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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. Hill, 437 U.S. NRDC, 467 U.S.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Supreme Court seems to have appointed itself as a rogue Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to protect polluters rather than the public. The court’s conservative majority went so far as to ignore EPA science conducted during the conservative George W. Bush administration.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants.

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CRES Forum Climate Policy Directives for Legislators, Policymakers, the Press, and the Public

Cresforum

Conservatives have overseen some of the most enduring legacies of American environmental policy. One of the most destructive myths of modern times is the idea that somehow conservatism is incompatible with good climate policy. But nothing could be further from the truth.

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CRES Forum Climate Policy Directives for Legislators, Policymakers, the Press, and the Public

Cresforum

Conservatives have overseen some of the most enduring legacies of American environmental policy. One of the most destructive myths of modern times is the idea that somehow conservatism is incompatible with good climate policy. But nothing could be further from the truth.

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Policy News: July 1, 2022

ESA

Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The Ecological Society of America, representing 8,000 research ecologists and environmental scientists, is greatly concerned about the recent United States Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. NSF receives $9.63 Executive Branch.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

ESA

New Mexico governor signs executive order creating a “30 by 30” conservation committee. Circuit Court of Appeals directed the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of chlorpyrifos in instances where it harms workers and children. The agency attributes the species status to declining water quality and quantity.

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