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After Sackett: A Multi-Prong Strategy

Legal Planet

State Regulation. Otherwise would like to regulate but will need help. Conservative states might be reluctant to regulate. Flood control and water quality might be the best arguments for persuading them, rather than the intrinsic value of protecting wetlands. Some states, of course, just won’t care.

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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.

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When Democrats and Republicans united to repair the Earth

Environment, Law, and History

The turning point in the book is the winter of 1971 and 1972 where Nixon began to express serious concern that he would soon face major backlash from pro-industry voters if he continued to support stiff environmental regulations. “I I have an uneasy feeling that perhaps we are doing too much,” he wrote his chief of staff, H.

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Biden Administration Begins Review of Environmental Regulations

National Law Center

The post Biden Administration Begins Review of Environmental Regulations appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. When the Biden Administration took office in January, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order requiring all federal agencies to review.

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ESA Policy News: March 6, 2023

ESA

Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act.

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Our Environmental Statutes Are Broken

Law and Environment

The Clean Water Act – It’s routine for EPA to take more than 10 years to act on NPDES permit renewals. The Clean Air Act – The Supreme Court has ruled that it does not provide authority for EPA to address the defining issue of our time. ESA – Basically the same.

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ESA Policy News: April 17, 2023

ESA

Planning requires the expertise of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental planners, and environmental engineers, and can be incentivized by local regulations. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. EPA case by early summer 2023. Forests: Reps.

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