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Protecting Plants and Animals at Risk Must Start before They Need the Endangered Species Act

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Women Who Hunt, Organ Transplants and 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Protecting Marine Mammals Through New Technology

Ocean Conservancy

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. Together, they are working to advance mitigation technologies to protect ocean wildlife.

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

Legal Planet

Climate change as reason for threatened or endangered status under Endangered Species Act. Investment and incentives for clean technologies under the Inflation Reduction Act. Climate change as substantial impact requiring discussion in environmental impact statement. Federal energy policy A.

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CRES Forum Hosts Permitting Reform Panel Discussion

Cresforum

The discussion touched on the challenges that exist for developers and the opportunities for improvement throughout various statutes, like the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act, as well as at implementing agencies and the courts.

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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. The Endangered Species Act can have a big effect on land use in some parts of the country. If you do corporate work, you can focus on ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance). One important area for work involves the energy sector.

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Congress Needs to Carefully Chart NOAA’s Path Forward

Union of Concerned Scientists

The legislation also sets forth a study about transferring all or part of the management of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which would in effect transfer NOAA Fisheries to the Department of Interior. Lautenbacher, and two former Acting Administrators, Dr.