passed the House Natural Resources Committee last month. In 2016, the Obama administration proposed another rule to reduce methane leaks, which was challenged in the courts and weakened by the Trump administration. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) are original co-sponsors of the bill. 16, 2022.

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Policy News: May 6, 2021

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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. At this point, the administration has failed to develop its policy beyond a catchy tagline,” House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Rep.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Perry , No. 3:17 -cv-03404 (N.D.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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