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Death by a Thousand Cuts: Ontario’s Dismantling of the Endangered Species Act

Enviromental Defense

These species are the most vulnerable and require species-specific conservation efforts to survive. Unfortunately, changes to regulations in recent years clearly highlight Ontario’s lack of effort to protect these species. Many populations in Ontario are small and disconnected.

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Our 2022 State Legislative Priorities

Washington Nature

In even-numbered years like 2022, lawmakers focus on relatively small budget requests, “fixes” and limited policy proposals. Conservancy forester Kyle Smith takes measurements in the old-growth forest at TNC’s Ellsworth Creek Preserve in southwest Washington. Learn more From THe Conservation Futures COalition.

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Endangered Northern Long Eared Bat is a Victim of Biodiversity Degradation

Greenbuilding Law

Less than a week before the effective date of the uplisting of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. The is no question that existing government regulation in the U.S. has been completely ineffectual in impacting biodiversity degradation.

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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. Habitat loss and degradation threaten the species’ survival and recovery – and beach raking has been identified as a threat to their habitat. Beach conservation and tourism can co-exist. Background.

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Dammed If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Who gets scarce water resources from lakes in times of drought?

Acoel

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. As populations in the vicinity grew, municipalities started using the water as well. Environmentalists and area Tribes cheered the result.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

In the United States, a 2022 study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that more than 50,000 lives per year would be saved by eliminating those emissions. 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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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Senate committee holds hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Executive Branch.

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