Endangered Species Law

JANUARY 17, 2025

The decision comes on the heels of the agency’s recent recommendation to downlist the GCWA from endangered to threatened. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) will publish a positive 90-day finding on a 2016 petition (Petition) to delist the golden-cheeked warbler ( Setophaga chrysoparia ) (GCWA).

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 25, 2022

Energy regulation is increasingly entwined with the need to cut carbon emissions. Energy regulation matters because the economic incentives need to be in the right places for the energy transition to happen. The Endangered Species Act can have a big effect on land use in some parts of the country. Land Use Law.

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Endangered Species Law

JUNE 28, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services), issued three sets of proposed revisions to their Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations addressing: (1) interagency consultations under ESA section 7; (2) the procedures and criteria for listing, reclassifying, delisting, and designating critical (..)

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Endangered Species Act. is “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation” according to the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case. Pulling the Teeth Out of the Endangered Species Act. Tennessee Valley Authority v.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

MECP claims that these changes will improve implementation of the legislation, however, this is only true if you think better implementation of species protection legislation involves making it weaker. Ontario’s Endangered Species Act has been weakened throughout the years through policy changes, exemptions and poor implementation.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

And now the government has a new proposal – and it’s terrible for endangered species. TELL ONTARIO NOT TO BY-PASS THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT . The provincial government has created a ‘pay-to-slay’ fund that allows developers to pay money rather than actually protecting endangered species.

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and NOAA Marine Fisheries (NMFS) issued a sweeping proposal to amend key provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), including provisions pertaining to listing decisions, critical habitat designations, and interagency consultations. By Jessica Wentz. In July, the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 3, 2025

House Committee on Natural Resources took aim Wednesday at the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), arguing both landmark statutes are ambiguous and reach beyond federal authority. Read the full story at Inside Climate News. Republican members of the U.S.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Last month, Judge John Hunderaker held that the Endangered Species Act requires EPA to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service before issuing recommended water quality criteria. He also vacated EPA’s 2016 chronic freshwater criterion for cadmium.

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Endangered Species Law

APRIL 11, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will publish its final rule updating regulations implementing section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (Section 10), which addresses the agency’s issuance of incidental take permits and enhancement of survival permits under Section 10. Tomorrow, the U.S.

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Endangered Species Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published proposed revisions to its regulations governing incidental take and enhancement of survival permitting under Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 10. On February 9, 2023, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service regulations implementing the federal Endangered Species Act, evolving protections for the tricolored bat and northern long-eared bat, and potential policy implications of the 2024 election.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2023

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Bob Donnan Blog: The Story Behind The Yeager Shale Gas Well Pad & Water Impoundment Contamination In Washington County -- PennLive Guest Essay: We Can’t Let Pennsylvania Become The Next Petrochemical Cancer Alley - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Debate Proposal (..)

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2022

By Environmental Defence’s count, the last several years have witnessed over 10 major changes to laws, regulations and policies that have rolled back protection for nature and wildlife in Ontario. Endangered species are the rarest and most vulnerable plants and animals.By

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Environment, Law, and History

MAY 6, 2022

The turning point in the book is the winter of 1971 and 1972 where Nixon began to express serious concern that he would soon face major backlash from pro-industry voters if he continued to support stiff environmental regulations. “I I have an uneasy feeling that perhaps we are doing too much,” he wrote his chief of staff, H.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

Offers Youth Conservation Internships In Westmoreland -- Tribune-Democrat: ‘In’ To Nature: Event Introduces Families To Outdoor Offerings Inside Indoor Setting -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: How Piping Plovers Returned To Presque Isle In Erie -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: After Near Extinction, Some Bats Are Coming Back Courtesy Of PA Biologists (..)

