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Day After Earth Day, the Climate Pope, and the 89%

Legal Planet

Take would become harm in ESA: The Trump administration proposed a rule to redefine what it means to harm a protected species under the Endangered Species Act, a move conservationists say will strip vulnerable plants and animals of habitat they need to survive. CBD plans to sue. the Financial Times reports.

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Take Action Now! Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urging Watershed Citizens To Support Designation Of Eastern Hellbender As An Endangered Species

PA Environment Daily

A hundred or more years of deforestation, acid rain and mine drainage, development, and industrialization has reduced the hellbenders current range only to the most pristine streams. These efforts will also give umbrella safeguards to thousands of other species that rely on clean rivers and streams.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Endangered Species Act : Nearly every country has one of these now as well as international laws and designations for cross-border co-operation on conservation. This Act came into being in 1973 with the aim of setting out special protections for species at risk of extinction.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

Global deforestation pledge will be missed without urgent action, say researchers – The Guardian. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rule to List the Queen Conch as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act. Scientific Community. 7, 2022.

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Policy News: August 1, 2022

ESA

This includes a $35 million increase for the Ecological Services for Endangered Species Act activities. This action is similar to actions proposed in the Save Our Sequoia Act ( H.R. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act. In the Interior Department, the U.S. Scott Peters (D-CA).

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In addition, the court found that BLM acted contrary to law by failing to consider a statutory directive to give “maximum protection” to surface values in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. They asserted claims under the Endangered Species Act, NEPA, the Clean Water Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.

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Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back On Track For Federal Endangered Species Protection

PA Environment Daily

Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful. These odd and charming salamanders can survive, but they desperately need the help of the Endangered Species Act.” District Judge Lewis J.