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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The majority responded to this latter point by saying that “[t]he dissent’s view is akin to saying that incurring a debt has legal consequences, but forgiving one does not. at its theme park in Jackson Township in Ocean County. A debtor would beg to differ.”). State of New Jersey v North Beach 1003, LLC , Nos. A-3393-15T4 et al.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). It necessarily involves the relationships between the United States and all other nations. AquAlliance v.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

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Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2990 ) to address sexual harassment and assault in the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Act, which is legislation intended to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

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The administration excluded race from the tool’s consideration due to legal concerns. Biden Administration Halts New Drilling in Legal Fight Over Climate Costs – The New York Times. EPA – Proposed Stipulated Partial Settlement Agreement, Endangered Species Act Claims. Comments are due by March 4, 2022.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Montana largely rejected challenges to federal approvals of revisions to the Flathead National Forest Land Management Plan in northwestern Montana but remanded without vacatur for additional analysis of certain issues under the Endangered Species Act. Animal Legal Defense Fund v.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. For the time being, no regulation is on the books, and extended delay might prompt legal action from environmentalists. Julia Brownley (D-CA) reintroduced the Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act ( H.R. Executive Branch. International.

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