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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. In 2019, the court dismissed almost all of the companies’ claims, except for a single defamation claim and a related claim under California’s Unfair Competition Law arising from allegations related to a single set of statements.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

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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. NOAA NMFS – Proposed Rule To List the Sunflower Sea Star as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act.

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The impact of the Trump administration on the environment

Our Environment

In his 4-year term Trump and his Administration made the economy the focus for all environmental decisions. They commenced the roll-back of over 100 environmental regulations by the EPA [1] , saw a 30-year low in criminal prosecution by the EPA [2] , and sought to radically change the US narrative on climate change, its causes and importance.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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Circuit Court of Appeals directed the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of chlorpyrifos in instances where it harms workers and children. The New York Times reported in 2019 that former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt killed a study by U.S. This decision comes after the 9 th U.S. Federal Register Opportunities.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. In the lawsuit challenging President Trump’s 2019 issuance of a presidential permit for the U.S.-Canada

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