PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2022

Unless the election forces a reversal in course, the wide swathes of Greenbelt and natural heritage, including endangered species habitat, along its route are likely to be bulldozed well before 2026. .

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

For example: Ontario undermined Ontario’s Endangered Species Act protections in 2019 with Bill 108, which empowered the Minister broad and reckless exemptions to let developers destroy endangered species and their habitat, delay extending any protection at all for species that desperately need it, and even “pay to slay” endangered species.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

9 Meeting [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp. .;

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2023

Nixon irrationally feared that subversives were pushing the green agenda, but he realized that a good environment made good politics. He set up the EPA, signed the Clean Air and Endangered Species acts and banned DDT, a move now credited with saving the Bald Eagle and other species from extinction.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

gray wolves (Canis lupus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which gave them federal protection from hunting, killing, and otherwise harassing. The decision to delist the Northern Rocky Mountain wolves presents an important question: was USFWS motivated by sound management strategy or simply anti-wildlife politics?

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Carte blanche political wildlife regulation is a thing of the barbaric past, and Wildlife Services, like any other federal agency, should be subject to deliberate, scientific decision-making.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Aside from the constitutional issue, legislative intervention in a permitting action sets a precedent for direct political intervention in permit decisions. The new provision limits dredging moratoria unless the restriction on dredging activity is required under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, or other applicable federal law.

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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. The government also asserted that the MBTA and Eagle Act claims were barred by controlling precedent.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs charged that the U.S.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 17, 2023

That’s a major departure from the environmental legislation of the 1970s—NEPA, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, to name a few. T he same incentives-based structure that makes the IRA politically unassailable risks is going to benefit the wealthiest the most.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Recently, the Biden administration fast-tracked MVP as a rider in the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) —an act that had nothing to do with natural gas or pipelines—in the latest high-profile example of science being lost in the political process. This brought the case to the U.S.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

As water and water runoff does not respect political boundaries, international laws on conservation and use are common and applied, especially where there is shared use and responsibility or competing claims to it. This Act came into being in 1973 with the aim of setting out special protections for species at risk of extinction.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

The death of coho salmon–listed under the federal and state Endangered Species Acts–that had inhabited the river, loss of recreational opportunities on the Shasta River for members of the public, and even less available water for other local water users who had abided by the state curtailment order. The result?

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Washington Nature

APRIL 22, 2021

There is no better way for the Washington Legislature to honor Earth Day than by passing the Climate Commitment Act. The Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act, Medicare, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act were all strongly criticized for their shortcomings. It is not perfect.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Flick To Host DCNR Grant Seminar Dec. Flick To Host DCNR Grant Seminar Dec.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In the 1980s and ‘90s, three salmon and suckerfish species that call the Klamath Basin home were listed under the Endangered Species Act, a move that required USBR to limit surface water for farming during droughts to protect the fishes’ habitats.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2023

Her efforts directly assisted with the conservation and recovery of this species under the Endangered Species Act. GPA, Alysha is majoring in Earth Science and Policy and minoring in Political Science and Environmental Inquiry. With a 3.86

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This Note highlights the role of East Palestine as a “railside” community in America’s Rust Belt, asserting that such communication failures are only one aspect of a broader trend of failures to meaningfully include Rust Belt communities in the political process.

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MARCH 2, 2016

the CECIL Act. which includes an amendment to the Endangered Species Act and a government-funded study on the pros and cons of trophy hunting. Candidate Species. The purpose of the amendment is to change which species the importation and exportation provision of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects.

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Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

Political controversies and fear of litigation may have played a role. Politics aside, the Biden Administration may have felt forced to approve this project. The North Slope provides critical habitat to many species , including caribou, waterfowl, and even polar bears. emissions 50% below 2005 levels by 2030.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Learn more about voting policies and rights in your state and register to vote at Rock the Vote , a nonprofit dedicated to engaging young people in politics. NOAA NMFS – Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Rule to List the Queen Conch as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act. 7, 2022.

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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. Questions will be taken in advance. .

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Wind developers are allowed to self-report violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The federal government rarely stops wind projects or requires changes in wind turbine locations or operations.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

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Acoel

JUNE 23, 2021

It was also located in an area potentially inhabited by the Indiana Bat, an endangered species. This triggered review under the federal Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as well as the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Not true for many wind projects.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 11, 2025

These were the parts of the legislation that sought to narrow the application of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and litigation to projects to reduce fire risk on federal lands.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Much of the media coverage so far has focused on the political dynamics driving the decision (as noted with some alarm here and here ) and devoted less attention to the legal dynamics. ” The Willow decision also shows the limits of politics. That blinkering is more a symptom of weak political will than of weak law.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 8, 2025

This article notes that the Army Corps of Engineers is going to try to use emergency designations to reduce or eliminate environmental requirements (environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA)) for hundreds of projects that it is reviewing permits for.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 15, 2025

This erosion of public trust in science creates fertile ground for disinformation campaigns , stalls progress on urgent issues, and prioritizes political or economic agendas over the public good.

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Legal Planet

MAY 16, 2024

This is the case that put teeth into the Endangered Species Act. Resisting the pleas that saving a minor species of fish was not worth halting a dam project, the Court held that the statute meant what it said: protecting endangered species is a paramount value. Hill, 437 U.S.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Quick, deadly coral disease the target of new NOAA plan – Florida Politics. Learn more about voting policies and rights in your state and register to vote at Rock the Vote , a nonprofit dedicated to engaging young people in politics. More News: Fed announces pilot program on climate risk with six major banks – The Hill.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

Conservation is a human issue, not a political one. The Trump administration has taken actions that endanger our parks, wildlife, and public lands: The Clean Power Plan rollback increases pollution and climate change risks. The Endangered Species Act has been weakened, removing protections for at-risk species.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Political stunts aren’t helping Levee breached in Pajaro River in 2023. This political stunt not only did not help anyone in Southern California fight fires but also wasted water that could have been stored for the summer. The political theater didnt stop there. Despite this, President Trump unexpectedly ordered the U.S.

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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. They asserted claims under the Endangered Species Act, NEPA, the Clean Water Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Ruled that EPA Must Consider Endangered Species in Setting Renewable Fuel Standards. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards rule back to EPA after finding that EPA failed to comply with requirements of the Endangered Species Act. Democracy Forward Foundation v. 1:19-cv-02751 (D.D.C.,

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