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Biden administration finalizes reversal of Trump Endangered Species Act rollback
From The Hill:
The Biden administration on Thursday announced a finalized update to Endangered Species Act (ESA) rules that advocates say reverses some Trump administration rollbacks but fails to fully restore them.
In 2019, the Trump administration made a number of alterations to the ESA rules, including adding language to protection criteria to allow consideration of ...Read More
The Ecological Restoration Business Association Issues Statement Regarding Army Corps Guidance Post Sackett
ERBA Applauds Corps Guidance on Watershed Approach and
Mitigation Post-Sackett
From ERBA: Last Friday, on World Water Day, Assistant Secretary for the Army Michael Connor issued guidance affirming the position of the 2008 Compensatory Mitigation Rule (“Rule”) that restoration of non-jurisdictional waters and wetlands at compensatory mitigation sites may offset impacts to jurisdictional ...Read More
EPA Broke Federal Law By Delegating Wetland Permitting to States?!
A federal court decided in February that in the rush to transfer wetlands permitting authority to Florida in the final days of the Trump administration, federal agencies and officials had violated the Endangered Species Act and other federal laws.
Florida took over permitting under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act in December 2020. The EPA ...Read More
Biden Makes Everyone Mad with Offshore Drilling Plan
The Biden administration’s plan to slash offshore oil and gas leasing drew fire from both the fossil fuel industry and environmentalists on Friday, with energy companies saying it will raise fuel prices and greens saying it undermines efforts to stop global warming.
The criticism from both sides reflects the difficulty Biden’s White House has had ...Read More
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