Endangered Species Law

MARCH 28, 2024

On March 18, three advocacy organizations and their members filed a lawsuit challenging an offshore wind project against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

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Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced that, following the completion of the Service’s 5-year status review (5-year Review) of the golden-cheeked warbler ( Setophaga chrysopharia ) (GCWA), the agency is recommending the species be downlisted from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Legal Planet

JUNE 1, 2022

The California Fish and Game Commission had accepted petitions to list four species of native California bees for protection under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). That was the question before the Third District of the California Court of Appeal.

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 18, 2023

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 12, 2025

If passed, Bill 5 would: Allow the premier and cabinet to designate special economic zones in which trusted proponents would be given the authority to undertake projects without regard to provincial and municipal laws; Exempt developments from archeological assessments if the Ontario government is of the opinion that an exemption could potentially (..)

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 11, 2025

These were the parts of the legislation that sought to narrow the application of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and litigation to projects to reduce fire risk on federal lands.

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Endangered Species Law

MARCH 29, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services) made available pre-publication versions of the agencies’ long-awaited updates to regulations implementing sections 4 and 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

Endangered Species Act (ESA ). In some ways the most robust environmental law because of its stringent requirements, which protect rare species and the ecosystems in which they live. Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA).

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Vorys Law

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On December 12, 2024, the U.S.

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Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Climate change is reducing the snowpack the mythic predators depend on for their dens, but resistance from resource extraction and recreation interests delayed Endangered Species Act protection. By Grant Stringer After decades of battles that spanned five U.S.

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Endangered Species Act requires that every U.S. plant and animal be saved from extinction, but after 50 years, we have to do much more to prevent a biodiversity crisis

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Nanotech

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator Michal Freedhoff announced the steps EPA is taking to incorporate stakeholder feedback and collaborate with other federal agencies on its requirement to comply with the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For its part, the Ontario government has recently cancelled Environmental Assessment Act coverage of the Highway 413 project and previously gutted the provincial Endangered Species Act. Premier Ford has publicly dismissed the need for considering the environmental impacts of the Highway.

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Endangered Species Law

MARCH 3, 2023

On February 28, 2023, I published a post on the Center for California Water Resources Policy and Management’s DeltaCurrents blog discussing Species Status Assessments (SSAs) as a tool to facilitate implementation of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 17, 2025

The decision comes on the heels of the agency’s recent recommendation to downlist the GCWA from endangered to threatened. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) will publish a positive 90-day finding on a 2016 petition (Petition) to delist the golden-cheeked warbler ( Setophaga chrysoparia ) (GCWA).

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Endangered Species Law

APRIL 9, 2025

” The federal Endangered Species Act deals with a different type of “taking.” ” Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act generally prohibits any person from “taking” any species of fish or wildlife listed as endangered. 16 U.S.C § 1538.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

Climate change as reason for threatened or endangered status under Endangered Species Act. Investment and incentives for clean technologies under the Inflation Reduction Act. Climate change as substantial impact requiring discussion in environmental impact statement. Federal energy policy A.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 28, 2023

On June 22, 2023, the U.S.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

For instance, a highway may only directly cause habitat destruction in the footprint of the highway itself, but by enabling more drivers to go to more places more quickly, the highway will enable subsequent development that might have a much larger environmental impact. NEPA requires consideration of those effects.

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Endangered Species Law

APRIL 4, 2025

District Court for the Western District of Texas (District Court) vacated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) special 4(d) rule for the northern distinct population segment (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken (LEPC). The 4(d) rule had prohibited, in most circumstances, “take” of the species’ northern DPS.

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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Endangered Species Law

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced it had opened status reviews for 38 species of plants, wildlife, and fish endemic to Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona (Southwest Species).

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National Law Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On February 6, 2023, a federal judge in California issued a ruling concluding that the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) preempted an. The post Judge Issues Ruling in Klamath River Dispute appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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PBS Nature

MAY 7, 2024

As their territory expands into cattle country, local ranchers reassert that grizzlies should be delisted under the Endangered Species Act, which would pave the way for legal hunting of the bears.

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National Law Center

JUNE 11, 2024

The Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) is widely recognized as one of the strongest wildlife protection laws in the world. The post Ag & the ESA: When a Species is Listed “Wherever Found” appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. The primary.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 6, 2022

A California appeals court ruled last week that bumblebees are fish and are therefore protected by the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). That may sound ridiculous, but there’s actually a convoluted legal argument to support the court.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

This was a case under the Endangered Species Act. The Supreme Court interpreted the statute to place an absolute priority on preserving endangered species, regardless of the impact on the economy or other government goals. This decision made the Endangered Species Act the strongest of the environmental statutes.

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Nanotech

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of final guidance to improve the efficiency of EPA’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) analyses for new pesticide active ingredient applications and active ingredients undergoing registration review. On September 14, 2023, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

MECP claims that these changes will improve implementation of the legislation, however, this is only true if you think better implementation of species protection legislation involves making it weaker. Ontario’s Endangered Species Act has been weakened throughout the years through policy changes, exemptions and poor implementation.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With too little … Continue reading Emperor penguins get Endangered Species Act protection – with 98% of colonies at risk of extinction by 2100, can it save them?

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Endangered Species Act can have a big effect on land use in some parts of the country. Traditional land use law is tied in with urban sprawl, a big problem in terms of carbon emissions and urban air pollution. There are a lot of rules governing land development, not all of them embodied in zoning laws.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 4, 2023

This post isn’t about the Oregon spotted frog or even about the Endangered Species Act as a whole. billion is a lot of money to spend on species recovery or whether it will be “worth it” to save the Oregon spotted frog. billion over 40 years. It’s not about whether $2.7

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Environmental Law Centre

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Join the Environmental Law Centre for a webinar on species at risk management as the Centre rolls out its Model Endangered Species Act (ESA) for Alberta. The post A Model Endangered Species Act for Alberta: An opportunity to move Albertas Nature Strategy to the next level appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 3, 2025

House Committee on Natural Resources took aim Wednesday at the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), arguing both landmark statutes are ambiguous and reach beyond federal authority. Read the full story at Inside Climate News. Republican members of the U.S.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Last month, Judge John Hunderaker held that the Endangered Species Act requires EPA to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service before issuing recommended water quality criteria. He also vacated EPA’s 2016 chronic freshwater criterion for cadmium.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

And now the government has a new proposal – and it’s terrible for endangered species. TELL ONTARIO NOT TO BY-PASS THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT . The provincial government has created a ‘pay-to-slay’ fund that allows developers to pay money rather than actually protecting endangered species.

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