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Using Attribution Science to Evaluate the Effects of Oil and Gas Emissions on Endangered and Threatened Species

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The project will also contribute to “ carbon lock-in ” – the process by which expanding oil and gas infrastructure causes continued dependence on fossil fuels. 2017) ; Lunn et al. There is also research on the adverse effects of sea ice loss on seals and other ice-dependent species. 2017) ; Laidre et al.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017). filed June 9, 2017).

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The plaintiffs asserted Endangered Species Act claims, focusing on the federal agencies’ consideration of impacts on grizzly bears and bull trout; the plaintiffs alleged that bull trout are “particularly vulnerable” to climate change because they require cold water to spawn and rear. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 451071/2021 (N.Y.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Ninth Circuit Reinstated Listing of Arctic Ringed Seals as Threatened. AquAlliance v. 1:15 -cv-00754 (E.D.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in December 2017 and March 2018 because the environmental assessments for the lease sales failed to meet National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, including by failing to take a hard look at cumulative climate change impacts. Greenpeace International , No. 17-cv-02824 (N.D.

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