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Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 30 Jun 2022
Agencies Rescind Trump-Era Definition of “Habitat” Under Endangered Species Act
On Friday, June 24, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service issued a final rule rescinding the agencies’ regulatory…
Holland & Knight LLP | USA | 8 Jun 2022
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Invalidates Fracking Offshore California
In Environmental Defense Center et al. V. BOEM et al (No. 19-55526), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 3, 2022, invalidated the…
Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 7 Jun 2022
California Appeals Court Rules That State Endangered Species Act Protects All Invertebrates
On May 31, 2022, the California State Court of Appeals for the Third Appellate District ruled that the California Endangered Species Act (State ESA…
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | USA | 14 Apr 2022
Earth Day Series 2022: Environmental, Social & Governance Part 1 - Evolution of Environmental Law & Regulation
On Friday, April 22, the United States and the rest of the world will recognize Earth Day 2022. With "Invest in Our Planet" as its theme, Earth Day…
Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 25 Mar 2022
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Propose to List Northern Long-Eared Bat as Endangered Species
On Tuesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed to reclassify the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), a bat species…
Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 9 Mar 2022
Ninth Circuit Approves U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Barred Owls vs. Spotted Owls Experiment
On March 4, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in Friends of Animals v…
Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 16 Feb 2022
U.S. Administration Makes Several Significant Carbon Capture Announcements
On February 15, 2022, the White House issued a Fact Sheet related to industrial sector emissions reductions that listed, among other items, several…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 28 Oct 2021
Services Kick Off Revisions to the Endangered Species Act Regulations
As we noted in our July 7 post, consistent with President Biden’s Executive Order 13990, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 14 Apr 2021
Wildlife Roundup
The regulation of protected wildlife is likely to undergo a seismic shift as a result of the change in administrations. Whereas the Trump…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 4 Mar 2021
Supreme Court Addresses When a “Draft Biological Opinion” Really is a “Draft” Under the FOIA
Today, in her first published opinion on the Supreme Court, Justice Barrett delivered the majority opinion in U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv. V. Sierra…
