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Trump’s War on Environmental Protection: A Chronology

Legal Planet

Some of us may have repressed the memory of Trump’s war against environmental protection in his previous term in office. As you can see below, Trump’s campaign to purge America of environmental regulations — particularly those impacting the fossil fuel industry — was stern and unrelenting. October.

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How to Take on a Pipeline (and Win)

Union of Concerned Scientists

billion project, is an interstate natural gas pipeline proposed to run from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia. 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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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay. The agreement also allows countries to continue to export liquefied natural gas. in response to a petition filed by environmental groups. Executive Branch.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals.

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Policy News: March 14, 2022

ESA

Lawmakers give the Environmental Protection Agency a 3.5% Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year. USFWS: The agency is proposing listing two freshwater mussel species – the western fanshell and Ouachita fanshell – as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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Federal Oil and Gas Leasing in the Courts: Why Recent Losses Could Actually be Good News for the Biden Administration

Law Columbia

significantly reduce [greenhouse gas] emissions,” including by “banning new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters.” Even where land has been so designed, before holding a lease sale, BLM must conduct an environmental review under NEPA, and may also need to complete other reviews or consultations (e.g.,

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

The annual Appropriations Act (House Bill 259), the N.C. Farm Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 582) and the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 (House Bill 600) all contained provisions weakening existing environmental protections and in some cases preventing adoption of new standards. House Bill 600, Sec.

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