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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

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However, because these stumbling blocks arose out of water quality issues that are specific to fossil fuel pipelines, they are unlikely to affect electricity transmission. The Corps issued NWP 12 in 1977, and most recently reissued NWP 12 in 2017. The ruling raised a number of questions, including about the fate of power lines.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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In 2015, the Obama administration announced that it would ban chlorpyrifos, but former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt reversed that decision in 2017. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists, concluding that chlorpyrifos jeopardizes the survival over 1,200 endangered species. These insecticides are all neonicotinoids. Justice Dept.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. Hawai‘i Supreme Court Upheld Denial of Request to Re-Open Order Approving Wind Power Purchase Agreement. Living Rivers v. Hoffman , No. 4:19-cv-00057 (D. Trump , No.

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