Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
Ignoring pollution’s toll The court’s 2022 decision in West Virginia v EPA limited the EPA’s ability to cut carbon emissions from power plants, effectively ending efforts launched by the Obama administration. In the January arguments, he bemoaned an atmosphere where “automatically whatever the agency says, wins.”
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity.
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Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
A magistrate judge in the federal district court for the District of Oregon granted motions by three trade groups to withdraw from the lawsuit seeking to hold the United States liable for its actions and inaction leading to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
ESA
DECEMBER 20, 2021
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 But Is It Burning Less Carbon? – million for wildlife corridor programs. The New York Times.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S.
Law Columbia
JUNE 8, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Conservation Congress v. Forest Service , 2:13-cv-00934 (E.D. May 17, 2021).
Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Center for Biological Diversity Sought Action on Climate Change-Threatened Species. Supreme Court seeking review of the D.C. 2:21-cv-00724 (E.D.
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