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Wildlife Agency Agrees to Study Habitat Protections for Seabird
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (122+ words) Bloomberg Law News A federal wildlife agency agreed to consider a critical habitat designation for an endangered bird species that spans the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico, according to a proposed settlement filed in federal court. The US…...
Grazing Proposal Skips Review, Shifts Water Oversight (Correct)
20+ hour, 22+ min ago (87+ words) Bloomberg Law News The Interior Department on Monday proposed new regulations for grazing on federal land without completing an environmental review, shifting some water quality standards enforcement to the states. All existing air and water quality standards associated with grazing…...
Interior Scraps Public Land Rule Impeding Drilling, Mining (2)
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (82+ words) Bloomberg Law News The Interior Department will finalize in June its rollback of a Biden-era regulation granting greater protections for federal land and allowing groups to lease public land for conservation efforts. The bureau on Tuesday will take its final…...
Endangered Species Overhaul Vote Postponed by House Lawmakers
2+ week, 6+ day ago (102+ words) Bloomberg Law News The House has postponed a vote on a bill that environmentalists say goes too far in weakening endangered species protections, according to the House GOP whip notice. The bill (H. R. 1897), sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), would modify…...
Judge Tosses Endangered Species Rules Limiting Critical Habitat
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (109+ words) Bloomberg Law News Four federal regulations from the first Trump administration thought to weaken endangered species protections are illegal, a federal judge ruled Monday in a win for environmental groups. Judge Jon S. Tigar of the US District Court for the…...
Interior's Sage-Grouse Plans for Montana, Wyoming Draw Challenge
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (115+ words) Bloomberg Law News The Interior Department's plans to allow oil, gas, and mine development in greater sage-grouse habitat in Montana and Wyoming are illegal, three environmental groups claim in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The groups, led by the Montana Wildlife…...
Trump Agency Disruption Opens Window to Rethink Public Land Laws
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (104+ words) Bloomberg Law News The Trump administration's disruption of federal agencies and its push to mine, drill, and log represent an opportunity to rethink laws that govern public land and possibly the ownership of the land itself, natural resources attorneys and…...
Endangered Species "God Squad" to Meet to Promote Oil Drilling
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (101+ words) Bloomberg Law News Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will convene the Endangered Species Committee, or "God Squad," for the first time in decades to exempt imperiled species in the Gulf of Mexico from protections to support offshore oil drilling, according to…...
Groups Challenge Trump Land Plans Cutting Sage-Grouse Safeguards
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (474+ words) Seven environmental groups on Monday asked a federal judge to enjoin and remand the Trump administration's land plans that rolled back protections for the greater sage-grouse in nine Western states. The groups, led by the Center for Biological Diversity, are…...
Pearce Allays Democrats" Land Sale Fears as Green Groups Worry
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (93+ words) Bloomberg Law News Environmental groups say they distrust former New Mexico Rep. Steve Pearce"s commitments made during his Senate confirmation hearing to avoid selling off large swaths of federal land if he"s confirmed as Bureau of Land Management…...