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Acoel

JANUARY 20, 2022

While these canids officially count as coyotes – a nettlesome varmint to many Texans – their spectral appearance has sparked local excitement because the wild dogs contain a genetic shadow of their endangered forebears who disappeared from the Gulf Coast long ago. Red Wolf ( Canis rufus ) Historic Range.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Going The RIGHT WAY: -- 35 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA -- 4,258 Stories In 2023 - Environmental & Conservation Leadership, Significant Events In PA [PaEN] -- 3,190 New Stories In 2022 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership [PaEN] [Posted: December 31, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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National Law Center

APRIL 16, 2024

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) have issued a final rule to update the implementing regulations for Section 10. The post FWS Streamline ESA Voluntary Conservation Programs appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In addition, the Cook Inlet distinct population segment has been listed as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The largest threat to Arctic species is climate change, affecting both their habitat and the food they eat. The Arctic is heating up fast.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 10, 2022

We owe it to ourselves, our neighbors and to future generations — and we are obligated under the federal Endangered Species Act and through treaties with sovereign tribal nations — to recover salmon populations in Washington. Advocate with the EPC.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 18, 2016

We need lobbyists and policy advisors to assist our legislators so that the science necessary to make effective environmental rules and regulations can be codified. However, we need lobbyists and policy advisors to assist our legislators so that the science necessary to make effective environmental rules and regulations can be codified.

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Acoel

AUGUST 15, 2023

Factors such as climate change and invasive species have caused ecosystems, once suitable for these species, to no longer be acceptable or sustainable. The 1982 amendments to the Endangered Species Act added a section, 10(j), to facilitate reintroduction of listed species via designation of “experimental populations.”

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

My friend Dan Esty has suggested what is essentially a market-based approach to environmental regulation. Plenty of smart people have proposed creative ways to solve the problems I’ve described.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Shapiro’s Budget Supports Outdoor Recreation Economy, Park And Forest Infrastructure -- The Water Center At University Of Pennsylvania Hosts March 17 In-Person Panel Discussion Of Delaware Basin-Wide Cooperation For Drought Resilience In Philadelphia -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To 2023 Save The Bay Photo Contest [PaEN] -- York (..)

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This case arose under a dispute involving the Endangered Species Act, but the principles announced by the Court apply to lawyers generally. Animal Legal Defense Fund (No.19-0036) 19-0036) , Texas’ highest court provided a memorable example of the interaction of law and ethics rules.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 8, 2021

These phenomena are driving changes in species distribution, phenology, and population dynamics, as well as changes in the structure and function of ecosystems and the timing of ecological processes. The paper is a working draft of a law review article to be published in the Yale Journal on Regulation. Read the full paper here.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 21, 2018

However, the Animal Welfare Act has. exceptions to the Endangered Species Act. can permit private ownership and hunting of listed species. hunting regulations can be circumvented by classifying species as livestock rather than wild animals. limited power in private game reserves. ,

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The Energy Law

JULY 21, 2016

In 2010, under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“the FWS”) designated 6,477 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana as “critical habitat” for the Rana sevosa or the dusky gopher frog. This regulatory scheme could be undercut unless the intrastate activity is regulated.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

Greg Vitali, Majority Chair House Environmental Committee -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 19 On Drinking Water Supply Impacts From Drilling; New Financial Assurance Strategies To Prevent Abandonment; Draft Spill Policy; Injection Well Primacy; Much More [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/PublicSource: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Gas Drilling Expansion (..)

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Construction and operation of an interstate natural gas pipeline requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (“FERC”) under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. The ruling raised a number of questions, including about the fate of power lines.

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Acoel

APRIL 30, 2025

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a proposed rule to rescind the regulatory definition of harm under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). However, state-level protections may fill some of the gap left in the federal regulations. FWS) and 50 CFR 222.102 (NMFS). & Regs.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

Greg Vitali, Majority Chair House Environmental Committee -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 2 to 8 - 119 Conventional Well Abandonment Violations; Pipeline Land Slips; Ignored Orders [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/PublicSource: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Gas Drilling Expansion In WV Sent 4 Families Reeling, While State Regulators Trusted (..)

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

For the past four centuries, legal criteria to regulate the environment and satisfy diverse interests have emerged as part of the environmental movement. As such, the Center is calling for regulations requiring the use of the best available science and technology when implementing wildlife control.

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National Law Center

MARCH 3, 2025

Roundup As February has ended, the staff at the National Agricultural Law Center continue to bring trusted research and information in.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Yet, despite this context, the state’s primary legal tool to protect biodiversity, the California Endangered Species Act (CESA), has stayed mostly the same for over twenty years. Provide more clarity for species listing decisions. Currently the factors for listing decisions are in the regulations, not the statute.

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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 court ordered EPA to file a plan and schedule for compliance within 14 days.

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