Endangered Species Law
MARCH 28, 2024
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).
Endangered Species Law
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
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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Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Yet, like Goldilocks, they have a narrow comfort zone: If there’s too much sea ice, trips to bring food from the ocean become long and arduous, and their chicks may starve. With too little … Continue reading Emperor penguins get Endangered Species Act protection – with 98% of colonies at risk of extinction by 2100, can it save them?
Endangered Species Law
MAY 22, 2023
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.
Ocean Conservancy
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
It was in Alaska that I began thinking more deeply about my connection to the land and the ocean and my responsibilities in stewarding the places that nurture and support us. I invite you to read a recent piece by my colleague Jonathon Ross, Ocean Conservancy’s new director of Arctic Indigenous-led conservation.
Endangered Species Law
MAY 10, 2021
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.
Ocean Conservancy
DECEMBER 15, 2023
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. Global trade was picking up steam, with goods moving across our seas in ocean freighters.
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