Endangered Species Law

AUGUST 18, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a final rule delisting the now-recovered Cumberland sandwort ( Arenaria cumberlandensis ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In 1996, the FWS released a recovery plan for the species. On Monday, the U.S.

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Endangered Species Law

JULY 30, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a Federal Register notice addressing 90-day findings for three separate species. With the notice, two species moved one step closer to being listed under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The wolf’s current range includes Alaska and Canada.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Gutierrez admitted to acting as the middleman between several Mexico-based suppliers and US-based customers and was part of one of the most successful cross-border schemes to illegally trade wildlife in the United States. Between 2015 and 2020, Gutierrez helped illegally move more than $3.5 and the Endangered Species Act (ESA).[[N:16

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Polar bears were the first species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act proactively. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) Throughout Its Range. Federal Register 73(95), 29211-28302. 2 Molnár, P. Holland, M.

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Acoel

AUGUST 25, 2022

Among them are water rights for National Wildlife Refuges, National Parks and the 562 federally recognized Indian reservations, or under specific legislation such as the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Wilderness Act. 5] See In re Waters of the Klamath, 2020 Ore. 4] Baley v.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In 2020, EPA finalized a human health risk assessment for 1,4 dioxane that concluded 1,4 dioxane has adverse effects on humans and is a likely human carcinogen. The legislature directed DEQ to do a human health risk assessment of 1,4 dioxane in drinking water based on peer-reviewed studies and report back to the legislature by May 1, 2024.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Many of the outstanding permits required to complete the pipeline were previously overturned due to impacts on endangered species and waterways , supported by scientific evidence presented in public comments and by lawyers in the courts. It is in these regulatory processes that we at V-SCI found numerous opportunities to contribute.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 19, 2022

The North Pacific right whale has been listed as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act since 1973 and is listed as “depleted” under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. According to a 2020 stock assessment , the location of winter calving grounds for the North Pacific right whale remains a mystery.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2023

Her efforts directly assisted with the conservation and recovery of this species under the Endangered Species Act. Alysha was appointed to the SSAC in the spring of 2020 and served as a Zero Waste working group member for two years before being selected to lead as co-chair.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

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 A similar bill passed the Senate in 2020 but did not advance in the House of Representatives.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2023

2020) (“Indirect (and direct) effects are not constrained by the action area—they are the action area.”) The Biden administration’s approval of the project appears to contravene President Biden’s campaign promise to stop oil drilling on federal lands. See also Oregon-California Trails Ass’n v. Walsh , 467 F. 3d 1007, 1050 (D.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The decision means that NSF opts not to rebuild the telescope dish at the Arecibo Observatory, which was destroyed in late 2020. This announcement is consistent with a provision in the CHIPS and Science Act which encourages NSF to strengthen and expand the role of Arecibo Observatory. from 12,549 in 2020 to 11,814 in 2021.

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Brag

APRIL 18, 2022

EPA “also has significant responsibility under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to screen new pesticides before they reach the market and ensure pesticides already in commerce are safe.” The FY 2023 budget includes an additional $4.9

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Law and Environment

JUNE 24, 2022

This week, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rule rescinding the rule issued in 2020 defining “habitat” for the purposes of determining what constitutes “critical habitat” under the Endangered Species Act.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In the 1980s and ‘90s, three salmon and suckerfish species that call the Klamath Basin home were listed under the Endangered Species Act, a move that required USBR to limit surface water for farming during droughts to protect the fishes’ habitats. Still, USBR continued to fund groundwater pumping.

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National Law Center

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In 2019 and 2020, the Trump Administration adopted multiple regulations impacting how the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) is carried out. The post End of Year Update on the ESA appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Reuters reports that the increasing number of dams upstream in the watershed has drastically reduced the amount of sediment that can reach these farming regions — from 147 million tons in 2007, to 43 million in 2020, to a projected 5 million in 2040. Farmers in the delta have already been forced to abandon rice for shrimp farming.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 27, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively, Services) published a final rule rescinding the Trump administration’s 2020 final rule defining “habitat” for the purpose of informing designation of areas as “critical habitat” (2020 Rule) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

July 28, 2020 Good morning Chairperson Castor, Ranking Member Graves, and members of the committee. Wind developers are allowed to self-report violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Find the full text here !

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

District Court for the Northern District of California restored Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) across most of the contiguous United States. In 2020, the U.S. Last week, a decision out of the U.S.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

May 1, 2020). Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. Natural Resources Defense Council v. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. WildEarth Guardians v. Bureau of Land Management , No. 4:18-cv-00073 (D.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court then found that BLM’s exclusion of foreign emissions in its alternatives analysis was arbitrary and capricious because its rationale “suffers from the same flaws the Ninth Circuit identified” in a December 2020 decision involving offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea. CDV-2020-307 (Mont. State , No.

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Legal Planet

JULY 31, 2022

However, President Biden promised in the 2020 campaign to end oil and gas leasing on federal lands. And the provision makes clear that it does not alter existing laws (such as the National Environmental Policy Act or the Endangered Species Act) that groups opposing oil and gas projects currently rely on.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Clean Water Act: A memo from the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers provides guidance about how the Biden administrations will implement a 2020 Trump administration Clean Water Act rule limiting states’ ability to block infrastructure projects over water quality concerns. This proposed rule is open for comments through Oct.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

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. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion to stay a U.S. Conservation Congress v. May 17, 2021).

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ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Executive Branch. White House releases scientific integrity report. International.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

On April 15, 2021, federal defendants, defendant-intervenors, and environmental groups filed a stipulation for dismissal of appeals of a district court’s November 2020 decision finding that the U.S. The federal defendants, the States of Wyoming and Utah, and several trade groups appealed the district court’s November 2020 decision.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Biden Administration has signaled that it will be rolling out significant changes related to the interpretation and enforcement of key provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Endangered Species Act. N: NRDC Inc. Dep’t of the Interior, 478 F.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Between 2018 and 2020 Trump’s EPA removed or decreased protection for wildlife by amending a number of different protections that were in place. The “Endangered Species Act” was changed to give more focus on economic considerations; including conducting economic assessments when deciding whether a species needed protection or not. .

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The district court scheduled a hearing for April 16, 2020 to consider the defendants’ motion to dismiss or transfer those cases. 4, 2020); California v. United States , No. 18-36082 (9th Cir. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , Nos. 19-1230 et al. Chao , No.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

This conclusion matches the conclusion of another analysis of ozone air quality standards released in 2020 during the Trump administration. In December 2020, USFWS made a determination that listing the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act is “warranted but precluded.”.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Petitioners challenging the September 2020 EPA rule that repealed significant portions of the new source performance standards (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas sector moved for voluntary dismissal of their petitions for review in the D.C. The cases were filed in 2016 , 2020 , and 2021. WildEarth Guardians v.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

She previously worked as the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks director from 2017–2020 and was an assistant professor of law at the University of Montana. President Biden signed the Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act ( H.R. Congress has not passed appropriations bills since December 2020.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

On June 16, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a joint motion to dismiss appeals of a November 2020 order vacating U.S. On June 14, 2021, EPA filed a status report in the case challenging the 2020 rule that repealed portions of EPA’s Clean Air Act regulations for emissions from the oil and gas sector.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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ESA

APRIL 25, 2022

Endangered Species : The US Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to reconsider Endangered Species Act protections for the Clear Lake hitch, a freshwater minnow found in California, after environmental groups challenged the agency’s 2020 decision not to list the species.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. World leaders have made several major commitments at the meeting to date: Almost 90 countries joined an agreement to cut their methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels. Executive Branch. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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