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

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On May 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed plaintiffs’ challenges to the Vineyard Wind Project—the United States’s first major offshore wind project. The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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The bill retains a provision from the House bill repealing section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

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In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). 1, 2023, 12PM EDT.

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ESA Policy News: November 7, 2022

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In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. Applications are due January 1, 2023. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). 1, 2023, 12PM EDT. Comments are due by March 31, 2023. . McArthur Graduate Student Policy Award. ESA at COP 27.

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Policy News: January 18, 2022

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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. The report is expected for release in late 2023. Executive Branch. International.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

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Williams joined the Biden administration in January 2021 and is currently serving as the agency’s principal deputy director. The federal government has been operating under a continuing resolution since October 2021. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA, S. Seth Moulton (D-MA) introduced the Right Whale Coexistence Act ( S.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of 2023. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 Executive Branch. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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