Endangered Species Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) negative 12-month finding (Finding) on a petition by WildEarth Guardians (Guardians) to list the Joshua tree ( Yucca brevifolia ) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On September 14, 2016, the Service issued a positive finding on Guardians’ petition.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) on Wednesday confirmed the extinction of 22 animal species and one plant that had previously been listed under the Endangered Species Act.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Candidate in the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University Polar bears have become the global bellwether of climate change: a symbol for an impending catastrophe that will forever change the natural world as we know it.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

This was a case under the Endangered Species Act. The Supreme Court interpreted the statute to place an absolute priority on preserving endangered species, regardless of the impact on the economy or other government goals. This decision made the Endangered Species Act the strongest of the environmental statutes.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2022

Ontario Court of Appeals decision upholds vital habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Ecojustice, acting on behalf of Environmental Defence and Ontario Nature, intervened in the case. uses the power of the law to defend nature, combat climate change, and fight for a healthy environment.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2023

Because the NCCP process can be long and complex, individual projects typically don’t undertake it, but without such a plan the feasibility of a development where a fully protected species is present can be called into question, resulting in delays and, sometimes, abandonment of the project.

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Law Columbia

JULY 31, 2023

The project is controversial due to both its location and its climate impacts. and an area that is highly sensitive to climate change due to the Arctic environment. climate commitments and Biden’s campaign promise to end oil and gas leasing on public lands. C and approximately equal to the remaining budget for 2.0°C.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Case challenges habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Habitat loss and degradation threaten the species’ survival and recovery – and beach raking has been identified as a threat to their habitat. The Town’s appeal will be heard by the Ontario Court of Appeal on February 22, 2022. -30-.

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Inside Climate News

APRIL 17, 2024

With half its surface area gone, the country’s largest saline lake is verging on collapse due to the region’s overuse of water and climate change, threatening the ecosystem, Salt Lake City and Wilson’s phalarope. By Wyatt Myskow SALT LAKE CITY—To complete a nonstop 4,000-mile flight, Wilson’s phalarope needs fuel.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

By Jessica Wentz, The IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2019) estimated that approximately one million species are currently at risk of extinction, with climate change being a major driver of accelerating extinction risk.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The report details how Highway 413 would threaten birds such as the Red-headed Woodpecker, an endangered species, the Short-eared Owl, which has suffered one of the steepest declines of any bird listed by the federal Species At Risk Act , and the Eastern Meadowlark, which Ontario has failed to protect under it’s Endangered Species Act. .

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Acoel

AUGUST 15, 2023

Endangered and threatened species are destined to boldly go where none of them has gone before – habitats outside of their historical range. Factors such as climate change and invasive species have caused ecosystems, once suitable for these species, to no longer be acceptable or sustainable.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a critical law that protects our country’s most imperiled species on land and at sea. This impacts marine food systems and migration patterns for species from zooplankton to whales.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 10, 2022

Protecting Natural and Working Lands In the past two decades, more than a million acres of open space — forests, farmland, ranches and urban tree canopy — have been converted to other uses, damaging fish and wildlife habitat, diminishing our ability to address climate change and negatively impacting human health. Advocate with the EPC.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 24, 2023

The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale. BOEM approved the Construction and Operations Plan for the Vineyard Wind Project in July 2021, approximately 12 years after BOEM began evaluating the site for wind energy development.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 11, 2022

Ontario court examines key habitat protection provisions under province’s Endangered Species Act. Environmental Defence is a leading Canadian advocacy organization that works with government, industry, and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate, and healthy communities. Toronto, Ont./

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In addition, the Cook Inlet distinct population segment has been listed as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The largest threat to Arctic species is climate change, affecting both their habitat and the food they eat. The Arctic is heating up fast.

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Washington Nature

MAY 2, 2022

The goal of these projects is to recover and sustain fisheries—particularly those managed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Look for the Steam Temperature 2080 and USFS Climate Change VIC Model 2080 in the “Layers” panel on to the right of the map.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 3, 2022

Do this by restricting the use of Minister’s Zoning Orders, reversing changes that weakened Conservation Authorities, the Growth Plan and Planning Act and the Endangered Species Act.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Now there are about 300,0000 sperm whales left, and they are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Sperm whales are vulnerable to threats like ship strikes, noise pollution and climate change. © Before the whaling industry was created there may have been 1.1 What is ambergris?

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In addition, federal laws such as the Endangered Species Act have created federal claims for lake water to sustain threatened plants, animals and, most importantly, fish. The Tribes blame climate change for the failure of the lake to return to the usual full pool level after Spring runoff from snowmelt.

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Earthava

APRIL 13, 2021

Blue whales are currently classified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Current protections have allowed for a minimal rebound, but human threats do still exist, like vessel strikes, fishing gear entanglement, and climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

The majority also seems utterly disinterested in the fact that a solid majority of people in this country want action on climate change and pollution. A CNN poll in December found that 73 percent of respondents in the United States say the federal government has some level of responsibility to curb climate change.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

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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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) 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. and non-U.S.

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Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Some experts contend they were taken off the endangered species list prematurely. Deprived of once plentiful seagrass, more than 900 have died this year. By Amy Green ORLANDO, Fla.—The The manatee was too weak to swim.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

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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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 19, 2022

Her work focuses on climate change litigation, ocean law and policy, and renewable energy. . The North Pacific right whale is one of the rarest of all large whale species, and one of the most endangered species on the planet. Critical habitat is habitat that is needed to support recovery of a listed species.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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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MGKF Law

JULY 26, 2023

Read More » Tags: Administrative Procedures Act , Citizen Suit , Climate Change , Endangered Species Act , Energy , NEPA , Permits , Standing

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Washington Nature

APRIL 22, 2021

There is no better way for the Washington Legislature to honor Earth Day than by passing the Climate Commitment Act. The Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act, Medicare, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act were all strongly criticized for their shortcomings. It is not perfect.

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Brag

APRIL 8, 2022

EPA’s OPP is focusing on long-standing challenges, especially a renewed effort to meet Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation requirements and determining how best to meet core pesticide registration review obligations in 2022.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It is clear that this attack would end the critical role the Greenbelt plays to stop sprawl and protect farmland, forests, and the source of our drinking water, as well address climate change. The government should be ashamed and the people of Ontario should be outraged. .

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Academy of Natural Sciences

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Unfortunately, due to a century of human impact — habitat loss, overharvest and now climate change — their population is unstable and much lower than historic levels.” ” Habitat loss, overharvesting and climate change all impact horseshoe crab spawning, and many do not make it.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Climate change : The process by which the climate changes due to “forcings”. The biggest issues of the age include climate change and resource depletion, an issue that will affect coming generations as previous generations add to the depletion and environmental damage.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Sabin Center submitted an amicus brief supporting this claim and explaining how climate change attribution and detection research can be used to assess the effect of project-level emissions on sea ice declines within the habitat ranges of these species. Decision at 101-102.)

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