The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Feb. 15, 2024, issued an order vacating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) approval of the state of Florida's application to assume permitting authority...more
2/20/2024
/ Administrative Authority ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Conservation ,
Critical Habitat ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Permits ,
Regulatory Takings ,
Section 404 ,
State and Local Government ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service ,
Wildlife Protection
In Alaska Oil & Gas Ass'n v. Pritzker, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently upheld a rule listing two species of seals as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) based on climate change...more
11/30/2016
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Alaska ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Center for Biological Diversity ,
Climate Change ,
Conservation ,
Endangered Species ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Environmental Policies ,
ESA Listings ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) on May 6, 2016, issued a draft rule that would extend to 30 years the maximum life of permits authorizing the incidental take of bald and golden eagles pursuant to the federal Bald...more
5/20/2016
/ Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act ,
Conservation ,
Endangered Species ,
Energy Sector ,
Incidental Take Permits ,
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) ,
NEPA ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service ,
Wind Power