Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

For all of his private ill will, he created the EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and signed the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 22, 2021

There is no better way for the Washington Legislature to honor Earth Day than by passing the Climate Commitment Act. The Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act, Medicare, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act were all strongly criticized for their shortcomings.

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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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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The Clean Air Act is an excellent example of this following the publication of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. The Clean Air Act : The oldest and best known of all environmental laws here in the US is the Clean Air Act. Learn more about environmental law degrees.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the previous three years, Congress had passed NEPA, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. Continuing the legislative wave, 1973 saw the passage of the Endangered Species Act (ESA. 1973 was at the crest of the environmental surge that swept the United States half a century ago.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Project 2025 portrays the Fish & Wildlife Service as “the work of the Fish and Wildlife Service is the product of ‘species cartels’ afflicted with group think, confirmation bias, and a common desire to preserve the prestige, power, and appropriations of the agency that pays or employs them.”

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In addition, the court rejected the contention that the Clean Air Act or foreign affairs doctrine completely preempted the plaintiffs’ claims and also indicated that federal common law would not provide a basis for complete preemption. Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The decision also addressed a number of non-climate change claims under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, CEQA, and other state law.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

Montana Federal Court Vacated Nationwide Permit Due to Corps of Engineers Failure to Initiate Consultation Under Endangered Species Act. The court found that there was “resounding evidence” in the record that authorized discharges may affect endangered and threatened species and critical habitat and that the U.S.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Conservatives have overseen some of the most enduring legacies of American environmental policy.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Conservatives have overseen some of the most enduring legacies of American environmental policy.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 17, 2023

That’s a major departure from the environmental legislation of the 1970s—NEPA, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, to name a few. For better or worse, it’s an incentives-based law that moves away from the reliance on traditional regulation and enforcement.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court held that the City’s claims were not completely preempted by the Clean Air Act and also was not persuaded by the companies’ argument that the claims necessarily arose under federal common law. The companies argued that even if state law did apply, the Clean Air Act and foreign affairs doctrine would preempt the claims.

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Additionally, USFWS is proposing listing Texas fawnsfoot ( Truncilla macrodon ) as a threatened species. The agency attributes the species status to declining water quality and quantity. This proposed rule also designates 1,944 river miles as critical habitat for the species. This proposed rule is open for comments through Oct.

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ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. A draft of IPBES’ thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control is open for review. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb. Executive Branch.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The court previously ruled that the 2017 issuance of NWP 12 violated the Endangered Species Act because the Corps failed to undertake Section 7 consultation.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Clean Air Act provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.” Supreme Court reversed the Tenth Circuit and upheld “extension[s]” of exemptions from renewal fuel program requirements for three small refineries.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

This is the case that put teeth into the Endangered Species Act. Resisting the pleas that saving a minor species of fish was not worth halting a dam project, the Court held that the statute meant what it said: protecting endangered species is a paramount value. Hill, 437 U.S. NRDC, 467 U.S. Massachusetts v.

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 6, 2022

The central message here is that Nixon’s impressive environmental legacy—which included the signing of the National Environmental Policy Act in 1970, creating the EPA the same year, and supporting the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act of 1973—was largely a product of Nixon’s calculating desire to maximize political capital by supporting (..)

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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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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. Lawsuit Sought Protection for 10 Species Under Endangered Species Act. May 17, 2021).

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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. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D.

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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. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb.

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ESA

JULY 18, 2022

Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. IPBES releases reports about valuing nature and the use of wild species. Endangered Species Act: A federal court struck down Endangered Species Act regulations finalized during the Trump administration.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The final rule also adopted an interpretation of Clean Air Act Section 111 that required, as a predicate to establishing NSPS, a determination by EPA that a pollutant causes or contributes significantly to dangerous air pollution.

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

EPA – Proposed Stipulated Partial Settlement Agreement, Endangered Species Act Claims. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. Nominations should be submitted by Nov. EPA – National Priorities List.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 House passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Executive Branch.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Agency biologists warned Trump administration appointees that removing a large amount of critical habitat for the species would result in the eventual extinction of the Northern Spotted Owl.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

This includes a $35 million increase for the Ecological Services for Endangered Species Act activities. This action is similar to actions proposed in the Save Our Sequoia Act ( H.R. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act. In the Interior Department, the U.S. Scott Peters (D-CA).

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Acoel

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In 1971 the Clean Air Act was passed and Nixon signed it. In 1972 the Clean Water Act was passed and Nixon signed it. In 1973 the Endangered Species Act was passed and Nixon signed it. But now, with the benefit of hindsight, I recall that in1969 NEPA was passed and Nixon signed it.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Particulate Matter Panel (Feb. BLM – Alaska Resource Advisory Council Meetings (Feb. BLM – Public Meetings of the Idaho Resource Advisory Counci l (Feb.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

NOAA : The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is considering Endangered Species Act protections for the Atlantic humpback dolphin ( Sousa teuszii ), in response to a petition for listing from environmental groups. EPA – Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Meeting (Dec.

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ESA

DECEMBER 5, 2022

USFWS: Citing the impacts of white-nose syndrome on the species, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finalized a rule listing the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) as an endangered species. Previously, the species was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. USFWS : The Biden administration repealed a Trump-era Endangered Species Act rule which created a definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. NSF receives $9.63 Executive Branch.

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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

APRIL 5, 2021

USFWS: The agency is proposing downlisting the status of the Hawaiian stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus knudseni , also known as ae`o) from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service first listed the species under the Endangered Species Act in 1975.

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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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