Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In addition, the court found that BLM acted contrary to law by failing to consider a statutory directive to give “maximum protection” to surface values in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. The Ninth Circuit said the new issuance of NWP 12 rendered the appeals moot and ordered the district court to dismiss the underlying claim. Rhode Island v.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Fossil Fuels 40

ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Glenn Youngkin (R)’s nomination of former EPA administrator to natural resources post. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for natural resources and the environment. Wilkes is a career USDA employee who previously led the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Restoration Team.

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2022 Climate Change Natural Resources Conservation 98

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.

2023 98

2023 Clean Water Act Natural Resources Climate Change 98

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Department of Agriculture undersecretary for farm production and conservation, overseeing the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Farm Service Agency and the Risk Management Agency.

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2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change 105

ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

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. The Senate companion bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations.

2022 52

2022 Climate Change Clean Water Act Ozone 52

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.

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2023 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Ocean 92

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Nor was it successful in stifling California’s own, multifaceted pollution control, climate change and public health initiatives. In hindsight, the Trump administration failed to do all that much long-term damage to the nation’s environment.

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