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Changing Crucial Definition In Endangered Species Act Undermines Purpose Of Klamath Dam Removal

Circle of Blue

The return of salmon to the upper Klamath River represents a victory for nature, an exhibition of the century-long transition in how Americans view the environment, and a signal achievement of the 1973 Endangered Species Act. They’re sacrificing our species and the sovereignty of tribal nations for the sake of private interests.

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

Legal Planet

They made it through Earth Day one of two insufferable seasons of cliche, inane PR pitches clogging their inboxes. I usually feel meh about Earth Day because a hyperfocus on a single day feels superficial and performative. But this Earth Day hit different. The 2-week UN Climate Conference each fall.)

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A Muffled American Environmentalism

Circle of Blue

Even considering Earth Day demonstrations in April, it’s the first time any of the Trump administration’s irrational and dangerous initiatives to impede, weaken, and obliterate the nation’s protections for land, water, and air generated more than a peep of resistance.

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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. Toronto, Ont./ No such exceptions were sought by the Town in this case.

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Trail Mix Blog: Rachel Carson, A Pennsylvanian Sparked An Awakening

PA Environment Daily

By the end of the decade as oil gushed from a drilling platform off Santa Barbara, California and the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire, Americans were ready to act. A teach-in held by Gaylord Nelson, a senator from Wisconsin, blossomed into Earth Day [April 22]. Brinkley is a presidential historian.

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Guest Post: Pass the Climate Commitment Act on Earth Day

Washington Nature

On April 22, Earth Day, the Washington State House will vote on the Climate Commitment Act ( SB 5126 ). There is no better way for the Washington Legislature to honor Earth Day than by passing the Climate Commitment Act. Pass the Climate Commitment Act on Earth Day! It is not perfect.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

But, despite his personal beliefs, Nixon was pressured by the times to respond to burgeoning ecological concerns ignited by Rachel Carson’s 1962 Silent Spring , and the 20 million people protesting for the planet in the first Earth Day in 1970.