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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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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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Right Whale in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

Acoel

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Gregory Bibler. The Marine Mammal Protection Act requires NMFS to prevent the depletion of endangered marine mammals that interact with commercial fisheries, the court stated, and the Endangered Species Act embodies Congress’s “plain intent.

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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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How Big Is A Blue Whale? Plus More Blue Whale’s Facts

Earthava

Blue whales, Balaenoptera musculus, make their homes in the planet’s vast open oceans where most migrate thousands of miles annually to feed, mate, and raise calves. There is also the Indian Ocean blue whale, Northern blue whale, and Pygmy blue whale. How Big Is A Blue Whale? One blue whale is approximately the weight of.

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For Whom the Bellwether Tolls: Polar Bears, Climate Change, and Confounding Art with Science

HumanNature

Guest Post by Annie Kellner , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Polar bears were the first species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act proactively. Climate change will alter ocean currents, jet streams, species distributions, and the human geopolitical landscape.