Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.
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. The government also asserted that the MBTA and Eagle Act claims were barred by controlling precedent.
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ESA
OCTOBER 24, 2022
EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rule to List the Queen Conch as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act. 7, 2022.
ESA
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
USFWS: The agency granted threatened species protections for the Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) under the Endangered Species Act. The Emperor Penguin is native to Antarctica and is the world’s tallest and heaviest penguin species. Antarctic ozone hole shrinks slightly – The Hill.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
The plan cuts power plant and industrial ozone pollution that wafts from central parts of the nation into eastern states. According to the American Lung Association, nearly 120 million people in the nation—one of every three—lives with unhealthy levels of particle and ozone pollution. A 40-year-old Supreme Court ruling (Chevron v.
ESA
OCTOBER 11, 2022
EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rule to List the Queen Conch as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Nominations must be received by Oct.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. 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.
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