Court Dismisses Permitting Challenges to the U.S.’s First Major Offshore Wind Project
The Energy Law
MAY 24, 2023
The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale.
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The Energy Law
MAY 24, 2023
The plaintiffs’ arguments centered mostly on the project’s impact on an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale.
Vermont Law
MARCH 2, 2016
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Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
The court agreed with the magistrate’s conclusion that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim for violation of a nondiscretionary duty under the Endangered Species Act and that the court therefore lacked jurisdiction. at its theme park in Jackson Township in Ocean County. Natural Resources Defense Council v.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
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ESA
DECEMBER 20, 2021
2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.
Legal Planet
MARCH 14, 2023
That approval came a day after the administration said it would bar drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean. Does anyone really imagine that this project’s greenhouse gas emissions would not adversely affect the habitat of polar bears, or other ice-dependent listed species?
ESA
MARCH 20, 2023
Congress Senate Commerce Committee to consider ocean debris legislation. Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The request includes $231 million for NOAA’s climate research programs, a $7 million increase above FY 2023 levels. Amendment Act ( S.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Although the district court acknowledged that BLM provided “a lengthier explanation” of its reasons for not quantifying foreign emissions than the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management provided in the earlier case, the court found that BLM still did not “thoroughly explain” why an estimate of foreign emissions was impossible. Rhode Island v.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 29, 2023
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.
Law Columbia
MARCH 6, 2018
The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Ninth Circuit Reinstated Listing of Arctic Ringed Seals as Threatened.
ESA
MAY 4, 2023
Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Congress Legislative updates: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-MO) reintroduced the Save Our Sequoias Act ( R.
ESA
AUGUST 30, 2021
An internal House Natural Resources Committee document obtained by E&E News shows that the committee intends to spend $3 billion on the Civilian Climate Corps, $120 million for the NOAA Civilian Conservation Corps and $500 million for the Tribal Civilian Conservation Corps. The House also expects to pass the Senate’s $1.2
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
As a threshold matter, the court found that Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and one of the state petitioners (New York) each had standing based on potential injuries from climate change which were caused in part by HFC emissions and which would be redressed by restrictions on such emissions. Wheeler , No. 18-1172 (D.C.
ESA
APRIL 25, 2022
The next day, the House Science Committee will hold a hearing about climate change with Ko Barrett of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and NOAA; Dr. Dominique David-Chavez, an assistant professor of indigenous natural resource stewardship at Colorado State University; and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
ESA
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Lucas has said his focus as chair will be oversight of the implementation of the Chips and Science Act that sets funding levels for NSF among other provisions in the bill. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) will take over as the chair of the committee. Geological Survey, the U.S. NOAA – U.S.
ESA
MAY 9, 2022
Mining: House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. House Natural Resources Committee: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing about wildlife disease surveillance and preventing future pandemics. Forest Service – Dixie Resource Advisory Committee Meeting (May 26).
ESA
APRIL 11, 2022
Other methods, like tech to suck carbon out of the air or intervening in marine systems to boost the sequestration potential of oceans, are less vulnerable to reversal and don’t pose the same land issues, but most are in their infancy. The Magnuson Stevens Act is the main law governing U.S. 1320 ), sponsored by Sen.
ESA
MAY 31, 2023
Congress House Natural Resources Committee passes Save Our Sequoias Act and legislation to allow mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. House appropriators also propose cutting climate and equity programs in the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Read more: U.S. Res 34 & H.R.
ESA
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee leaders introduce legislation to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science. Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves new PFAS standards. The bill is the Senate companion to the House’s Department of Energy Office of Science for the Future Act ( H.R.
ESA
MARCH 14, 2022
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advances nomination of Asmeret Asefaw Berhe to lead Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $5.88 Huffman is a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee. NSF receives a four percent increase.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5
ESA
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Glenn Youngkin (R)’s nomination of former EPA administrator to natural resources post. World leaders gather in France for ocean summit. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for natural resources and the environment. Legislative updates: House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen.
