Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2022

Endangered species are the rarest and most vulnerable plants and animals.By the time a species is designated under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), it’s because its very existence in Ontario has been determined to be hanging by a thread. Photo by James Diedrick via Flickr Creative Commons.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

It is our job as stewards of our nation's natural resources to ensure that this species has a fighting chance to persist in our waterways as an indicator species of the health of our rivers and streams," said CBF's PA Student Leadership Council President Anna Pauletta in 2016.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

9 Meeting [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp. -- Post-Gazette: PA Getting Millions In Federal Grants To Cut Methane Emissions, Cap Leaking Conventional Oil & Gas Wells -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec.

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National Law Center

APRIL 29, 2025

On April 17, 2025, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) together with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively,

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting Workshop March 23 In Delaware County [PaEN] -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: PA Regulators Struggle To Implement Federal Clean Air Act Requirements For Regional Power Plants -- Scranton Times: Tunkhannock Area Schools Going All Out For Solar Energy Generation; Will Have Largest Solar Facility (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

‘It Simply Should Not Happen, Period’ [PaEN] -- Stars and Stripes Guest Essay: Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities Right Move For National Security - Rivals Like China Are Using US LNG To Build Influence - By Steve Anderson, US Army Brigadier General - Retired [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: A Rescue Plan For American Energy And (..)

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Acoel

APRIL 30, 2025

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Adam P. Chen Comment period ends on May 19, 2025 On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a proposed rule to rescind the regulatory definition of harm under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Acoel

APRIL 2, 2025

Because the water canals are unlikely to be habitat for species, installing solar panels over them instead of open land also should avoid Endangered Species Act issues and other wildlife conflicts. Construction began in July 2024 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Proposals are due April 14, 2025. Funds to pay for these services come from the federally-funded well plugging program under the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. These funds are now at risk under executive orders by the President freezing and further evaluating the use of this funding.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

Executive Order - Sunset Dates The President signed an executive order requiring 10 federal agencies and subagencies with regulations covering energy and energy production to adopt a regulation by September 2025 inserting a one year expiration dates on existing regulations and a five year expiration date on all new regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Jason Ortitay [Wildlife Corridors] -- WNEP: Pocono Wildlife Center Handling Busy Baby Animal Season -- Republican Herald: Frantic Mama Duck Reunited With 12 Ducklings That Fell Into Storm Drain -- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Acorns Provide Wildlife With Best, Most Reliable Food -- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: What (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2025

Agencies are directed to use, to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law, the ESA regulation on consultations in emergencies, to facilitate the Nations energy supply.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 5, 2025

As required by the Endangered Species Act and the Redside Dace Recovery Strategy and Action Plan , the Critical Habitat of the Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus) Order: SOR/2025-4 prohibits anyone from doing anything that would destroy any of the habitat value of the mapped rivers, creeks and tributaries that Redside dace depends on.

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ESA

APRIL 29, 2025

Earlier this month, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a new rule that could limit the scope of Endangered Species Act protections. The agencies are accepting public comments on the proposed rule change until May 19, 2025. Then, click on the Search button.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society This guest essay first appeared in the Altoona Mirror on March 8, 2025 -- As President of the Juniata Valley Audubon Society, I stand with many who believe in protecting the natural world we depend on our parks, wildlife and air.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

EPA determines that most Chesapeake Bay watershed states are not on track to meet 2025 pollution reduction commitments. States not on track to meet 2025 Chesapeake Bay goals, says report – Virginia Mercury. Department of Energy requires grant applicants to submit Promoting Inclusive and Equitable Research Plans. International.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Project 2025 report is 920 pages long, but only a few portions have gotten much public attention. But does Project 2025 even matter, you might ask? With all that in mind, here are six Project 2025 proposals that you probably haven’t heard much about. Undermining endangered species protections. 633-634] #2.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 28, 2025

UC Berkeleys Center for Law, Energy, & Environment (CLEE) is sponsoring a series of papers evaluating aspects of Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation publication, entitled Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, which is being followed to a significant degree as a blueprint for the Trump Administration.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Statewide North Central South Percent of normal to date 85% 104% 80% 70% Snowpack as of2/28/2025 SnowTrax – Home While February saw a set of strong atmospheric rivers bring snow to Northern California, Southern California is still well below average for yearly precipitation. No one benefited not farmers, not fish, not cities.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

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. Northern Plains Resource Council v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Statewide North Central South Percent of normal to date 85% 104% 80% 70% Snowpack as of2/28/2025 SnowTrax – Home While February saw a set of strong atmospheric rivers bring snow to Northern California, Southern California is still well below average for yearly precipitation. No one benefited not farmers, not fish, not cities.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year. USFWS: The agency is proposing listing two freshwater mussel species – the western fanshell and Ouachita fanshell – as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2024

Trump has attempted to disavow the unpopular Project 2025 and distance himself from the Heritage Foundation, the primary author. The AFPI’s views aren’t expressed as stridently but share Project 2025’s philosophy. In its attack on the administrative state, the AFPI seems if anything more radical than Project 2025.

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. One rule repeals a Trump-era definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

BRUSSELS — The world can avoid the worst consequences of climate change, but emissions need to peak by 2025, the U.N.’s Even 2 degrees becomes unlikely without a peak by 2025. USFWS: The agency issued an emergency listing rule, listing the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species for 240 days, starting April 7.

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ESA

APRIL 25, 2022

The administration also released plans to approve 48 renewable energy projects on public lands by the end of fiscal year 2025 and double renewable energy production on public lands by 2023. With the resumption of lease sales, the Interior Department increases the royalties paid for oil and gas from 12.5%

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 report contains a detailed–and quite alarming–list of recommendations as to how Trump & Co. That’s because, while in exile, Trump and his supporters appear to have learned from their mistakes and general ineffectiveness on the environmental front during his first term.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) rule listing the Northern Long-eared Bat as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. Previously, the bat species was listed as a threatened species.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

USFWS : The agency is proposing listing the ferruginous pygmy-owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum ), which is found in Mexico, Arizona and Texas, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. US judge blocks work at Nevada geothermal plant for 90 days – Associated Press.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Jim Blackburn Today in the United States, there is no federal comprehensive statute addressing climate change. With the Trump Administration now in power, it is doubtful that any such statute will be forthcoming anytime soon. For those subject to their provisions, they are not voluntary.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) rule listing the Northern Long-eared Bat as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. Previously, the bat species was listed as a threatened species.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement Act ( H.R. John Sarbanes (D-MD), reauthorizes the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office through 2025. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) reauthorizes the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990. 3540 ), from Rep. A bill ( H.R. 5973 ) from Rep. This bill reauthorizes the U.S.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. John Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement (SEEE) Act ( S. 3540 ), which reauthorizes NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office through 2025. Executive Branch. International. 1816 & H.R.

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Acoel

JANUARY 21, 2025

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Michael B. 404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec. Gerrard On the evening of the second inauguration of President Trump, the White House released a flurry of executive orders on a wide range of subjects.

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy,” which requires all agencies to identify actions that potentially burden deployment of domestic energy resources and develop plans to revise, rescind, and suspend any such actions (Executive Order).

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Forest Service & FWS – Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-2024-25 and 2025-26 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations , Comments should be submitted to the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by April 28, 2023.

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