Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Aside from the constitutional issue, legislative intervention in a permitting action sets a precedent for direct political intervention in permit decisions. 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.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Carte blanche political wildlife regulation is a thing of the barbaric past, and Wildlife Services, like any other federal agency, should be subject to deliberate, scientific decision-making.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 22, 2021

There is no better way for the Washington Legislature to honor Earth Day than by passing the Climate Commitment Act. The Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act, Medicare, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act were all strongly criticized for their shortcomings. It is not perfect.

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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. The government also asserted that the MBTA and Eagle Act claims were barred by controlling precedent.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs charged that the U.S.

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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. GPA, Alysha is majoring in Earth Science and Policy and minoring in Political Science and Environmental Inquiry. With a 3.86

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This Note highlights the role of East Palestine as a “railside” community in America’s Rust Belt, asserting that such communication failures are only one aspect of a broader trend of failures to meaningfully include Rust Belt communities in the political process.

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Acoel

JUNE 23, 2021

It was also located in an area potentially inhabited by the Indiana Bat, an endangered species. This triggered review under the federal Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as well as the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Not true for many wind projects.

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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. The North Slope provides critical habitat to many species , including caribou, waterfowl, and even polar bears. emissions 50% below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

As water and water runoff does not respect political boundaries, international laws on conservation and use are common and applied, especially where there is shared use and responsibility or competing claims to it. This Act came into being in 1973 with the aim of setting out special protections for species at risk of extinction.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Endangered Species Act. is “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation” according to the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case. makes it harder to list endangered species and easier to delist them. Tennessee Valley Authority v.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

Continuing the legislative wave, 1973 saw the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA. Like today, 1973 was a time of political turmoil. One subject stood outside the political turmoil: environmental law. And the year also saw some major judicial decisions.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Learn more about voting policies and rights in your state and register to vote at Rock the Vote , a nonprofit dedicated to engaging young people in politics. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rule to List the Queen Conch as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act. 7, 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2023

It is also unclear whether changing NOAA’s place in the leadership chain would strengthen the agency or make it more exposed to the political whims of different administrations, as has happened to the EPA. The legislation would also likely lead to reorganization within NOAA.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In the 1980s and ‘90s, three salmon and suckerfish species that call the Klamath Basin home were listed under the Endangered Species Act, a move that required USBR to limit surface water for farming during droughts to protect the fishes’ habitats.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

USFWS: The agency granted threatened species protections for the Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) under the Endangered Species Act. The Emperor Penguin is native to Antarctica and is the world’s tallest and heaviest penguin species. Questions will be taken in advance. .

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Acoel

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This courtroom victory quickly became a political headache. Hill , although both the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) and the Snail Darter managed to survive that showdown. The politically influential lobster industry had strongly objected to the Framework in its original form and now became fully enraged and mobilized.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

9 Meeting [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp. .;

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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.,

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Legal Planet

APRIL 17, 2023

That’s a major departure from the environmental legislation of the 1970s—NEPA, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, to name a few. T he same incentives-based structure that makes the IRA politically unassailable risks is going to benefit the wealthiest the most.

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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

Much of the media coverage so far has focused on the political dynamics driving the decision (as noted with some alarm here and here ) and devoted less attention to the legal dynamics. ” The Willow decision also shows the limits of politics. That blinkering is more a symptom of weak political will than of weak law.

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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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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Wind developers are allowed to self-report violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The federal government rarely stops wind projects or requires changes in wind turbine locations or operations.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Endangered Species Act Removal. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to remove the snail darter from the threatened species list. The small fish was at the center of political controversy in the 1970s when its presence in the Tennessee River held up construction of Tellico Dam. On the Radar.

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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). 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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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 6, 2022

Nevertheless, despite Nixon’s waning interest in environmental issues, Republican members of Congress continued to find common ground with Democratic colleagues even as the toxic political bitterness of the Watergate scandal embroiled the nation. The review goes on to discuss the book's treatment of the post-Nixon years, as well.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

This is the case that put teeth into the Endangered Species Act. Resisting the pleas that saving a minor species of fish was not worth halting a dam project, the Court held that the statute meant what it said: protecting endangered species is a paramount value. Hill, 437 U.S.

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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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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

The “Endangered Species Act” was changed to give more focus on economic considerations; including conducting economic assessments when deciding whether a species needed protection or not. Trump also changed how the “Migratory Bird Treaty Act” was interpreted.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2023

Nixon irrationally feared that subversives were pushing the green agenda, but he realized that a good environment made good politics. He set up the EPA, signed the Clean Air and Endangered Species acts and banned DDT, a move now credited with saving the Bald Eagle and other species from extinction.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Flick To Host DCNR Grant Seminar Dec. Flick To Host DCNR Grant Seminar Dec.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. IPBES releases reports about valuing nature and the use of wild species. Endangered Species Act: A federal court struck down Endangered Species Act regulations finalized during the Trump administration.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Quick, deadly coral disease the target of new NOAA plan – Florida Politics. Learn more about voting policies and rights in your state and register to vote at Rock the Vote , a nonprofit dedicated to engaging young people in politics. More News: Fed announces pilot program on climate risk with six major banks – The Hill.

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