Endangered Species Act

• Private endangered species charges against Ontario cabinet minister dropped

  An Ontario town says private charges that alleged a provincial cabinet minister harmed a threatened turtle species while he was mayor have been dropped.

  Environment

  Oct 25, 2022
  
• U.S. government’s failure to protect endangered whales violates law, judge says

  A U.S. district judge ruled that the U.S. federal government has violated the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2022
  
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• Nova Scotia court ruling orders province to better protect endangered species

  Justice Christa Brothers says in a ruling issued Friday there has been a "chronic and systemic failure" to take action required under the Endangered Species Act.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2020
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• Groups say court must force Nova Scotia to protect endangered species

  Jamie Simpson cited six animal and plant species as examples - the mainland moose, Canada warbler, eastern wood pewee, wood turtle, ram's head lady's slipper and black ash.

  Environment

  Sep 23, 2019
• Trump administration weakens use of Endangered Species Act

  The action, which expands the administration's rewrite of U.S. environmental laws, is the latest that targets protections, including for water, air and public lands.

  Environment

  Aug 12, 2019
• 1 million species face extinction as humans plunder nature at ‘unprecedented’ rate

  More than 1 million species are likely to go extinct, many within decades, unless their habitats are restored through dramatic change, a UN report says.

  World

  May 6, 2019
• Nova Scotia naturalists take province to court in attempt to enforce Endangered Species Act

  The groups allege that the province has failed to protect and maintain 34 endangered, threatened and vulnerable species including the mainland moose, wood turtle, and bank swallow.

  Environment

  Jan 29, 2019
• Donald Trump administration proposes limiting habitat protections for endangered species

  Wildlife advocates say the changes will speed extinctions in the name of furthering the administration's anti-environment agenda.

  Environment

  Jul 19, 2018
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• Republicans attack Endangered Species Act, saying it hinders drilling and logging

  House and Senate committees were holding simultaneous hearings Wednesday on bills to revise the law and limit lengthy and costly litigation associated with it.

  Environment

  Jul 19, 2017
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• Inside Ontario’s fight to save declining barn swallows, one bird house at a time

  No one really knows what's causing the decline, but researchers suspect habitat loss for the small bird.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2017