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ESA Policy News: November 21, 2022

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Fishing Regulator Rejects Lifting Ban on Female Crab Harvest – The New York Times. Diplomats are expected to take on regulations governing the commercial trade of hippo parts and sharks. Zimbabwe is also pushing to loosen elephant ivory regulations. Will CITES finally act to protect rosewood this month? 7, 2022, to Dec.15,

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Washington Supreme Court Invalidated Regulation of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Northern Plains Resource Council v. 95885-8 (Wash.

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Policy News: July 1, 2022

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Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. USFWS : The Biden administration repealed a Trump-era Endangered Species Act rule which created a definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. Previous regulations weakened these protections.

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Policy News: January 10, 2022

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Lovejoy III, an ecologist who dedicated his career to preserving the Amazon rainforest, dies at 80 – The Washington Post. USFWS : The agency is proposing listing the ferruginous pygmy-owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum ), which is found in Mexico, Arizona and Texas, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

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EPA : A draft policy assessment for the reconsideration of current Ozone air quality standards finds that there is insufficient scientific evidence that there would be a public health benefit to stricter ozone regulations. Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge – The Guardian. ET on June 3, 2022.

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