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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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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Supreme Court seems to have appointed itself as a rogue Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to protect polluters rather than the public. It would put any new initiative for environmental protection at automatic risk of being snuffed out.

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

PA Environment Daily

The building housing the departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources in Harrisburg is named in her honor. Peregrine falcons have been nesting on the building since 1996, a species saved by her research into the impact of pesticides on bird eggs and detailed in her landmark book Silent Spring.

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Policy News: April 25, 2022

ESA

In an executive order made in honor of Earth Day, the White House announced the creation of a U.S. Forest Service , the Department of Agriculture , the Department of Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency this week regarding the agencies’ Fiscal Year 2023 budget requests. Federal Register opportunities.

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