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Reforming the California Endangered Species Act

Legal Planet

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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Advocacy Groups Threaten Endangered Species Act Lawsuit Against Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Endangered Species Law

The notice letter alleges that the September 18, 2023 Biological Opinion (BiOp) issued by NMFS for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project violates the Endangered Species Act (ESA) because it fails to adequately analyze and mitigate the project's impacts on the endangered North Atlantic right whale ( Eubalaena glacialis ).

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Advocacy Groups File Endangered Species Act Suit Against Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Endangered Species Law

On March 18, three advocacy organizations and their members filed a lawsuit challenging an offshore wind project against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

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Texas Sues FWS Over Decision to List the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Under the Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

The post Texas Sues FWS Over Decision to List the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Under the Endangered Species Act appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. On March 22, 2023, the State of Texas filed a lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) over its recent.

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Services Finalize Endangered Species Act Regulatory Revisions

Endangered Species Law

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services) made available pre-publication versions of the agencies’ long-awaited updates to regulations implementing sections 4 and 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

In choosing the top environmental laws, I wanted to focus on those with the largest impacts on the environment, not just those that are most important to environmental lawyers or best known. I included all laws passed in the U.S., not just federal regulatory laws, and some of my selections may not be what you expected.

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Species Status Assessments under the Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Law

On February 28, 2023, I published a post on the Center for California Water Resources Policy and Management’s DeltaCurrents blog discussing Species Status Assessments (SSAs) as a tool to facilitate implementation of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).