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Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
A district court ruled for environmental groups in a challenge to FWS' 2024 finding that listing a distinct population segment (DPS) of gray wolves in the western United States under the ESA was not warranted. The groups argued FWS failed to consider a "significant portion" of the gray wolf's range ...
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The D.C. Circuit affirmed dismissal of a challenge to an FWS rule downlisting the American burying beetle from endangered to threatened and to its ESA §4(d) rule establishing protections for conservation of the beetle based on the downlisting. An environmental group argued the downlisting rule...
Savior, Villain, or Victim? Considering Climate Change in Hydropower Licensing
In contrast to the large amount of attention that FERC’s consideration of climate change in natural gas permitting has received, there has been relatively little paid to how FERC does and should consider climate change in hydropower permitting. This Comment fills a gap in the literature by analyzing how FERC considers climate change during permitting for hydropower projects.