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Protection of Lawyers Against Defamation Actions Does Not Apply to Press Releases

Acoel

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Irma Russell. This case arose under a dispute involving the Endangered Species Act, but the principles announced by the Court apply to lawyers generally. The application of positive law can be found efficiently by research in the Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers.

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Our 2022 State Legislative Priorities

Washington Nature

We owe it to ourselves, our neighbors and to future generations — and we are obligated under the federal Endangered Species Act and through treaties with sovereign tribal nations — to recover salmon populations in Washington. But there’s still a lot happening! Advocate with the EPC. Photo of Ellsworth Creek by Bridget Besaw.

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

Section 14 of Senate Bill 582 d irects DEQ and the EMC to replace the current general permit (in effect since December 1, 2021) with the previous version of NCG530000. Reverting to the earlier permit will eliminate water quality monitoring requirements for nitrogen and phosphorus that were added to the permit in 2021. 9) STORMWATER.

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St. Valentine’s Other Assignment

Legal Planet

Indeed, In 2021, the federal government began consideration of whether the American bumblebee, whose populations have dropped 90%, should be listed as endangered. A 2021 article in the journal Science called neonicotinoids the most insidious of the pesticide threats. One problem bees face is pesticides.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Senate committee holds hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Executive Branch.

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ESA Implementation Thrown Into Flux

Endangered Species Law

On June 4, 2021, the Biden Administration announced its intent to rescind or revise several implementing regulations for the Endangered Species Act (ESA) finalized under the prior administration.

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

Circle of Blue

November 23, 2021. Then came new conservation regulations and litigation that complicated USBR’s water obligations. The general idea behind the groundwater pumping program is that the federal government, rather than farmers, bear the costs associated with extraction—and then some. By Jessica Fu, The Counter.

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