National Law Center

MARCH 10, 2022

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: March 10, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

The US Supreme Court seems to have appointed itself as a rogue Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to protect polluters rather than the public. In the January arguments, he bemoaned an atmosphere where “automatically whatever the agency says, wins.”

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone.

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National Law Center

JANUARY 14, 2022

A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. New Jersey Appellate Court Affirmed State Authority to Take Easements for Coastal Protection Projects. FEATURED CASE.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

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 The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research.

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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. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection , No. 15-1363 et al.

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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. WildEarth Guardians Asked Court to Compel Final Listing Determinations on Five Species.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). It necessarily involves the relationships between the United States and all other nations. AquAlliance v.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

EPA The Biden administration proposes $12 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, around a 19% increase over FY 2023 levels. billion for environmental justice. The Energy Department will also continue investments in AI approaches for improving Earth and environmental system predictability.

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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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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.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

ESA & ESAL Webinar “Protecting Waterways for Healthy Communities and Ecosystems” – Monday, May 8 at 2:00 pm Join ESAL and ESA to learn how science and policy intersect to protect waterways, hear from local advocates for ecologically sound practices, and discuss the potential impact of an ongoing Supreme Court Case.

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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”).

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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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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a decision on Exxon’s application to renew the NPDES permit, which had expired in 2014. Circuit Said EPA Endangered Species Determinations for 2019 Renewable Fuel Rule Were Arbitrary and Capricious. Circuit largely rejected challenges to the U.S.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Lawmakers give the Environmental Protection Agency a 3.5% The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $5.88 Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year. These species are found in Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. The National Park Service gets a 4.5%

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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.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. EPA – Proposed Stipulated Partial Settlement Agreement, Endangered Species Act Claims. EPA – Draft FY 2022-2026 Environmental Protection Agency Strategic Plan. Senate Appropriators allocate $1.848 billion for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, a 14.3%

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The Ecological Society of America, representing 8,000 research ecologists and environmental scientists, is greatly concerned about the recent United States Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. NSF receives $9.63 Executive Branch.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency – House Appropriations Committee – April 21. More headlines of interest: Senators Pump Brakes on Endless Frontier Act – FYI. Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high – The Guardian. US emissions dropped 1.7

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Environmental Protection Agency. This includes $936 million for a new Accelerating Environmental and Economic Justice initiative. NOAA NMFS – 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Shortfin Mako Shark as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act.

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

The state of Texas and industry groups sued the federal government, arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Acidification Act ( H.R. A federal court ruling in mid-March froze the implementation of this rule in Texas and Idaho. The bills include Rep.

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ESA

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Commerce, Justice and Science subcommittee drafts the bill that funds the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, among other agencies. Chuck Fleishman (R-TN) is the chair of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee. The Trump administration amended the plans in 2019.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently announced the expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, nearly tripling the size of the sanctuary. The full Senate narrowly voted to confirm Janet McCabe as the deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Meters) in Length.

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