Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Project 2025 report is 920 pages long, but only a few portions have gotten much public attention. But does Project 2025 even matter, you might ask? With all that in mind, here are six Project 2025 proposals that you probably haven’t heard much about. Undermining endangered species protections. 633-634] #2.

2025

Acoel

APRIL 30, 2025

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Adam P. Chen Comment period ends on May 19, 2025 On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a proposed rule to rescind the regulatory definition of harm under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). & Regs.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Water markets are transforming how Western states manage one of their most vital — and limited — resources, and an upcoming webinar will examine the legal and policy framework behind these systems.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 10, 2025

3, Issue 12, from July 10, 2025. 3, Issue 13 (July 10, 2025). Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to view Vol. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

Additionally, a report located here provides an overview of fiscal year 2025 appropriations made for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related agencies. The report available here , although written a month before the OBBBA’s final passage, provides an overview of conservation funding changes made in the bill.

2013

Scientific American

AUGUST 6, 2025

Although military sonar or offshore drilling can have profound consequences for marine mammals, it would become near impossible to regulate these activities in the name of protecting animals, she adds. © 2025 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, A DIVISION OF SPRINGER NATURE AMERICA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society This guest essay first appeared in the Altoona Mirror on March 8, 2025 -- As President of the Juniata Valley Audubon Society, I stand with many who believe in protecting the natural world we depend on our parks, wildlife and air.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

It has been informally referred to as the “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ,” or “OBBBA.” For fiscal year 2028, a state can choose to use its payment error rate from 2025 or 2026; however, for fiscal year 2029 and beyond, the payment error rate for the third fiscal year preceding the fiscal year being calculated will be used.

2013

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

On April 9, the President issued two new executive orders requiring agencies to adopt one year sunset dates on any existing regulations affecting energy. A second order requires agencies to identify regulations that limit competition. So if the federal regulations disappear, so could Pennsylvanias regulations.]

Regulations

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 11 Jul NALC news release: NALC’s Pittman discusses foreign investments in U.S.

2013

Nature

JUNE 23, 2025

Advertisement View all journals Search Log in Explore content About the journal Publish with us Subscribe Sign up for alerts RSS feed nature correspondence article CORRESPONDENCE 24 June 2025 ‘Harm’ must not be redefined by US conservation agencies By Jonathan A. Czuba 0 Jonathan A. Czuba Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

Conservation

National Law Center

AUGUST 13, 2025

Mencer has extensive experience advising producers and agribusinesses on compliance with the H-2A program and other labor regulations. 20 NALC webinar will focus on labor law topics Webinar is Q&A-style with ag attorney William Mencer Registration is no cost online FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– He founded The Law Office of William L.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

3, Issue 11, from June 12, 2025. 3, Issue 11 (June 12, 2025). Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to view Vol. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

3, Issue 12, from June 26, 2025. 3, Issue 12 (June 26, 2025). Robbins FDA Updates: June 2025 The Feed: Vol. Click below to sign up for The Feed, and also read the PDF for Vol. To sign up for The Feed, click here. Click here to view Vol. Share: Recent Posts The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 12 Who Gets to Say?

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

Jurisdiction of food supply In the United States, the food supply is primarily regulated on the federal level by two agencies – the FDA and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Specifically, the USDA regulates meat, poultry, catfish, and unshelled egg products, and the FDA regulates the other 80% of food.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

This second article explores Auer deference, used by courts to review agency decisions that interpret the agency’s own regulations. Robbins , the Supreme Court was asked to identify a “salary-based” employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Background In Auer v.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

There is good news though for small business owners – almost every state in the country has passed laws or regulations allowing entrepreneurs in similar situations to produce and sell certain food products made in private homes with very little or no regulation or oversight. What Are Cottage Foods? Particularly, the U.S.

Law

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

Later, in 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12 , a ballot initiative regulating the production and sale of many veal, egg, and pork products. and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act [15 U.S.C. Compliance with these regulations is verified by either USDA or a third party certifier. NALC Explainer here ). 301 et seq.]

Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from July 2025. Link to interview: [link] July 18 – In-person presentation on “MAHA and Agriculture: Overview, Update, & Looking Ahead” at the 2025 Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Officers and Leaders Conference in Rogers, AR.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

Grain dealer statutes exist at the state level to regulate businesses that purchase grain from producers. In the Express Grain case, then-CEO John Coleman was sentenced by a federal judge in March 2025 to 10 years in prison, plus five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay over $69 million in restitution.

Law

National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

Specifically, USDA has authority to regulate meat, poultry, catfish, and unshelled egg products, and FDA regulates the other 80% of the food supply. Along with regulating a portion of our food supply, the FDA has the authority to regulate drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, dietary supplements, animal feed, and more.

2025

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

CFIUS) , Foreign Ownership , Land Ownership , NALC Staff , United States Department of Agriculture by NALC staff On June 23, 2025, the House passed the Agricultural Risk Review Act ( H.R. 1713 ) which seeks to increase governmental oversight of certain foreign acquisitions in U.S. agriculture, particularly in farmland.

2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

Texas is one of nine states to enact or amend a foreign ownership law during the 2025 legislative session and now becomes the twenty-eighth state to adopt legislation prohibiting certain foreign investments in land. SB 17 is set to go into effect on September 1, 2025. To read SB 17, click here. agriculture, click here.

Law

Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2022

By Environmental Defence’s count, the last several years have witnessed over 10 major changes to laws, regulations and policies that have rolled back protection for nature and wildlife in Ontario. Endangered species are the rarest and most vulnerable plants and animals.By So far no interest from Queen’s Park.

Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

Outlined below are many of the new NALC resources from June 2025. Blog Posts New Addition to Foreign Ownership Law Trend: West Virginia Enacts Restriction on Foreign-Controlled Entities Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional FDA Updates: June 2025 Who Gets to Say? Agency Deference in a Post-Chevron World: Auer v.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

Greg Vitali, Majority Chair House Environmental Committee -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 19 On Drinking Water Supply Impacts From Drilling; New Financial Assurance Strategies To Prevent Abandonment; Draft Spill Policy; Injection Well Primacy; Much More [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/PublicSource: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Gas Drilling Expansion (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

Greg Vitali, Majority Chair House Environmental Committee -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 2 to 8 - 119 Conventional Well Abandonment Violations; Pipeline Land Slips; Ignored Orders [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/PublicSource: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Gas Drilling Expansion In WV Sent 4 Families Reeling, While State Regulators Trusted (..)

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2025

Agencies are directed to use, to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law, the ESA regulation on consultations in emergencies, to facilitate the Nations energy supply. Regulatory Freeze On January 20, the new federal administration issued an executive order instituting a regulatory freeze pending a review of all regulations.

Endangered Species Act

ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA determines that most Chesapeake Bay watershed states are not on track to meet 2025 pollution reduction commitments. The significant nexus test determines that the Clean Water Act applies if wetlands have a “significant nexus” to regulated waters. International. State Department names first special envoy for biodiversity.

2022

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Washington Supreme Court Invalidated Regulation of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Northern Plains Resource Council v. 95885-8 (Wash.

2020

ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year. USFWS: The agency is proposing listing two freshwater mussel species – the western fanshell and Ouachita fanshell – as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

2022

Acoel

JANUARY 21, 2025

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Michael B. 404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec. Gerrard On the evening of the second inauguration of President Trump, the White House released a flurry of executive orders on a wide range of subjects.

Endangered Species Act

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 report contains a detailed–and quite alarming–list of recommendations as to how Trump & Co. can more effectively eviscerate federal environmental statutes and regulations.

Endangered Species Act

Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2024

Trump has attempted to disavow the unpopular Project 2025 and distance himself from the Heritage Foundation, the primary author. The AFPI’s views aren’t expressed as stridently but share Project 2025’s philosophy. In its attack on the administrative state, the AFPI seems if anything more radical than Project 2025.

2025

ESA

MAY 15, 2023

Courts Supreme Court decision about California’s pork regulations could impact state climate regulations. Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.

2023

ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Planning requires the expertise of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental planners, and environmental engineers, and can be incentivized by local regulations. Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying a U.S. Previously, the bat species was listed as a threatened species.

2023