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FWS initiated five-year status reviews for 100 species in American Sāmoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington under the ESA.
FWS initiated five-year status reviews for 100 species in American Sāmoa, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington under the ESA.
FWS proposed to list the bushy whitlow-wort as an endangered species under the ESA, and to designate approximately 41.96 acres in Jim Hogg County, Texas, as critical habitat for the species.
FWS proposed to remove the North Park phacelia from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants due to recovery.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized minor technical amendments to the test procedures for heavy-duty engines and vehicles regarding the certification procedures for fuel efficiency standards and related requirements.
FWS designated critical habitat for 12 endangered species on the island of Hawai‘i under the ESA.
FWS designated approximately 1,160,625 acres in 13 Florida counties as critical habitat for the Florida bonneted bat under the ESA.
FWS removed the Florida golden aster from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants due to recovery.
NMFS gave notice that all Middle Columbia River steelhead occurring in all accessible reaches upstream of Round Butte Dam on the Deschutes River in Oregon will be designated as threatened under the ESA when the nonessential experimental population designation and accompanying protective measures expire on January 15, 2025.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) both have long-standing risk regulation regimes. To promote deployment of advanced nuclear reactors, Congress directed the NRC to reform its licensing regulations to increase the use of risk-informed, performance-based, and technology-neutral approaches. However, the NRC has doubled down on its traditional risk-management strategies, which require eliminating even the most remote and improbable risks, and which fail to account for the benefits of advanced reactors.
Climate change and invasive species are jeopardizing already endangered and threatened species, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to finalize its 2023 rule allowing experimental populations to be introduced into habitat outside their historical range, as long as the areas are capable of supporting the experimental population.