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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

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 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans. Executive Branch.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. US law protecting endangered species hampered by poor resources, study says – The Guardian. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act.

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Trump’s Wall: Adios to Environmental Law?

Vermont Law

With President Donald Trump in the White House, his administration has taken measures to ensure that the construction of the wall is not sidetracked by environmental laws and regulations. It includes NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and CERCLA, to name but a few.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic v.

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Federal Water Tap, September 7: New Federal Office Connects Climate Change and Health

Circle of Blue

A federal judge overturns the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act definition. Bureau of Reclamation contributes $19 million for a Colorado River water conservation program. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes removing a notorious species from the threatened list. Endangered Species Act Removal.