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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Montana largely rejected challenges to federal approvals of revisions to the Flathead National Forest Land Management Plan in northwestern Montana but remanded without vacatur for additional analysis of certain issues under the Endangered Species Act. Ministério Público Federal v.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. 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.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Countries pledge to combat deforestation, cut methane emissions, transition away from coal and more. Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay. More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030.

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Policy News: March 14, 2022

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Lawmakers give the Environmental Protection Agency a 3.5% Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year. USFWS: The agency is proposing listing two freshwater mussel species – the western fanshell and Ouachita fanshell – as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

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Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency – House Appropriations Committee – April 21. More headlines of interest: Senators Pump Brakes on Endless Frontier Act – FYI. percent in 2019, EPA says – The Hill. How Canada is trying to protect its last three spotted owls – The Guardian.

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