Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, it has helped hundreds of species avoid extinction in the United States. The strong conservation policy has been used as a model in other countries. But it’s not as successful as it could be, a new study finds.

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APRIL 16, 2024

The post FWS Streamline ESA Voluntary Conservation Programs appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) have issued a final rule to update the implementing regulations for Section 10.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") and the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") (collectively, the "Services") finalized a rule defining the term "habitat" as used for designating "critical habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (the "ESA").

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2023

But the package also makes a major change to California species protection law. This year, the last day for policy committees to hear bills fell at the end of April, so some may be wondering how these newly-introduced policy changes are nonetheless on the path to becoming law.

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has issued a final rule reclassifying the Morro shoulderband snail ( Helminthoglypta walkeriana ) from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The final rule also includes a rule issued under ESA section 4(d) to provide for the conservation of the species.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2022

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. Plant and animal species are the foundation of a healthy ecosystem. Toronto, Ont./ Ecojustice?uses

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Case challenges habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Lindsay Beck, lawyer, Ecojustice said: “The Endangered Species Act plays a critical role in protecting endangered and threatened species and their habitats. Beach conservation and tourism can co-exist.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Ever increasing water use, and severe drought conditions, brought conflicts over water use to a head in the early 2000s when water conservation measures were taken in order to protect several fish listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Endangered Species Act: Overview. In 1988, the U.S.

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and NOAA Marine Fisheries (NMFS) issued a sweeping proposal to amend key provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), including provisions pertaining to listing decisions, critical habitat designations, and interagency consultations. By Jessica Wentz. In July, the U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

For the past four years, Ontarians have witnessed an unremitting attack on the many of the laws which protect the province’s natural heritage. . Will your party strengthen Ontario’s Endangered Species Act and restore a science-base approach to species recovery, including mandatory habitat protection?

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2022

By Environmental Defence’s count, the last several years have witnessed over 10 major changes to laws, regulations and policies that have rolled back protection for nature and wildlife in Ontario. Endangered species are the rarest and most vulnerable plants and animals.By REDUCING THE ROLE OF CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

With 2024 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award [PaEN] -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Holds 30th Anniversary Foods Of The Delaware Highlands Event May 4 [PaEN] -- WVIA: Bernie McGurl, Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. - Schiffman, Esq.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 19, 2022

This blog was written by Kirsten Williams, Summer 2022 Legal Intern for Ocean Conservancy. Kirsten is entering her fourth year as a joint Law (JD) and Master of Environmental Management (MEM) student at Vermont Law & Graduate School and the Yale School of the Environment. appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Endangered Species Law

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Reversing the district court, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit held that that the Bureau of Reclamation and a local water agency have discretion to release water from Twitchell Dam on the Santa Maria River on the Central Coast of California to comply with the federal Endangered Species Act. San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper v.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 10, 2022

Conservancy forester Kyle Smith takes measurements in the old-growth forest at TNC’s Ellsworth Creek Preserve in southwest Washington. Washington’s Conservation Futures program has allowed counties to permanently protect open space, farmland and forests, and to build and maintain parks and trails. But there’s still a lot happening!

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Endangered Species Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that the agency violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) when it failed to timely determine whether the Santa Ana speckled dace ( hinichthys osculus ssp. ) warrant listing as endangered or threatened species. Fish and Wildlife Service in the U.S.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

By Anya Blaney Kate Janeway has dedicated her life to environmental causes, including nine years of volunteer service with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Washington. The Nature Conservancy is a perfect fit for me,” she said, “and it’s been that way for four decades.” She was employee #10 at the once-combined chapters.

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Acoel

JANUARY 20, 2022

While these canids officially count as coyotes – a nettlesome varmint to many Texans – their spectral appearance has sparked local excitement because the wild dogs contain a genetic shadow of their endangered forebears who disappeared from the Gulf Coast long ago. Red Wolf ( Canis rufus ) Historic Range.

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published proposed revisions to its regulations governing incidental take and enhancement of survival permitting under Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 10.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

By David Jennings, 1L Student, Vermont Law School. gray wolves (Canis lupus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which gave them federal protection from hunting, killing, and otherwise harassing. In addition to listing an entire species, USFWS can classify a particular population of a species as a.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Sponsored Content.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

With 2024 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award [PaEN] -- WVIA: Bernie McGurl, Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. - Schiffman, Esq. Grants -- EPA Opens Regional $1.5 Grants -- EPA Opens Regional $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Brian Fitzpatrick & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA -- Delaware Currents: Sewage Is Overflowing Into Philly’s Rivers, Is The City’s $2 Billion+ Fix Working? -- Delaware River Basin Commission: Recap Of Dec. Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Faith & Waters Restoration Summit Feb.

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The Energy Law

JULY 21, 2016

In 2010, under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“the FWS”) designated 6,477 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana as “critical habitat” for the Rana sevosa or the dusky gopher frog. Tammany Parish.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 21, 2018

By David Jennings, 1L Student, Vermont Law School. Humane Slaughter Acts. However, the Animal Welfare Act has. exceptions to the Endangered Species Act. can permit private ownership and hunting of listed species. Proponents often roll out absurd conservation arguments along the lines of “.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Conservatives have overseen some of the most enduring legacies of American environmental policy. One of the most destructive myths of modern times is the idea that somehow conservatism is incompatible with good climate policy. But nothing could be further from the truth.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Conservatives have overseen some of the most enduring legacies of American environmental policy. One of the most destructive myths of modern times is the idea that somehow conservatism is incompatible with good climate policy. But nothing could be further from the truth.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In an equally appalling revelation, the Center’s petition also challenges the USDA’s multiple federal statute violations—including Endangered Species Act violations—in implementing its Wildlife Services program. Yes, this petition addresses Wildlife Services’ numerous wildlife and animal law violations. appeared first on.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The management of natural lakes is controlled by state agencies acting pursuant to state law. If a dam is built with a state-funded appropriation, the lake behind the dam will be managed according to the state law that created the dam’s construction. Environmentalists and area Tribes cheered the result.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Yet, despite this context, the state’s primary legal tool to protect biodiversity, the California Endangered Species Act (CESA), has stayed mostly the same for over twenty years. However, there are many species protected under the federal ESA that are not protected under CESA.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A threatened species is one that is “likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.”

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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Acoel

APRIL 2, 2025

Solar panels should also significantly reduce evaporation from the canals, conserving water while generating electricity. Because the water canals are unlikely to be habitat for species, installing solar panels over them instead of open land also should avoid Endangered Species Act issues and other wildlife conflicts.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

That’s because the region’s ongoing groundwater woes are at least two decades in the making, exacerbated in part by the very federal programs meant to conserve water in the area, The Counter has found. Then came new conservation regulations and litigation that complicated USBR’s water obligations.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

Note: States that administer federal permit programs adopt state laws and regulations covering activities regulated by the federal agencies and laws covered by this order. [A A good example is surface coal mining where Pennsylvania has adopted specific laws and regulations regulating this activity.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 19, 2023

Less than a week before the effective date of the uplisting of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. It is suggested that this uplisting is an example of the need to reform the Endangered Species Act. in more than half the country.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Scott Perry’s Latest Attack On Coal Miners Could Prove Deadly [Black Lung] - BlueGreen Alliance -- Post-Gazette Editorial: To Preserve The Lives And Livelihoods Of Coal Miners, Enhance Federal Silica Regulations -- Courier Times Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can Shape Its Conservation Future By Leading On New Federal Farm Bill - By PA Cong.

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