ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

USFWS issues rare emergency rule listing the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species. Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Maryland General Assembly passes major climate legislation. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. Executive Branch. International.

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2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The forest product company had alleged that Greenpeace’s campaign labeling the company a “Forest Destroyer” and a major contributor to climate change was “malicious, false, misleading, and without any reasonable factual basis.” WildEarth Guardians Asked Court to Compel Final Listing Determinations on Five Species. 17-cv-02824 (N.D.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act ( H.R. This bill passed the full House in 2019 but did not advance in the Senate. The full House passed the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats (COAST) Research Act (H.R. The full House similar legislation in 2019. Executive Branch. What to Save?

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2021 Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels 2026 52

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Rhode Island Federal Court Denied Motion to Stay Remand Order in Rhode Island’s Climate Change Case. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Circuit Said EPA Endangered Species Determinations for 2019 Renewable Fuel Rule Were Arbitrary and Capricious. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 rule setting renewable fuel volumes in the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021).

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2021 Climate Change Paris Agreement 2019 40