Legal Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Trump begins process of withdrawing from Paris Agreement. Also, eliminated Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone grizzlies. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement becomes effective. Trump proposes cutting EPA funding by 30%. December.

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Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

Political controversies and fear of litigation may have played a role. Politics aside, the Biden Administration may have felt forced to approve this project. A number of these species are already threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, and they all face the threat of a warming climate.

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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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2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Although there’s a broad consensus on the science of climate change, that’s not the case with politics. Despite that scrap, the takeaway remains constant — there is no hope of stopping global warming at the Paris Agreement limits of 1.5 Here are five key messages from the final report. Halting at 1.5

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2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act. Democracy Forward Foundation v. 1:19-cv-02751 (D.D.C.,

2019 40

2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

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). The decision also addressed a number of non-climate change claims under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, CEQA, and other state law.

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2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not sufficiently explain why it reversed a previous determination that the Pacific walrus qualified for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The appellate court agreed with the court below that the lawsuit raised nonjusticiable political questions.

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2021 Fossil Fuels Endangered Species Act Climate Change 42