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“Fully Protected” No More?

Legal Planet

But the package also makes a major change to California species protection law. This year, the last day for policy committees to hear bills fell at the end of April, so some may be wondering how these newly-introduced policy changes are nonetheless on the path to becoming law.

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A Resource Guide for Fish-Friendly Infrastructure Funding

Washington Nature

Written by Braeden Van Deynze, UW Postdoctoral Research Associate; Ailene Ettinger, Quantitative Ecologist at TNC in Washington; and Tiffany Choe, Public Funding Strategy Manager at TNC in Washington. Scoring criteria are broken down into two categories: qualitative and technical. Photo: public domain.

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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. Under the N.C. In July 2023, U.S. See: House Bill 600, Sec.

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QUANTIFYING TRIBAL RESERVED WATER RIGHTS IN STATE WATER ADJUDICATIONS

Acoel

In fact, water shortages exist all across the fourteen Western public lands states. 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. But talks will likely have to begin soon due to their complexity and current deteriorating conditions.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

Law Columbia

However, as explained below, siting decisions for pipelines and transmission lines are governed by different laws, and while both are subject to environmental review, their environmental impacts are not comparable. In contrast to the natural gas permitting scheme, no federal law provides a specific approval process for siting oil pipelines.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A threatened species is one that is “likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.”

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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