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Appeals court upholds Ontario town’s convictions for damaging piping plover habitat

Enviromental Defense

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. Piping plovers are listed as endangered under the ESA. Toronto, Ont./ Ecojustice?uses

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Environmental groups heading to court to protect endangered piping plover population at Ontario beach

Enviromental Defense

Case challenges habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. The charges related to mechanical raking and grade work the Town performed at Sauble Beach in April and August of 2017. Piping plovers are listed as endangered species under the ESA. Background.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). June 28, 2017). filed June 9, 2017).

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Environmental groups fight to protect endangered piping plover population at popular Ontario beach

Enviromental Defense

Ontario court examines key habitat protection provisions under province’s Endangered Species Act. The charges stemmed from mechanical raking and grading work the town undertook at Sauble Beach in April and August of 2017. Piping plovers are a migratory shorebird designated as endangered under the ESA. Toronto, Ont./

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Gray Wolf conservation in the Northern Rockies: Can we protect wolves and ranchers?

Vermont Law

gray wolves (Canis lupus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which gave them federal protection from hunting, killing, and otherwise harassing. wolf hunting in Wyoming resumed in October 2017. Under the ESA, a species is considered endangered if it is “. killed earlier in 2017. litigation.

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Dusky Gopher Frog’s Louisiana Critical Habitat Spawns U.S. Supreme Court Writ

The Energy Law Blog

The USFWS’ critical habitat designation was upheld by Judge Feldman in the Eastern District of Louisiana in 2014, affirmed by a 2-1 decision in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2016, and denied an en banc rehearing by an 8-6 vote of the Fifth Circuit in February 2017. The Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. United States v. Ruffatto , No.

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