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Appeals court upholds Ontario town’s convictions for damaging piping plover habitat

Enviromental Defense

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. Plant and animal species are the foundation of a healthy ecosystem. Toronto, Ont./

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Sponsored Content.

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Our 2022 State Legislative Priorities

Washington Nature

Several of our priorities this year seek to stem the loss of irreplaceable natural and working lands and ensure our state is empowered to plan more thoughtfully for the years to come. Salmon Recovery Despite the best efforts of many across our state, salmon species continue to be threatened and on the brink of extinction.

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Dammed If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Who gets scarce water resources from lakes in times of drought?

Acoel

The management of natural lakes is controlled by state agencies acting pursuant to state law. Other states grant the authority to control the use of water to a state agency like a natural resource department. The KID sued in state court to enforce its members’ contractual water rights under state law.

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

Constitution, the legislature adopts the laws under which state agencies operate, but responsibility for implementing those laws rests with executive branch agencies like DEQ. This session, the legislature amended the animal waste system permitting law, G.S. 1) Density exception for two local government jurisdictions.

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Montrose Environmental Group Acquires Environmental Intelligence, LLC

Montrose

Founded in 1994 and based in Laguna Beach, California, EI’s team of biologists, wetland scientists, archeologists and GIS specialists provide comprehensive natural resource consulting and regulatory compliance services and comprehensive environmental management programs for large-scale projects. About Montrose.

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The Dusky Gopher Frog Causes Big Problems for Industrial and Commercial Development in Parts of St. Tammany Parish

The Energy Law Blog

In 2010, under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“the FWS”) designated 6,477 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana as “critical habitat” for the Rana sevosa or the dusky gopher frog. Tammany Parish.