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

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The plaintiffs cited three reasons that the case was not moot: (1) President Biden’s revocation of the presidential permit could be vacated in the pending Texas v. Circuit after President Biden signed a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act disapproving the September 2020 rule. Biden , No. 3:21-cv-00065 (S.D.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

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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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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. After Developers Terminated Methanol Terminal Project, Ninth Circuit Granted Motions to Dismiss Appeals. Federal Defendants Abandoned Appeal of Decision Requiring Additional Alternatives Analysis.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Odds and ends: EPA says it will reconsider a 2020 Trump regulation known as the Major MACT to Area, or MM2A, rule. The Trump administration finalized this rule in December 2020 ( see ESA Policy News, Dec. 21, 2020 ). Executive Branch.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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DOT halts Texas highway project in test of Biden’s promises on race. Members include Robert Bullard, a Texas Southern University professor often credited as the “father of environmental justice,” as well as scholars, advocates and representatives of environmental justice communities from across the country. What We’re Reading.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

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The Rural STEM Education Research Act ( H.R. House in September 2020. The MSI STEM Achievement Act ( H.R. Legislative updates: The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved the Preventing a Patronage System Act ( H.R A version of this bill passed the U.S. However, the U.S. Senate did not consider this bill.

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