Endangered Species Law

MAY 10, 2021

On May 4, 2021, NMFS issued a proposed rule to remove Siderastrea glynni , a coral originally found at Urabá Island, Panama Gulf, from the ESA lists. The coral was first discovered in 1992 and was initially thought to be the only extant Siderastrea species in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Endangered Species Act Ocean 2021 98

Nanotech

MAY 10, 2021

On May 6, 2021, the European Food Safety Association (EFSA) announced that E171 is no longer considered safe when used as a food additive. The European Commission (EC) asked EFSA to update its safety assessment of the food additive titanium dioxide (E171).

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2018 Regulations 2021 76

Washington Nature

MAY 10, 2021

Watch a video from this year’s Northeast Washington TREX: The 2021 Spring Northeast Washington TREX was funded by the Bureau of Land Management and the Washington Department of Natural Resources.

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Natural Resources Conservation 2021 98

E2 Law Blog

MAY 10, 2021

Last month, the Court of Special Appeals – Maryland’s intermediate appellate court – ruled on a challenge to those permits. Maryland Small MS4 Coalition v. Dep’t of the Envt. , 1865, Sept. Term 2019 (Md. The opinion is notable for its quotation of Talking Heads’ Once in a Lifetime , but that’s not really the point.

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Clean Water Act 2019 2020 Regulations 52

Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2021

On April 29, 2021 the German Constitutional Court (the Bundesverfassungsgericht, or GCC) rendered a ground-breaking judgment, requiring the German government to establish specific plans to achieve its mid-century greenhouse gas emissions goal. (An By Jaap Spier [1]. An English press release is available here.

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2030 Paris Agreement Climate Change Precautionary Principle 45

Law and Environment

MAY 10, 2021

Last week, the Fish and Wildlife Service issued a proposed rule that would revoke the rule promulgated by the Trump Administration in January 2021 and return to the prior status quo, in which the incidental take of birds subject to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act constituted a violation of the Act. I’m not taking a position on the proposal.

Law 100

Law Politics 2021 Renewable Energy 100