Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
The plaintiffs asserted Endangered Species Act claims, focusing on the federal agencies’ consideration of impacts on grizzly bears and bull trout; the plaintiffs alleged that bull trout are “particularly vulnerable” to climate change because they require cold water to spawn and rear.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it designated the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. Northern Plains Resource Council v. WildEarth Guardians v. Bernhardt , No. 1:16-cv-01724 (D.D.C.
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Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S.
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
First, the court said the cities’ novel theories of liability based on the defendants’ sales of their product did not differentiate their claims from earlier transboundary pollution suits in which the Supreme Court ( American Electric Power Co. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp. AquAlliance v.
Law Columbia
JULY 2, 2021
The federal district court for the District of Montana largely rejected challenges to federal approvals of revisions to the Flathead National Forest Land Management Plan in northwestern Montana but remanded without vacatur for additional analysis of certain issues under the Endangered Species Act. In re Hawaiian Electric Co. ,
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
The Second Circuit rejected the claim that the renewable energy solicitations exceeded the limited authority granted to states with respect to wholesale sales of electricity under the Federal Power Act and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act.
ESA
MAY 17, 2021
The report finds the nation is experiencing unprecedented change from sea-level rise and flooding on the coasts, permafrost loss in Alaska and record heatwaves in cities. FERC – Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability Technical Conference (June 1 & 2).
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