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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Globally, fine particulate pollution and ozone are tied to more than 8 million deaths each year according to a 2023 study in the British Medical Journal. That includes 5 million deaths linked to breathing in the emissions of fossil fuels. Then there is the 2023 ruling in Sackett v EPA. The current court is silent on that.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 The plan requires the states to reduce their consumption by 500,000-acre feet in 2022 and 2023.

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The Supreme Court’s Top-10 Environmental Law Decisions

Legal Planet

This is the case that put teeth into the Endangered Species Act. Resisting the pleas that saving a minor species of fish was not worth halting a dam project, the Court held that the statute meant what it said: protecting endangered species is a paramount value. 1322 (2023) (Justice Alito). EPA, 142 S.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. Senate holds confirmation hearing for Bureau of Land Management director nominee. Executive Branch.

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Policy News: July 1, 2022

ESA

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. In addition, we encourage states to implement clean energy strategies that reduce emissions. The court may not issue a final ruling until summer 2023.

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