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Kate Janeway: Employee #10 at TNC in Washington leaves the board and a legacy of environmental service

Washington Nature

There were no environmental laws in the United States until Congress passed The Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts in the 1970s,” she said. They linked these events to climate change and the latest scientific evidence supporting it.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

Law Columbia

District Court for the District of Montana vacated NWP 12, concluding that the Corps acted arbitrarily and capriciously by issuing the permit in 2017 without consulting the Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service, as required by the Endangered Species Act.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Harvard Climate Justice Coalition v. and non-U.S.

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Mountain Valley Pipeline: Science, Community Activism, and the Fight to Preserve Scientist voices

Union of Concerned Scientists

Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Virginia stopped construction again , raising the question of whether the FRA was Constitutional, and challenging that the move violated the Endangered Species Act. This brought the case to the U.S.

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ESA Policy News: November 7, 2022

ESA

The US Fish and Wildlife Service lists the Emperor Penguin as a threatened species, citing climate change as the primary threat to the species. State Attorneys General’ races could impact climate and energy policy. Discussions of climate ‘loss and damage’ are expected to dominate the conference.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126. and non-U.S. Supreme Court.

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

Cresforum

The all of the above approach to clean energy is the principal reason the U.S. Diverse climate solutions will drive the broadest economic growth, job creation, and expedite the transition to a clean energy economy – and thereby create opportunity and limit pollution exposure for all Americans.