PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With a mission of stewardship through volunteerism and education, PPFF’s annual awards serve to recognize those who share in the commitment of conserving and enhancing our state’s natural resources, help to ensure a welcoming environment for all in the outdoors, and strive to protect public lands for future generations.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 24, 2023

The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale. BOEM approved the Construction and Operations Plan for the Vineyard Wind Project in July 2021, approximately 12 years after BOEM began evaluating the site for wind energy development.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

These phenomena are driving changes in species distribution, phenology, and population dynamics, as well as changes in the structure and function of ecosystems and the timing of ecological processes.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 10, 2022

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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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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

JULY 6, 2021

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.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The new provision limits dredging moratoria unless the restriction on dredging activity is required under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, or other applicable federal law. House Bill 600, Sec. It is not clear whether all of the existing state moratoria on dredging are required by federal laws and rules.

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The Energy Law Blog

JULY 21, 2016

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.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 2, 2016

the CECIL Act. which includes an amendment to the Endangered Species Act and a government-funded study on the pros and cons of trophy hunting. Candidate Species. The purpose of the amendment is to change which species the importation and exportation provision of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The court agreed with the magistrate’s conclusion that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim for violation of a nondiscretionary duty under the Endangered Species Act and that the court therefore lacked jurisdiction. Natural Resources Defense Council v. filed June 13, 2017); Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2023

Her efforts directly assisted with the conservation and recovery of this species under the Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service where she contributes to data management and field surveys for the threatened Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Tucson, Arizona. of eligible Girl Scouts.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 2, 2021

On May 14, 2021, the Department of Justice filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing that the Court should not hear the case of Kansas Natural Resource Coalition v. Department of Interior (“ KNRC ”).

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Endangered Species Act : Nearly every country has one of these now as well as international laws and designations for cross-border co-operation on conservation. This Act came into being in 1973 with the aim of setting out special protections for species at risk of extinction. What is Environmental Law?

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As domestic wells dried up this year, the emergency reignited passionate debates among residents over how to best protect the region’s limited natural resources. As domestic wells dried up this year, the emergency reignited passionate debates among residents over how to best protect the region’s limited natural resources.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

has prompted concerns that it will stifle the compensatory mitigation practices of environmental and natural resources permitting agencies. into previously uncharted territory—compensatory ecological mitigation conditions of environmental and natural resources permits, such as occurs in the. The form of.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the previous three years, Congress had passed NEPA, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. Continuing the legislative wave, 1973 saw the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA. The case is one of dozens titled Natural Resource Defense Council v.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 13, 2022

Sign in Pro for salmon recovery The Lorraine Loomis Act ( HB 1838 ) is in the House Natural Resources Committee. We’re also obligated under the federal Endangered Species Act and through treaties with sovereign tribal nations, not only to make salmon recovery a priority, but to succeed in these efforts.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 11, 2017

A central question occupying environmental lawyers of all stripes is the degree to which the current federal administration, under the leadership of President Trump, his cabinet and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, will disrupt federal environmental and natural resources policies constructed over the past five decades.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

For example: Ontario undermined Ontario’s Endangered Species Act protections in 2019 with Bill 108, which empowered the Minister broad and reckless exemptions to let developers destroy endangered species and their habitat, delay extending any protection at all for species that desperately need it, and even “pay to slay” endangered species.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Does anyone really imagine that this project’s greenhouse gas emissions would not adversely affect the habitat of polar bears, or other ice-dependent listed species? And there will certainly be more litigation.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Ninth Circuit Reinstated Listing of Arctic Ringed Seals as Threatened. Perry , No. AquAlliance v.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In addition, the court found that BLM acted contrary to law by failing to consider a statutory directive to give “maximum protection” to surface values in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. They asserted claims under the Endangered Species Act, NEPA, the Clean Water Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Congress Legislative updates: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-MO) reintroduced the Save Our Sequoias Act ( R. Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA – Request for Nominations to the Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality Research.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

An internal House Natural Resources Committee document obtained by E&E News shows that the committee intends to spend $3 billion on the Civilian Climate Corps, $120 million for the NOAA Civilian Conservation Corps and $500 million for the Tribal Civilian Conservation Corps. The House also expects to pass the Senate’s $1.2

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 6, 2022

. ** An important point of emphasis in the section on the late 1960s and early 1970s is that though Nixon was never personally passionate about environmental issues—he once “walked on the beach in wingtips,” quip Coodley and Sarasohn— key members of Nixon’s staff, especially Pacific Northwesterner John Ehrlichman and Council of Environmental Quality (..)

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The plaintiffs asserted Endangered Species Act claims, focusing on the federal agencies’ consideration of impacts on grizzly bears and bull trout; the plaintiffs alleged that bull trout are “particularly vulnerable” to climate change because they require cold water to spawn and rear. The groups alleged that the U.S.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Olympic Peninsula Steelhead as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act. USDA NRCS – Proposed Revisions to the National Handbook of Conservation Practices for the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

Mining: House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. House Natural Resources Committee: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing about wildlife disease surveillance and preventing future pandemics. Martin Heinrich introduced legislation ( H.R. 7580 & S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee leaders introduce legislation to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science. Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves new PFAS standards. The bill is the Senate companion to the House’s Department of Energy Office of Science for the Future Act ( H.R.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2023

The building housing the departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources in Harrisburg is named in her honor. Peregrine falcons have been nesting on the building since 1996, a species saved by her research into the impact of pesticides on bird eggs and detailed in her landmark book Silent Spring.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on claims that the Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to consider environmental impacts of certain immigration programs and policies. Board of Land & Natural Resources , No.

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ESA

APRIL 25, 2022

The next day, the House Science Committee will hold a hearing about climate change with Ko Barrett of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and NOAA; Dr. Dominique David-Chavez, an assistant professor of indigenous natural resource stewardship at Colorado State University; and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Glenn Youngkin (R)’s nomination of former EPA administrator to natural resources post. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for natural resources and the environment. Wilkes is a career USDA employee who previously led the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Restoration Team.

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ESA

MAY 31, 2023

Congress House Natural Resources Committee passes Save Our Sequoias Act and legislation to allow mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. House appropriators also propose cutting climate and equity programs in the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Read more: U.S. Res 34 & H.R.

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