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Flooding soon in a basement near you: the impacts of weakening wetland protection in Ontario

Enviromental Defense

Some of these critical changes include: Wetlands smaller than two hectares are no longer being evaluated; Smaller wetlands are no longer considered part of a wetland complex and must instead be evaluated on an individual basis. Dark green (Category 1 Protection) represents existing Provincially Significant Wetlands.

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First District Holds LA’s Water Allocations To Agricultural Lessees Were Authorized Under Existing Leases And Did Not Constitute Or Implement A Separate “Project” Subject to CEQA Review

CEQA Developments

The leases divided the acreage into “dry” lease and “irrigated” lease categories, stating that “water supplies to all land classified for leased irrigation (alfalfa and pasture) will be delivered in an amount not to exceed five (5) acre-feet per acre per irrigation season.” The trial court ruled in favor of the County.

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The End Is Not Near, But If An 'Insect Apocalypse' Ever Happens, How Would We Know?

Science Blogs

Underscoring this theme, in April 2019 two scholars published a review that synthesized over 70 reports of insect decline from around the world, and predicted mass insect extinctions within a human lifetime. The main cause is habitat loss, driven by development, tree encroachment and spread of invasive plants. Mon, 04/29/2019 - 10:19.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. 21] In 2019, German electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. [22] 22] A study published in late 2019 found that Germany’s nuclear phase-out is costing its citizens $12 billion per year. [23] as a whole. [52]

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

Gleick falsely accuses me of cherry-picking a quote from a 2019 New York Times story on Amazon fires. “If Gleick claims I dismiss “the threat of species extinction” and biodiversity loss, and that Apocalypse Never “ignores the critical issues of biodiversity raised by invasive species”. Bangladesh is today a more clear-cut example.”

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

In this issue: ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill Fifteen ESA members and graduate students visit Congressional offices for the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event since 2019. FWS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Rufa Red Knot.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

BLM issued the EA and FONSI in response to the court’s 2019 decision finding that the lifting of the moratorium was a “major federal action” requiring review under NEPA. In the lawsuit challenging President Trump’s 2019 issuance of a presidential permit for the U.S.-Canada Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. May 28, 2021).

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