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.

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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. Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives. Northern Plains Resource Council v. B294231 (Cal.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the Clean Water Act review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Members of the House Science Committee introduced bipartisan bills aimed at increasing collaboration between NASA and the Department of Energy ( R.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

House leadership unveils legislation reauthorizing the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science. Interior Department seeks nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Council. Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Executive Branch. International. E&E News.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossil fuel projects under the Clean Water Act. The division will be led by Sally Benson, a Stanford University climate and energy expert, and Costa Samaras, a Carnegie University associate professor of civil and environmental engineering.

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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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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

USFWS issues rare emergency rule listing the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species. Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. 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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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. Citizens for Clean Energy v. Circuit Decision on Affordable Clean Energy Rule.

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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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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. In addition, we encourage states to implement clean energy strategies that reduce emissions. NSF receives $9.63 billion, a $793 million increase.

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ESA

MARCH 28, 2022

Request proposes increasing non-defense discretionary spending and spending on climate and clean energy across the government. Innovation and Competition Act to conference committee. USFWS proposes listing the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species. In this issue: Biden Releases Budget Request.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Regan and the EPA’s top water official, Radhika Fox, announced that the agency will hold listening sessions across the country this summer and fall to seek stakeholder input about how the agency should define streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Spain approves ‘milestone’ clean energy climate bill – Al Jazeera.

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

Senators reintroduce Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. Judge rules Maui County, Hawaii must receive a Clean Water Act permit in a case that reached the Supreme Court. billion for climate and clean energy-related research. Executive Branch. Maine law banning PFAS takes effect. International. million acres.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. .

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the District of Montana largely rejected challenges to federal approvals of revisions to the Flathead National Forest Land Management Plan in northwestern Montana but remanded without vacatur for additional analysis of certain issues under the Endangered Species Act. 52952-1-II (Wash.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

Another $35 billion goes towards climate solutions research and developing clean energy technologies and jobs. competitiveness in science and technology with China and to develop clean energy technologies to reduce emissions. Fish and Wildlife Service first listed the species under the Endangered Species Act in 1975.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

EPA announced plans to repeal and replace the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Rule. US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. USFWS : The Biden administration moved to repeal and revise several Endangered Species Act regulations finalized by the Trump administration.

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