Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
And lastly, the federal government opens an Office of Climate Change and Health Equity. The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity will identify and support communities at risk from wildfires, floods, heat, and other climate hazards. Endangered Species Act Removal. On the Radar.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 17, 2023
NOAA is a science-based agency of the federal government that was created by the executive branch in 1970, bringing together science-based commissions, bureaus and offices the country relied on for years, including what was known as the Weather Bureau, the Fisheries Commission, and the Survey of the Coast office. In 1977, Rep.
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Legal Planet
MAY 16, 2024
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. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S.
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.
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. American Trucking Associations. This case is a century older.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 21, 2022
The Year in Water, 2022 — “Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth,” a roundup of Circle of Blue’s reporting and investigations, from climate change to public health to ecosystems. The tree , which was listed last week as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, plays a significant role in American West hydrology.
Legal Planet
APRIL 17, 2023
That’s the most basic takeaway from the April 12 policy symposium convened by the UCLA Emmett Institute about the new federal laws to address climate change. That’s a major departure from the environmental legislation of the 1970s—NEPA, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, to name a few.
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