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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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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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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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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

Other states grant the authority to control the use of water to a state agency like a natural resource department. In addition, federal laws such as the Endangered Species Act have created federal claims for lake water to sustain threatened plants, animals and, most importantly, fish.

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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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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

Continuing a ten-year pattern, the legislature amended state stormwater law to further limit state and local government stormwater control requirements. 1) Density exception for two local government jurisdictions. Constitution prohibiting “local acts” related to public health. See: House Bill 600, Sec.

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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.