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Appeals court upholds Ontario town’s convictions for damaging piping plover habitat

Enviromental Defense

Ontario Court of Appeals decision upholds vital habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Ecojustice, acting on behalf of Environmental Defence and Ontario Nature, intervened in the case. When a species like the piping plover becomes endangered, it’s a sign that the ecosystem is deteriorating.

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Trail Mix Blog: Rachel Carson, A Pennsylvanian Sparked An Awakening

PA Environment Daily

The building housing the departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources in Harrisburg is named in her honor. Peregrine falcons have been nesting on the building since 1996, a species saved by her research into the impact of pesticides on bird eggs and detailed in her landmark book Silent Spring.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

But in the rogue EPA that is the Supreme Court, packed to an ultra-conservative majority by presidents with little or no concern for the environment, science and the fatal toll of pollution seem to take a back seat to concerns about the unfettered freedom of polluters to profit regardless of their harmful business practices.

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Day After Earth Day, the Climate Pope, and the 89%

Legal Planet

They made it through Earth Day one of two insufferable seasons of cliche, inane PR pitches clogging their inboxes. I usually feel meh about Earth Day because a hyperfocus on a single day feels superficial and performative. But this Earth Day hit different. The 2-week UN Climate Conference each fall.)

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Policy News: April 25, 2022

ESA

In an executive order made in honor of Earth Day, the White House announced the creation of a U.S. After the inventory, the agencies will develop policies for climate-smart management and conservation of old-growth forests. USFWS – Endangered Species Status for Amur Sturgeon. Federal Register opportunities.

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

ESA

Blog post: Accounting for Nature on Earth Day 2022. The goal of this grant program is to streamline funding opportunities for new voluntary conservation and restoration projects around the United States. Conservation Dollars Funding CAFOs Instead of Soil Health – Civil Eats.

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