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Thoughts on AB 131

Legal Planet

The changes are focused on facilitating development where it is on net beneficial to the environment, and not in places where it would harm important natural resources. 1531 et seq.) But this is only a fraction of lands that require protection for endangered and sensitive species. These are generally beneficial changes.

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Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional

National Law Center

Swampbuster is implemented by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”). In other words, the Fifth Amendment establishes that the federal government may not “take” private property without providing the owner with appropriate compensation. 5 U.S.C. § The plaintiff in CTM Holdings, LLC v.

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Crisis at DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division

Legal Planet

The Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) of the Department of Justice faces its most profound crisis since it was established in 1909. Given the crises facing other components of DOJ and departments across the federal government, the consequences of this crisis have largely been crowded out of the news cycle.

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The Urgent Need to Address Fire Risk

Legal Planet

But mechanical thinning is costly, and those who do not trust the Forest Service (or other government agencies) to use good faith and judgment in when to use thinning fear it is a cover for reintroducing massive commercial logging from decades ago, logging that made fire risks worse.

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Federal Water Tap, February 17: House Republicans Move to Overturn Rules on Lead in Drinking Water

Circle of Blue

The groups priorities extend from public lands management and wildfire prevention to reforms of the Endangered Species Act and federal environmental reviews that would allow for more mining, drilling, and building. government water policy. By traditional energy, Lummis means fossil fuels.

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Resource Roundup

National Law Center

The new law includes several provisions typically associated with the Farm Bill, the omnibus spending bill that governs various agricultural and food programs in the United States. The OBBBA includes provisions related to agricultural commodity programs, nutrition programs, tax policies, and conservation programs.

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Nutrition Title

National Law Center

It has been informally referred to as the “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ,” or “OBBBA.” Currently, the federal government pays fully for the cost of SNAP benefits, and the USDA and states split the costs of administering the program.