Law Columbia
MAY 7, 2021
Ninth Circuit Said Biden Action Mooted Case Challenging Trump Revocation of Withdrawal of Oceans Lands from Oil and Gas Leasing. In both cases, the New York plaintiffs argue that the allocation of the summer flounder quota is based on obsolete data that does not reflect the fishery’s northeast shift, which may be due in part to ocean warming.
ESA
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Jake Schmidt, the international climate director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement would have been the product of an interagency process that worked its way up from technical staff to deputies to principals before the White House decided on the goal of 50 to 52 percent.
ESA
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Countries agree to protect a record number of species from wildlife trade during World Wildlife Conference. National Committee for the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. ESA to Hold Informational US National Nature Assessment Webinar Dec. Scientific Community. Federal Register opportunities. NAS: The U.S.
ESA
JULY 18, 2022
Court strikes down Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. IPBES releases reports about valuing nature and the use of wild species. House Natural Resources Committee: The full committee voted to advance a bill ( H.R. Executive Branch. International. She has a Ph.D. 13, 2022).
ESA
AUGUST 1, 2022
The bill funds National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research at $776 million, a 20 percent increase. This includes a $35 million increase for the Ecological Services for Endangered Species Act activities. Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AZ) is a co-sponsor.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. Julia Brownley (D-CA) reintroduced the Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act ( H.R.
ESA
MARCH 6, 2023
Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.
ESA
JANUARY 31, 2022
Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. UN seeks input about possible topics for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. Lawmakers have submitted over 500 amendments to the America COMPETES Act. Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R.
ESA
MAY 15, 2023
Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. One rule repeals a Trump-era definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.
ESA
DECEMBER 6, 2021
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced the nomination of Jainey Bavishi to be the assistant secretary of oceans and atmosphere at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the second-most senior position at NOAA. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) introduced the Northern Spotted Owl Habitat Improvement Act ( H.R.
ESA
JULY 26, 2021
This includes a 39% increase for climate research and a 29% increase for the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Nominations: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 10-10 to advance Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to the full Senate. Huffman is a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee.
ESA
APRIL 19, 2021
Beaudreau is a former Obama administration official who served as director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and chief of staff to former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. OEMB – Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Ocean Wind, LLC’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New Jersey (Apr.
ESA
APRIL 18, 2023
NOAA: The House Science Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, to consider Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)’s draft legislation to take the National Oceanic Administration out of the Department of Commerce and make NOAA into an independent agency. Previously, the bat species was listed as a threatened species.
ESA
APRIL 5, 2021
USFWS: The agency is proposing downlisting the status of the Hawaiian stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus knudseni , also known as ae`o) from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Fish and Wildlife Service first listed the species under the Endangered Species Act in 1975.
ESA
APRIL 27, 2023
NOAA: The House Science Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, to consider Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK)’s draft legislation to take the National Oceanic Administration out of the Department of Commerce and make NOAA into an independent agency. Previously, the bat species was listed as a threatened species.
ESA
APRIL 3, 2023
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Acidification Act ( H.R. 676 ), which requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to collaborate with state and local governments and Indian Tribes on vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification. Another bill ( H.R. 1496 ) from Rep. 1705 and S.
ESA
JUNE 1, 2021
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal introduced the Extinction Prevention Act ( H.R. The full House passed the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats (COAST) Research Act (H.R. Biden requests $11.2
ESA
MAY 6, 2021
“Nature in America is in trouble,” Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory said during a call with reporters Thursday. Climate change is reshaping our lands and our oceans and our coasts. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced the Safeguarding America’s Future and Environment (SAFE) Act ( S. 1420 and H.R.
ESA
JANUARY 23, 2023
In this issue: Congress House Republicans name new members and leadership for the House Appropriations Committee, House Science Committee and House Natural Resources Committee with the start of the 118th Congress. The new Republican members of the House Natural Resources Committee are Reps. rule in the courts.
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