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When is a bee a fish?

Legal Planet

Bees are fish! The California Fish and Game Commission had accepted petitions to list four species of native California bees for protection under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The Commission argued that the Section 45 definition applies to the term “fish” in CESA, authorizing the listing of invertebrates.

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A Beautiful Day for Bumblefish?

Legal Planet

There’s a definition of fish elsewhere in that law that sweeps pretty broadly. The question is whether the “fish” definition in section 45 includes all invertebrates or only those that spend some or all of their lives in the water. But even under that definition, bumblebees would not be legally classified as fish.

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On the Wings of Research

Academy of Natural Sciences

Previously, I worked as a Fulbright Study/Research Fellow with the Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research at the Finnish Museum of Natural History of University of Helsinki and received my bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the BEES Department at Drexel University.

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MAS Launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Clean Energy Law

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak On 3 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Taxonomy) at the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Davies , Farhana Sharmeen , Michael D.

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Will Canada finally protect monarch butterflies?

Enviromental Defense

Other chemicals, like neonicotinoid pesticides, can be particularly toxic to insects like bees and butterflies, and have been banned in other countries. Pesticides by definition aim to kill insects, plants and fungi, so by design they kill the foundation of our ecosystem. Meg Sears, Chairperson, Prevent Cancer Now. They have to go.”.

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Guest Essay: Are We Prepared For Solar Energy Projects In Pennsylvania?

PA Environment Daily

The flowers can be used to create an attractive habitat to pollinators like bees and butterflies without shading the solar panels. If a special exception is needed, the definitions should be clear, and the requirements should be objective (not subjective). . -- Pollinators. It should include passive and active systems.

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Floodplains and Redlines

Academy of Natural Sciences

Three of Drexel University’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) students wanted to make an environmental justice impact right in here in Philadelphia. What was the inspiration behind your BEES work? The Academy reached out to learn more.