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Ag and Food Law Daily Update: January 14, 2021

National Law Center

Email important additions HERE. Judicial: The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: January 14, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Six Island Species to be Removed from ESA Protections

Endangered Species Law

Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) proposed rules to remove six species from the lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). NMFS received a petition to.

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Court Dismisses Permitting Challenges to the U.S.’s First Major Offshore Wind Project

The Energy Law Blog

The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale. The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale.

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Removing Carbon Dioxide Through Seaweed Cultivation: Legal Challenges and Opportunities

Law Columbia

The Sabin Center today released the second in a series of white papers discussing legal issues associated with different ocean-based carbon dioxide removal techniques. the growing of kelp and other macroalgae which may be harvested for food, bioenergy, or other uses or sunk in the ocean to sequester the carbon it contains.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

Rob Portman (R-OH) reauthorizes the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Act through FY 2027 and authorizes $20 million a year for the program. This law provides loan forgiveness for developing countries that meet specific benchmarks and agree to contribute to tropical forest and coral reef conservation. Another amendment from Sen.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. 3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. 20, 2021), No. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. 20-1045 (D.C.

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Did Biden have to approve the Willow oil project?

Legal Planet

That approval came a day after the administration said it would bar drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean. Partly, this decision illustrates the limits of our environmental laws. The goal of those laws is substantive: to protect the environment.