Endangered Species Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed listing the oblong rocksnail ( Leptoxis compacta ) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). river mile stretch of the Cahaba River about 10 miles south of Birmingham. On October 31, 2023, the U.S.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Ever increasing water use, and severe drought conditions, brought conflicts over water use to a head in the early 2000s when water conservation measures were taken in order to protect several fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Three KRB fish species are especially significant from an environmental perspective.

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Inside Climate News

AUGUST 7, 2021

Because of global warming, they could soon become the latest species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act. But climate change threatens to drive these sea ice-dependent birds to extinction by the end of the century.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Often when we think about these amazing creatures our minds turn to the past, of stories of whalers and Moby Dick. That’s about the height of three Empire State Buildings stacked down below the waves. Now there are about 300,0000 sperm whales left, and they are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

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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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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Ontario had one of the strongest endangered species laws in the world because the people of Ontario care about our natural heritage. 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 .

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Watching the sawfish in the aquarium also made me sad—as it houses some of the most endangered ocean animals in the world, the aquarium is one of the last places we will be able to catch a glimpse of them. Today, we are going to explore five things you didn’t know about sawfish. Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2003.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

There’s no doubt about it: I could never survive living in the Arctic. In addition, the Cook Inlet distinct population segment has been listed as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The largest threat to Arctic species is climate change, affecting both their habitat and the food they eat.

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and NOAA Marine Fisheries (NMFS) issued a sweeping proposal to amend key provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), including provisions pertaining to listing decisions, critical habitat designations, and interagency consultations.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 25, 2022

On Monday, I explained why this is an especially urgent time for new law students to be thinking about the climate crisis and how they can contribute as lawyers. The Endangered Species Act can have a big effect on land use in some parts of the country. The next question is how to prepare for that work. .

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Legal Planet

APRIL 17, 2023

There’s a ton of questions about the future efficacy of the Inflation Reduction Act. That’s the most basic takeaway from the April 12 policy symposium convened by the UCLA Emmett Institute about the new federal laws to address climate change. It’s not overly paranoid to consider that possibility of repeal, of course.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2023

The House of Representatives is considering draft legislation that would formally establish NOAA through what is known as an organic act. This raises important questions about impacts the proposal could have on federal management of vital fisheries resources as well as other parts of the agency. What is the legislation at hand?

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2022

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. Ecojustice?uses

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

In each case, there’s been a legal struggle about how to interpret that key period. The case was about standing to sue. This was a case under the Endangered Species Act. This decision made the Endangered Species Act the strongest of the environmental statutes. Sierra Club v.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2023

-- York Dispatch: Take A Look Inside York County Landfill’s New Wastewater Treatment Plant -- Reading Eagle: Devices With Lithium-Ion Batteries Require Proper Charging, Disposal -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Start 2024 With A First Day Hike In One Of PA’s State Parks -- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Endangered Species Act At 50; How It Aided Eagles, (..)

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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). There’s a complicated history of disputes about whether invertebrates are protected by California law. And no court had ever ruled on the issue.

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Legal Planet

JULY 6, 2023

The other option is to issue only technical guidance about the data that the bureaucrats who issue permits should seek to obtain, leaving it to them to work out standards on a case-by-case basis. But the Sackett majority doesn’t care about the statute’s goals.

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Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has issued a final rule listing the Panama City crayfish ( Procambarus econfinae ) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), along with a section 4(d) rule limiting take of the species.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

But in the rogue EPA that is the Supreme Court, packed to an ultra-conservative majority by presidents with little or no concern for the environment, science and the fatal toll of pollution seem to take a back seat to concerns about the unfettered freedom of polluters to profit regardless of their harmful business practices.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 19, 2022

NOAA Fisheries estimates that only about 30 individuals remain in the Eastern North Pacific right whale stock that visits the Gulf of Alaska and the Southeast Bering Sea. The North Pacific right whale has been listed as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act since 1973 and is listed as “depleted” under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Seth Jaffe 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. And so we come to my real reason for posting about this case.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Among these goals: reducing global food waste and hazardous chemical use, and requiring large companies to be transparent about their risks and impact on biodiversity. The tree , which was listed last week as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, plays a significant role in American West hydrology.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Written by biologists affiliated with the University of Guelph, the report provides information about each of the 29 federally-listed species at risk that would be impacted by Highway 413, along with maps that show where each species has been sighted in proximity to the highway’s path, and illustrations of each species. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A successful partnership also requires clear communication about what is needed, what can be delivered and a commitment to follow through on promises. The most useful evidence to support legal actions demonstrate violations of environmental protections afforded by laws like the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Here are 35 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the previous three years, Congress had passed NEPA, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. Continuing the legislative wave, 1973 saw the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA. The first EPA Administrator took office in 1971. And the year also saw some major judicial decisions.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Does anyone really imagine that this project’s greenhouse gas emissions would not adversely affect the habitat of polar bears, or other ice-dependent listed species? Forget about not needing Willow at the end of its 30-year life span. One wonders what that body has to say about this U.S. degrees Celsius of global warming.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a critical law that protects our country’s most imperiled species on land and at sea. In the 1970s, there were growing concerns from citizens and leaders alike about the impacts of human activity on wildlife.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Removing land from the Greenbelt, taken together with the Ontario government’s Bill 23 attack on Conservation Authorities, the Growth Plan, the Planning Act, the Endangered Species Act and other important legislation, dismantles decades of slow progress toward protecting Ontario’s environment and creating more sustainable communities.

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MGKF Law

MARCH 14, 2021

The Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requires federal agencies to produce certain documents upon request to the general public unless one of nine exemptions applies. Read More » Tags: Endangered Species Act , FOIA , Rulemaking. Sierra Club, Inc. ,

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 6, 2022

Coodley and Sarasohn explore how political compromises formed to yield environmental laws, like the Clean Water Act of 1972 or the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, but also save room for concluding chapters that discuss the factors that led Republican Party members away from supporting environmental legislation in the 1980s and beyond. ** An important (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service announced their proposal to move the northern long-eared bat from its current status of “threatened” to “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. White-nose syndrome, caused by a fungus originating in Europe, also affects 11 other North American bat species. “The

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Environmental advocates have raised alarms about the impact of MVP construction on the Candy Darter fish and other threatened and endangered species along the pipeline route, as well as sediment and erosion impacts to waterways. This brought the case to the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Gas Rate Hikes -- Peoples Gas: Seeks Base Rate Changes To Support Pipeline Modernization Program -- Times Leader Guest Essay: Powering Up Consumer Savings With Natural Gas - By Gas & Oil Association Of West Virginia [Forgot About 2021-22 Price Spikes Already ? 9 Meeting [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This case arose under a dispute involving the Endangered Species Act, but the principles announced by the Court apply to lawyers generally. It is not limited to environmental actions, but it is important for environmental lawyers to know about. This immunity protects lawyers against statements about a nonclient.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 House passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Executive Branch.

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Legal Planet

JULY 31, 2022

And the provision makes clear that it does not alter existing laws (such as the National Environmental Policy Act or the Endangered Species Act) that groups opposing oil and gas projects currently rely on. Second, the provision only requires leases to be offered at sale.

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