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Polling Shows GTA Voters Would Punish Federal Liberals if They Fail to Designate 413 for Impact Assessment and Protect Habitat and Waterways

Enviromental Defense

Across the GTA, Liberal support would fall from 20 per cent to 11 per cent if the government decides to let Highway 413 proceed without an independent federal impact assessment. There are 29 federally listed species at risk of extinction along the 413 highway corridor, and at least 24 navigable waterways.

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Congress Needs to Carefully Chart NOAA’s Path Forward

Union of Concerned Scientists

In the US, when we check our local weather forecast, when our communities are recovering from an extreme weather event, or when our fisherfolk are at sea catching food, we are benefitting from the work of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA has three main goals under its mission: “1. In 1977, Rep.

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Massachusetts Court Rejects Endangered Species Act Challenge to Offshore Wind Project

Endangered Species Law

On Wednesday, May 17, 2023, the federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and Vineyard Wind, and denied summary judgment to the plaintiffs in the case of Nantucket Residents Against Turbines v.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

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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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. at its theme park in Jackson Township in Ocean County. Federal Government Moved to Dismiss Keystone Pipeline Challenges.

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The Stream, December 21, 2022: In Global Biodiversity Agreement, Freshwater Protection and Restoration Are Prominent

Circle of Blue

It stretches through China, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia before emptying into the ocean in Vietnam. The tree , which was listed last week as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, plays a significant role in American West hydrology. .” — Marc Goichot, a river specialist at the WWF in Vietnam. On the Radar.

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

Circle of Blue

government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. Hatcheries like the Carson National Fish Hatchery, pictured here, breed millions of salmon and let them grow until they are mature enough to be released so they can try to swim to the ocean. Now, that system is falling apart.

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