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California Environmental Law & Policy Update 1.17.25

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On Monday, January 13, 2025, California withdrew requests for Clean Air Act waivers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needed to support four recently adopted vehicle emissions regulations: 1) the Advanced...more

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Railroad Valley Toad/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an October 15th 60-day notice of intent to sue to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). CBD...more

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Striped Newt/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Center for Biological Diversity Issued Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) transmitted a 60-day Notice of Intent To Sue (“NOI”) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).The alleged...more

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Conservation Easement/Endangered Species Act: Citizen Suit Action Challenges U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a December 4th Opinion an issue arising out of the federal Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v....more

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Endangered Species Act/Cattle Grazing: Center for Biological Diversity Citizen Suit Action Alleging U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricope Audubon Society (collectively, “Audubon”) filed a November 2nd Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for...more

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2023 Inflation Adjustments to Civil Penalties for Violations of Wildlife Protection Laws Announced

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This January, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce announced updated civil monetary penalties for violations of federal wildlife and natural resource protection laws including the Endangered Species...more

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Barrens Topminnow/Tennessee: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Alleged...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent an August 15th Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of the Interior (collectively, “Service”) alleging violation of the...more

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Endangered Species Act/Bullitt County (Kentucky) Transmission Pipeline: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and Kentucky Resources Council (collectively “CBD”) sent a 60-day Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to Sue the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) and United States Army...more

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Tiger King Lawsuits Take 2

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On November 19, 2020, in a call back to its criminal lawsuit against Joseph “Tiger King” Maldonado-Passage, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit against the husband and wife team who took over the wildlife...more

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Species Listing/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Lawsuit Alleging U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Failure to...

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) on February 27th against the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) in the United States District...more

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Applicability Date Change/Waters of the United States Rule: Center for Biological Diversity Notice of Intent to Sue U.S....

The Center for Biological Diversity and a number of other organizations (collectively “CBD”) submitted a February 14th Notice of Intent to Sue alleging that the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps...more

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U.S. District Court Finds EPA Erred in Approving Pesticides Known To Impact Endangered Species

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On May 8, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted, in part, a motion for summary judgment brought by plaintiffs in a suit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”)...more

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Endangered Species Act Case Roundup

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Two noteworthy cases have recently been issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The two cases address: (1) the interplay between the Federal...more

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Environmental Groups to Sue Fish & Wildlife Service Over Listing of 417 Species

Development Projects in California May be Impacted - In what could prove to have significant impacts to development and major public projects in California, the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental...more

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Increases Civil Penalties

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published an interim rule (pdf) revising its civil procedure regulations for the assessment of civil penalties for violations of various laws and regulations within the Service’s...more

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