Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In addition, the court found that BLM acted contrary to law by failing to consider a statutory directive to give “maximum protection” to surface values in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. Minnesota Court Affirmed Water Quality Certification for Line 3 Replacement Project. Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic v.

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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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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

First, the court said the cities’ novel theories of liability based on the defendants’ sales of their product did not differentiate their claims from earlier transboundary pollution suits in which the Supreme Court ( American Electric Power Co. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp. AquAlliance v.

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Report finds there is no hope of slowing global warming without a radical shift to electrical energy and carbon removal. USFWS issues rare emergency rule listing the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species. Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Executive Branch.

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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. In re Hawai‘i Electric Light Co. , Conservation Congress v. Forest Service , 2:13-cv-00934 (E.D.

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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

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.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The plaintiffs asserted Endangered Species Act claims, focusing on the federal agencies’ consideration of impacts on grizzly bears and bull trout; the plaintiffs alleged that bull trout are “particularly vulnerable” to climate change because they require cold water to spawn and rear. Seven weeks after the U.S.

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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. In re Hawaiian Electric Co. ,

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) are promoting a separate $10 trillion decade-spanning green infrastructure plan, which sets a goal of 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2035, while creating 15.5 A new species status assessment for the grizzly bear in the lower 48 states finds that grizzly bear populations have recovered since the U.S.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 21, 2025

404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec. 404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

The Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for Clean Water Act permitting, dams, aquatic ecosystem restoration projects and other issues. EPA – Board of Scientific Counselors Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Subcommittee Meeting-May 2021 (May 26 & 27, comments due May 25). Meters) in Length.

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Acoel

JANUARY 21, 2025

404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec. 404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced that the agency will rewrite a Trump administration regulation that limited state’s ability to block pipeline and fossil fuel export facilities under the Clean Water Act. FERC – Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability Technical Conference (June 1 & 2).

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants violated NEPA, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Missouri v. Biden , No. 4:21-cv-00287 (E.D. Solar Company Challenged Federal Approvals for Offshore Wind Project.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Part 419 (under Clean Water Act) 40 C.F.R. 8374 : Grants the President emergency authority to order the allocation of coal for use by any electric power plant to insure reliability of electric service or prevent unemployment, or protect public health, safety or welfare. 1742, 1748a. Richmond Power & Light v.

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