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Services Propose New Regulatory Revisions Under the Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Law

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services), issued three sets of proposed revisions to their Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations addressing: (1) interagency consultations under ESA section 7; (2) the procedures and criteria for listing, reclassifying, delisting, and designating critical (..)

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Death by a Thousand Cuts: Ontario’s Dismantling of the Endangered Species Act

Enviromental Defense

Unfortunately, changes to regulations in recent years clearly highlight Ontario’s lack of effort to protect these species. Policies that had been put in place to protect species at risk have since been whittled down, most notably by the current provincial government, as a way to prioritize development. Where do we go from here?

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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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New Working Paper Examines Role of Climate Attribution Science in Endangered Species Management

Law Columbia

By Jessica Wentz, The IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2019) estimated that approximately one million species are currently at risk of extinction, with climate change being a major driver of accelerating extinction risk. The project was generously supported by the High Tide Foundation.

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Court Sends Endangered Species Act Regulations Back to the Agencies

Endangered Species Law

District Court for the Northern District of California (District Court) remanded three sets of Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations promulgated in 2019 under the Trump Administration back to the U.S.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

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 million for wildlife corridor programs. In 2010, 11,319 people earned a doctorate in the life sciences.

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