Laws & Regulations

USFWS Adopts Lynx Recovery Plan, Proposes New Critical Habitat Designations

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week finalized a recovery plan for Canada lynx, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, and proposed new critical habitat designations to increase federal protections for the winter-adept felines in some areas. "

Source: Daily Montanan, 12/04/2024

"Monarch Butterflies May Soon Get Protections Under Endangered Species Act"

"Monarch populations have plummeted due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. Eastern monarch populations that migrate between Canada and overwintering sites in Mexico are estimated to have declined by more than 80 percent since the 1990s."

Source: NPR, 12/04/2024

"Biden Pushes Out Over $100 Billion in Clean Energy Grants as Term Winds Down"

"U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said."

Source: Reuters, 12/04/2024

Arizona’s Grijalva Will Step Down As Top Dem On House Resources Panel

"Raúl Grijalva, the top Democrat on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, will not seek to remain in that position in the next Congress, he said in a written statement Monday."

Source: States Newsroom, 12/03/2024

Environmental Groups Demand EPA Start Monitoring Microplastics In Water

"A new legal petition filed by more than 170 top environmental groups demands that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begin monitoring for microplastics in drinking water, an essential first step to reining in pollution viewed as one of the nation’s most pressing public health threats."

Source: Guardian, 12/03/2024

EPA Takes Partial Step To Ban Chlorpyrifos In Move Called “Unconscionable”

"The long and winding regulatory road for a pesticide known to be harmful to developing babies took another turn on Monday as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was planning to only partially ban the insecticide chlorpyrifos in farming."

Source: The New Lede, 12/03/2024

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