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Appeals court upholds Ontario town’s convictions for damaging piping plover habitat

Enviromental Defense

Ontario Court of Appeals decision upholds vital habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Ecojustice, acting on behalf of Environmental Defence and Ontario Nature, intervened in the case. Toronto, Ont./ No such exceptions were sought by the Town in this case. Ecojustice?uses

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Take Action Now! Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urging Watershed Citizens To Support Designation Of Eastern Hellbender As An Endangered Species

PA Environment Daily

to recognize the eastern hellbender as Pennsylvania's state amphibian, drafting the bill that eventually was passed in 2019. Federal protection under the Endangered Species Act is incredibly effective at garnering strong protection against further population lossprotection that the eastern hellbender deserves.

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Ontario Election Issues Guide: Endangered Species, Conservation Authorities, Aggregates & Water Pollution

Enviromental Defense

For example: Ontario undermined Ontario’s Endangered Species Act protections in 2019 with Bill 108, which empowered the Minister broad and reckless exemptions to let developers destroy endangered species and their habitat, delay extending any protection at all for species that desperately need it, and even “pay to slay” endangered species.

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New Working Paper Examines Role of Climate Attribution Science in Endangered Species Management

Law Columbia

By Jessica Wentz, The IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2019) estimated that approximately one million species are currently at risk of extinction, with climate change being a major driver of accelerating extinction risk.

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ESA Policy News: November 21, 2022

ESA

Lucas has said his focus as chair will be oversight of the implementation of the Chips and Science Act that sets funding levels for NSF among other provisions in the bill. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) will take over as the chair of the committee. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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

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