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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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service regulations implementing the federal Endangered Species Act, evolving protections for the tricolored bat and northern long-eared bat, and potential policy implications of the 2024 election.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 6, 2024

On December 20, 2023, Ontario’s Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP) proposed more changes that will weaken the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA). The Redside Dace – a small, colourful and endangered minnow. Tell the government to stand up and protect species at risk.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared 21 species extinct Monday, including 10 birds and two freshwater fish.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2022

The Ontario government’s current plans would lock the province into 30 years of turning farmland into car-dependent sprawl. Unless the election forces a reversal in course, the wide swathes of Greenbelt and natural heritage, including endangered species habitat, along its route are likely to be bulldozed well before 2026. .

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Cresforum

JULY 7, 2023

The discussion touched on the challenges that exist for developers and the opportunities for improvement throughout various statutes, like the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act, as well as at implementing agencies and the courts.

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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. The is no question that existing government regulation in the U.S. has been completely ineffectual in impacting biodiversity degradation.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

But it’s rare indeed when such water rights violations are prosecuted criminally, especially by the United States government. That’s true for two reasons: first, the federal government plays only a modest role when it comes to administering and enforcing water rights laws. That’s because across the U.S., The result?

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Law Columbia

JULY 31, 2023

BLM thus failed to discharge its obligation to conduct a meaningful assessment of project alternatives and mitigation measures as required by the the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Our brief also emphasizes the importance of the federal government adopting a rational approach to its assessment of new fossil fuel infrastructure.

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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. On February 9, 2023, the U.S.

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Endangered Species Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to designate approximately 595,495 acres of critical habitat for the Southern Sierra Nevada distinct population segment (DPS) of fisher ( Pekania pennanti ) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The fisher is a small, carnivorous mammal native to North American.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 10, 2022

Salmon Recovery Despite the best efforts of many across our state, salmon species continue to be threatened and on the brink of extinction. The Lorraine Loomis Act will protect and restore riparian habitat — the trees and plants along riverbanks that help to improve water quality and regulate temperature. Advocate with the EPC.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

and the Endangered Species Act (ESA).[[N:16 CITES is an international agreement among the governments of more than 180 countries which aims to ensure that international trade of wild animals, plants, or animal or plant products does not threaten the survival of these species. N:16 U.S.C. See How CITES works.]].

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Inside Climate News

JUNE 16, 2024

Warming and habitat loss diminished sage grouse populations 80 percent since 1965, putting them on the brink of an endangered listing. Western states, the federal government and energy and ranching interests are struggling to prevent that. By Wyatt Myskow OWYHEE CANYONLANDS, Ore.—Peering

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Our analysis looked at drought responses within the upper Klamath Basin—an 8,000-square-mile ecological region that encompasses most of Klamath County and parts of northern California—and drew from interviews from dozens of sources, including scientists, agricultural groups, tribal representatives, conservation experts, and government officials.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This case arose under a dispute involving the Endangered Species Act, but the principles announced by the Court apply to lawyers generally. The Texas Supreme Court is, of course, the ultimate authority on the meaning of the Texas common law and the governing authority of the legal profession in Texas.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 18, 2016

. : While many law students graduate and become litigators, judges, or an attorney who plays another role in the judicial branch, some law students set their sights on the other two branches of government – the legislative and executive branches. making policy on both sides of the aisle.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a critical law that protects our country’s most imperiled species on land and at sea. While ESA and MMPA remain critical laws, we need more tools to pair with them to effectively protect marine mammals, especially our endangered whale species.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 3, 2022

We look forward to working with the government to tackle the environmental issues that are so critical to the future prosperity and security of Ontario residents,” said Tim Gray, executive director of Environmental Defence.

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Environmental Crimes

JUNE 29, 2018

On June 26, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion that reversed the trial court conviction of a Montana man who had been convicted under the criminal provisions of the Endangered Species Act for shooting and killing a grizzly bear. United States v. Charette , F.3d 17-30059 (9th Cir. June 26, 2018).

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

Policies that had been put in place to protect species at risk have since been whittled down, most notably by the current provincial government, as a way to prioritize development. Ontario’s (once) Promising Endangered Species Act Ontario was the first province in the country to pass an Endangered Species Act in 1971.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The agency, overseen by APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service), regularly contradicts modern sensibilities about how animals should be treated, and maybe more importantly, how government should serve its citizens. In its call to action, the Center and its fellow petitioners presented reasonable solutions to the USDA’s black eye.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 2, 2016

the CECIL Act. which includes an amendment to the Endangered Species Act and a government-funded study on the pros and cons of trophy hunting. Candidate Species. The purpose of the amendment is to change which species the importation and exportation provision of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects.

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Montrose

JULY 6, 2021

EI’s environmental expertise includes wetlands and water compliance, restoration and revegetation services, and permitting under the Clean Water Act and federal and state Endangered Species Acts. We’re excited to take things to the next level.”. About Montrose.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The government argued that any equipment used to separate oil should be considered an “oil-water separator” regardless of whether it contained all the ancillary equipment described in the definition. As a strict liability offense, the government does not need to prove that the defendant had a criminal intent.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In addition, federal laws such as the Endangered Species Act have created federal claims for lake water to sustain threatened plants, animals and, most importantly, fish. As populations in the vicinity grew, municipalities started using the water as well. Environmentalists and area Tribes cheered the result.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Continuing a ten-year pattern, the legislature amended state stormwater law to further limit state and local government stormwater control requirements. 1) Density exception for two local government jurisdictions. Constitution prohibiting “local acts” related to public health. See: House Bill 600, Sec.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

The federal government argued that denial of the motion to dismiss was based on clear error and that mandamus was warranted to confine the district court to the lawful exercise of its jurisdiction. Federal Government Moved to Dismiss Keystone Pipeline Challenges. filed June 13, 2017).

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

MECP claims that these changes will improve implementation of the legislation, however, this is only true if you think better implementation of species protection legislation involves making it weaker. For example, the Redside Dace and Butternut are just two of many species at risk that would be impacted by the proposed giant Highway 413.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs charged that the U.S.

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Legal Planet

JULY 27, 2024

This arises from the identification of an incidental take statement (ITS), which is part of the consultation process under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, as among the authorizations covered by the 150-day statute of limitations.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Indeed, In 2021, the federal government began consideration of whether the American bumblebee, whose populations have dropped 90%, should be listed as endangered. At that same time, EPA made a formal finding that the pesticides jeopardize the survival or critical habitat of endangered bees. One problem bees face is pesticides.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 23, 2024

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) is meant to protect and recover species-at-risk and their habitats, but does it work? the quarry proposal should be rejected if the spirit of the law is upheld given that at least 63% and at most 100% of the proposed quarry area is categorized as endangered species habitat.”

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Case challenges habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Habitat loss and degradation threaten the species’ survival and recovery – and beach raking has been identified as a threat to their habitat.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

A CNN poll in December found that 73 percent of respondents in the United States say the federal government has some level of responsibility to curb climate change. In a Pew poll last summer, two-thirds of respondents said the federal government is not doing enough to protect air and water quality.

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