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2023 Inflation Adjustments to Civil Penalties for Violations of Wildlife Protection Laws Announced

Endangered Species Law

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 requires federal agencies to adjust.

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ESA Policy News: May 15, 2023

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Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. One rule repeals a Trump-era definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.

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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. 743 (2015) (Justice Scalia ).

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Endangered Northern Long Eared Bat is a Victim of Biodiversity Degradation

Greenbuilding Law

Less than a week before the effective date of the uplisting of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service extended that effective date by 60 days, from January 30, 2023, to March 31, 2023. in more than half the country.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

8 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Workshop, In-Person & Virtual -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Want To Be A Citizen Scientist? 8 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Workshop, In-Person & Virtual -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Want To Be A Citizen Scientist? 9 Meeting [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb.

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ESA Policy News: January 23, 2023

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Interior: The Bureau of Land Management is revising sage grouse conservation plans. The agency first revised management plans to protect sage grouse habitat and avoid an Endangered Species Act listing for the bird in 2015 during the Obama administration. The Trump administration amended the plans in 2019.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. PFAS: EPA stuck with its statutory deadlines for proposing and finalizing a drinking water regulation for the chemicals PFOA and PFOS — March 2023 and September 2024, respectively. Executive Branch. International. Steve Daines (R-MT).

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