ESA
OCTOBER 24, 2022
ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. with definite commitments for either work or postdoctoral training increased to 70%, from 62% in 2016 — the last time NSF reported these numbers. in 2016 to 30.2% 7, 2022.
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.
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Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The decision also addressed a number of non-climate change claims under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, CEQA, and other state law.
Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. Circuit in 2016 signaled that the legal framework for the Clean Power Plan “hinges on important issues of federal that EPA then—and the court below now—got so wrong this Court was likely to grant review.”
Law Columbia
AUGUST 4, 2021
The Washington Supreme Court ruled that a climate activist should be permitted to present a necessity defense to charges of criminal trespass and unlawful obstruction of a train in connection with a 2016 protest on railroad tracks used by trains carrying coal and oil products. The cases were filed in 2016 , 2020 , and 2021.
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. Total (Nanterre District Court).
ESA
MAY 15, 2023
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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