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New “Habitat” Rule for the Endangered Species Act Finalized

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Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") and the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") (collectively, the "Services") finalized a rule defining the term "habitat" as used for designating "critical habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (the "ESA").

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The Stream, October 26, 2021: Oil and Gas Developers in California Have Been Contaminating Groundwater With Little Oversight, Study Finds

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CBS Denver reports that the predictions put Lake Powell’s levels below the “power pool” mark, which threatens the Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower turbines. The latest results of the Bureau of Reclamation’s 24-month study predicts that water levels on Lake Powell could drop below 3,490 feet by July of next year. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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‘Many kids go through a phase where they want to be a marine scientist. For me, it wasn’t a phase’

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Marine protected areas are meant to give threatened species space to live and thrive. After a BA and MSc from the University of Miami, she joined a project evaluating the efficacy of the De Hoop marine protected area (MPA) for threatened and endemic sharks off South Africa. Image: Patricia Albano.

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Celebrating the 6TH Annual #WeAreLakeErie Day: Let’s Show Our Government How Much We Love This Global Treasure!

Enviromental Defense

The lake is home to thousands of species, complex ecosystems, and beautiful sights and vistas. Climate change, invasive species, harmful chemicals, coastal wetland degradation, extensive loss of forest cover in the Lake Erie watershed… The list of key issues threatening the lake goes on and on. Lake Erie is a global treasure.

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“Fighting for Inches” in the Southeast’s Struggle With Salt

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Saltwater intrusion threatens coastal agriculture on the Delmarva Peninsula and in the Carolinas. For 16 years he’s grown Carolina Gold Rice, a sweet species brought in the slave trade from West Africa’s “Rice Coast.” What I’m trying to do now is just get more rice fields inland, because it’s always threatening. The price tag?

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It is the time for nature: World Environment Day 2020

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We can tell much of the story of the damage our species has wrought with a few facts. Nearly one million species face extinction, while the illegal wildlife trade is the fourth largest illegal trade crime in the world. Climate change, pollution and biodiversity carry price tags that are heftier and longer lasting.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 International.

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