2017 Endangered Species Act Environmental Protection Politics 
Legal Planet
MAY 30, 2024
Some of us may have repressed the memory of Trump’s war against environmental protection in his previous term in office. As you can see below, Trump’s campaign to purge America of environmental regulations — particularly those impacting the fossil fuel industry — was stern and unrelenting. 2017 February.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Endangered Species Act. is “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation” according to the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case. Despite being one of the strongest environmental protection statutes, the ESA is under attack.
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Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017).
Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
They commenced the roll-back of over 100 environmental regulations by the EPA [1] , saw a 30-year low in criminal prosecution by the EPA [2] , and sought to radically change the US narrative on climate change, its causes and importance. Obama’s “Clean Power Plan” was repealed in 2017 by Trump’s EPA. Environmental Protection Agency.
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S.
Law Columbia
JUNE 8, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Conservation Congress v. Forest Service , 2:13-cv-00934 (E.D. May 17, 2021).
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.
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