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Advocacy Groups File Endangered Species Act Suit Against Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Endangered Species Law

On March 18, three advocacy organizations and their members filed a lawsuit challenging an offshore wind project against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

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Advocacy Groups Threaten Endangered Species Act Lawsuit Against Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Endangered Species Law

On November 13, two advocacy organizations submitted a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

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Massachusetts Court Rejects Endangered Species Act Challenge to Offshore Wind Project

Endangered Species Law

On Wednesday, May 17, 2023, the federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and Vineyard Wind, and denied summary judgment to the plaintiffs in the case of Nantucket Residents Against Turbines v.

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Protecting Marine Mammals Through New Technology

Ocean Conservancy

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a critical law that protects our country’s most imperiled species on land and at sea. This anniversary sends me back in time to reflect on the history that gave birth to this law.

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Six Island Species to be Removed from ESA Protections

Endangered Species Law

Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) proposed rules to remove six species from the lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). NMFS received a petition to.

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Court Dismisses Permitting Challenges to the U.S.’s First Major Offshore Wind Project

The Energy Law Blog

The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale. If the court were to vacate the agency approvals, the United States’s first major offshore wind project could suffer serious delays.

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Ag and Food Law Daily Update: August 18, 2022

National Law Center

The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: August 18, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. .

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