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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

The bill retains a provision from the House bill repealing section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. Onshore royalties would increase to a minimum of 16.75% from 12.5%.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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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Policy News: July 27, 2021

ESA

Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) reintroduced the House version of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( H.R. Dingell and Fortenberry have also introduced similar legislation in 2017 and 2019. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing removing 205,000 acres in Oregon from the species’ designated critical habitat.

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Policy News: May 17, 2021

ESA

reentry in the Trans-Pacific Partnership despite Trump’s decision to pull out of the pact in 2017. Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Amendment Under The Clean Air Act.

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