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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

Legal Planet

EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) A. Climate change as reason for threatened or endangered status under Endangered Species Act. Investment and incentives for clean technologies under the Inflation Reduction Act. Nuclear power regulation D.

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Now You’re in Law School. What Should You Take?

Legal Planet

If you become an IP lawyer, there’s work to be done on clean energy technologies. Energy regulation is increasingly entwined with the need to cut carbon emissions. Energy regulation matters because the economic incentives need to be in the right places for the energy transition to happen. Land Use Law.

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Ghost Wolves and Genetic Reliquaries

Acoel

While these canids officially count as coyotes – a nettlesome varmint to many Texans – their spectral appearance has sparked local excitement because the wild dogs contain a genetic shadow of their endangered forebears who disappeared from the Gulf Coast long ago. Red Wolf ( Canis rufus ) Historic Range.

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Right Whale in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

Acoel

The Marine Mammal Protection Act requires NMFS to prevent the depletion of endangered marine mammals that interact with commercial fisheries, the court stated, and the Endangered Species Act embodies Congress’s “plain intent. to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost.” .

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

1,4 DIOXANE Health Risk Assessment and Technology Review. 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. Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act. EPA and the U.S.

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First Aid for Agencies: Accountability in USDA’s Wildlife Services Program is a Century Overdue

Vermont Law

For the past four centuries, legal criteria to regulate the environment and satisfy diverse interests have emerged as part of the environmental movement. As such, the Center is calling for regulations requiring the use of the best available science and technology when implementing wildlife control.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

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 court ordered EPA to file a plan and schedule for compliance within 14 days.

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