Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S.

2019 40

2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2018 rule in which EPA decided to expand the D.C. Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. In a split decision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the U.S.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 8, 2017

With President Donald Trump in the White House, his administration has taken measures to ensure that the construction of the wall is not sidetracked by environmental laws and regulations. The Trump administration issued Executive Order 13767 in January 2017 to improve the physical security of the Southern Border, by building a wall.

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Law 2017 Endangered Species Act Clean Water Act 52

ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals directed the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of chlorpyrifos in instances where it harms workers and children. In 2015, the Obama administration announced that it would ban chlorpyrifos, but former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt reversed that decision in 2017. 25, 2021.

2021 98

2021 Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act Conservation 98

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The federal district court for the District of Montana held that it was arbitrary and capricious for federal agencies not to consider the environmental effects of Phase II of a mine project in northwest Montana in connection with the approval of Phase I of the project, or to adequately explain why they could omit the effects of Phase II.

2021 40

2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. Indigenous Environmental Network v. Those issues included the revised plan’s impact on the national grizzly bear population. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. June 9, 2021).

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2021 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 48

Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

They commenced the roll-back of over 100 environmental regulations by the EPA [1] , saw a 30-year low in criminal prosecution by the EPA [2] , and sought to radically change the US narrative on climate change, its causes and importance. Obama’s “Clean Power Plan” was repealed in 2017 by Trump’s EPA. Environmental Protection Agency.

Carbon Dioxide 40

Carbon Dioxide Endangered Species Act 2019 Environmental Protection 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. Conservation Congress v. Forest Service , 2:13-cv-00934 (E.D. May 17, 2021).

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2021 Fossil Fuels Endangered Species Act Climate Change 44

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it designated the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act.

2020 40

2020 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Even where land has been so designed, before holding a lease sale, BLM must conduct an environmental review under NEPA, and may also need to complete other reviews or consultations (e.g., under the Endangered Species Act). Offshore leasing is overseen by BOEM under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”).

Endangered Species Act 98

Endangered Species Act 2017 Greenhouse 2021 98

ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A 2017 report showed that 40% of agency employees had experienced harassment or discrimination on the job within the past year. She previously worked as the director of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks from 2017 to 2020 and was an assistant professor of law at the University of Montana. EPA – National Priorities List.

2021 105

2021 Paris Agreement Climate Change Technology 105

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Appeals court rules that US Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied protections for Pacific walruses. Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants.

2021 98

2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98

ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 Executive Branch.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Technology Technology 98

ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The Trump administration proposed steep cuts across the government in its president’s budget request, especially to scientific and environmental programs. Even when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate in 2017 and 2018, Congress largely rejected these steep cuts. Environmental Protection Agency.

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2021 Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels 2026 52

ESA

MAY 17, 2021

reentry in the Trans-Pacific Partnership despite Trump’s decision to pull out of the pact in 2017. The Biden administration is currently reviewing the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which replaced the Obama administration’s Waters of the U.S.

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2021 Clean Air Act Ocean Climate Change 60