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Biden Restores Some of the Species Protections Axed by Trump

June 22, 2023 News Editor Comments Off

WASHINGTON, DC, July 22, 2023 (ENS) – As the United States marks the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service are proposing to restore protections for species, strengthen consultation and listing processes, and reaffirm the central role science plays in decisions that guide the protection and recovery of endangered and threatened wildlife. […]

U.S. Supreme Court Undercuts EPA Right to Curb Climate Gases

June 30, 2022 News Editor Comments Off

WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2022 (ENS) – A majority of U.S. Supreme Court Justices voted today to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to limit and reduce carbon dioxide emissions that raise the atmospheric temperature, accelerating the climate crisis. […]

CALIFORNIA: EPA Decision Restores State’s Clean Car Authority

March 10, 2022 News Editor Comments Off

WASHINGTON, DC, March 10, 2022 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reinstated California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for […]

Judge Terminates Trump-era ‘Dirty Water Rule’

September 1, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

WASHINGTON, DC, August 31, 2021 (ENS) – A federal judge in Arizona Monday overturned the Trump-era Navigable Waters Protection Rule, more commonly known as the Dirty Water Rule, in a […]

ALASKA: Court Halts Major Arctic Drilling Project

August 19, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, August 19, 2021 (ENS) – The Alaska Federal District Court Wednesday vacated the approval of a large oil and gas project known as the Willow Master Development Plan […]

IOWA: Year-round Sale of E15 Ethanol Blend Blocked in Court

July 2, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 2, 2021 (ENS) – Corn producers across the country, and especially in the corn-growing state of Iowa, are dismayed by an appeals court ruling Friday that […]

Electoral College Affirms Biden Headed for White House

December 15, 2020 News Editor Comments Off

WILMINGTON, Delaware, December 15, 2020 (ENS) – The U.S. Electoral College has formally elected the Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and incumbent U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris as president and vice president of the United States. Two of every three eligible citizens, over 159 million people voted, the highest number since 1900. […]