Endangered Species Law

DECEMBER 4, 2023

On November 30, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule listing a distinct population segment (DPS) of the North American wolverine ( Gulo gulo luscas ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On October 31, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed listing the oblong rocksnail ( Leptoxis compacta ) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The freshwater snail exists only in the Cahaba River in central Alabama and subsists on algae growing on the riverbed.

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Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 27, 2023

On January 24, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to designate approximately 104 river miles as critical habitat for the sickle darter ( Percina williamsi ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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MAY 23, 2023

On May 15, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued two mitigation policies: one titled “Mitigation Policy” and another titled “Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy.”

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 19, 2023

Less than a week before the effective date of the uplisting of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service extended that effective date by 60 days, from January 30, 2023, to March 31, 2023. in more than half the country.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. The annual Appropriations Act (House Bill 259), the N.C. This session, the legislature amended the animal waste system permitting law, G.S. In July 2023, U.S. Under the N.C. See: House Bill 600, Sec.

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Endangered Species Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published two proposed rules to list three species—the northwestern pond turtle ( Actinemys marmorata ), the southwestern pond turtle ( Actinemys pallida ), and the short-tailed snake ( Lampropeltis extenuata )—as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

OCTOBER 6, 2023

On September 30, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in a case challenging the agency’s final rule downlisting the American burying beetle ( Nicrophorus americanus ) to “threatened species” status under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

AUGUST 17, 2023

On August 10, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly ( Euphydryas Anicia cloudcrofti ) under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed critical habitat designation encompasses 1,636.9

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

On August 29, 2023, the U.S. In the preamble to the final rule, the Service indicated that designating critical habitat for all four DPSs of the Frog is not determinable at this time due to a lack.

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Endangered Species Law

JULY 25, 2023

On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a final rule listing the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum ) (“Owl”) as a threatened subspecies with a 4(d) rule under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

JULY 27, 2023

On July 25, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a proposed rule to list two mussel species, the Salina mucket ( Potamilus metnecktayi ) and Mexican fawnsfoot ( Truncilla cognata ), as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

AUGUST 21, 2023

On August 11, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a proposed rule to delist the Apache trout ( Oncorhynchus apache ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) due to the species’ recovery.

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Endangered Species Law

AUGUST 10, 2023

On Friday, August 4, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) in the case of Melone v. Coit et al , 21-cv-11171 (Talwani, J.). Plaintiff Thomas Melone is the president of Allco.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 20, 2023

On June 16, 2023, in a highly anticipated decision , the United States Court of Appeal for the D.C. The court held that a presumption in favor of an endangered species is not required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and, further, that such a presumption can distort the agency’s scientific judgment and did so in this circumstance.

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Endangered Species Law

MAY 22, 2023

On May 17, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) designation of certain areas in southern Arizona as critical habitat for the jaguar ( Panthera onca ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Fish and Wildlife Service (Case No. 20-15654), a case in which a mining company challenged the U.S.

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Endangered Species Law

APRIL 11, 2023

On April 11, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a final rule listing the bracted twistflower ( Streptanthus bracteatus ), a wildflower native to Texas, as threatened with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On February 9, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published proposed revisions to its regulations governing incidental take and enhancement of survival permitting under Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 10.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 24, 2023

On May 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed plaintiffs’ challenges to the Vineyard Wind Project—the United States’s first major offshore wind project. The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale.

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National Law Center

DECEMBER 7, 2023

One June 22, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a draft white paper for its Vulnerable Species Pilot Project (“VSPP”), The post EPA Proposes Vulnerable Species Pilot Project appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 12, 2023

October 22, 2023, is the last day to submit comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Draft Herbicide Strategy Framework to. The post EPA Draft Herbicide Strategy Open for Comment appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

JUNE 22, 2023

On June 6, 2023, a coalition of environmental and agricultural labor groups lead by the Center for Food Safety filed a. The post Environmental Groups Challenge EPA Approval of Enlist One and Enlist Duo appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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National Law Center

MAY 25, 2023

On April 12, 2023, the plaintiffs in Ctr. The post The Deal with Dicamba: Plaintiffs Ask Court to Vacate 2020 Registration Decision appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. for Biological Diversity v. Protection Agency, No. 4:20-cv-00555 (D.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leading up to the position, Kate had practiced environmental law but found herself looking for something different. There were no environmental laws in the United States until Congress passed The Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts in the 1970s,” she said. We are going to have to make [.]

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Thomas Sansonetti The old saying goes “water in the East is for drinking and water in the West is for fighting over!” The management of natural lakes is controlled by state agencies acting pursuant to state law. As populations in the vicinity grew, municipalities started using the water as well.

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Acoel

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Law of Allocation of water in the West has its origins from the 1800’s when settlers in the West were largely ranchers, farmers and miners. While western water is largely governed under state laws, “federal reserved water rights” also come into play. In 2023 adjudications are expected to commence in Washington and Montana.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Globally, fine particulate pollution and ozone are tied to more than 8 million deaths each year according to a 2023 study in the British Medical Journal. Then there is the 2023 ruling in Sackett v EPA. Science leaves little doubt that the plan protects people. A 40-year-old Supreme Court ruling (Chevron v.

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Endangered Species Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As we have previously reported , on December 6, the Biden Administration released the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), which lists the regulatory and deregulatory actions that federal administrative agencies—including the U.S.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

VJEL Newsroom Published: Volume 25, Issue 1 of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law By VJEL November 8, 2023 The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (VJEL) is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 25, Issue 1. Tokitae the Orca spent over fifty years in captivity, before she passed away in August of 2023.

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Endangered Species Law

DECEMBER 22, 2023

As previously reported , on December 6, the Biden Administration published the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), outlining the various regulatory and deregulatory actions the Biden Administration plans to take in the near future. Below is a sampling of potential species listings and critical.

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MGKF Law

JULY 26, 2023

Read More » Tags: Administrative Procedures Act , Citizen Suit , Climate Change , Endangered Species Act , Energy , NEPA , Permits , Standing

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Brag

APRIL 18, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget. EPA “also has significant responsibility under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to screen new pesticides before they reach the market and ensure pesticides already in commerce are safe.”

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). 1, 2023, 12PM EDT.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Sabin Center submitted an amicus brief supporting this claim and explaining how climate change attribution and detection research can be used to assess the effect of project-level emissions on sea ice declines within the habitat ranges of these species. Decision at 101-102.)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful. Liman set aside the Service’s decision and instructed the agency to make a new decision consistent with law. District Judge Lewis J.

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Acoel

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Jerry Reid Photo by Thomas Lipke on Unsplash “We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. Hill , although both the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) and the Snail Darter managed to survive that showdown. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Federal Register ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill The 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) Cohort of 15 students flew in from around the country to learn about science policy and meet with lawmakers. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters.

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