November 30, 2023
by Giancarlo Vargas
Endangered Species
State and Local
Wildlife
Each year in the United States, hundreds of millions of birds die after colliding with glass structures they cannot see. In the absence of federal action, cities and states are taking the lead to adopt bird-friendly architecture and policies.
March 30, 2023
by Chris Gaarder
Public Lands
State and Local
Wildlife
The Internal Revenue Code allows taxpayers to claim an income tax deduction for donating perpetual conservation easements to qualified organizations.[1] The federal government has foregone billions of dollars of tax revenue in exchange for such easements…
February 1, 2023
by Alyssa Greenstein
Oceans
Regulations
Sustainability
Wildlife
U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), respectively the Chairman and Ranking Members of the Senate Armed Service Committee, and U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA) and Mike Rogers (R-AL), their counterparts on the House Armed Services…
January 23, 2023
by Amandine Fromont
Endangered Species
International
Oceans
Sustainability
Wildlife
From December 7 to 19, 2022, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held its fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15), culminating in the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework.[1] The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international…
November 2, 2022
by Danny Shokry
Climate change
Oceans
Wildlife
Background
Seafood lovers are familiar with the coveted Alaskan snow crabs. This culinary delicacy made headlines in October 2022, when experts reported that an estimated one billion snow crabs in the Bering Sea had disappeared over the prior two years…
February 23, 2022
by Gianfranco Cesareo
Endangered Species
Litigation
State and Local
Wildlife
When the New York Court of Appeals agreed in May 2021 to hear the habeas corpus case of an Asian elephant named Happy, it marked the first time that the highest court of any English-speaking jurisdiction agreed to hear a habeas corpus case brought on…
March 28, 2021
by John Pullman
Endangered Species
Natural Resources
Public Lands
Wildlife
What is it?
Biodiversity–a metric that accounts for the number of distinct species of flora and fauna on Earth–is greater now than ever before.[1] However, scientists expect that to change. Historically, there have been five mass extinction events…
October 26, 2019
by ustin Holtshouser
Air
Climate change
Endangered Species
Forests
International
Natural Resources
Wildlife
With the consequences of forest fires being felt on both local and global levels, more needs to be done to mitigate these events – domestic government action is essential.
April 11, 2019
by Stephanie Barbanell
Public Lands
Regulations
Wildlife
The proposed US-Mexico border wall may stop the migration of people, but what happens when it does stop the migration of animals?
April 5, 2019
by Max Chaffetz
Endangered Species
Environmental Law Review Syndicate
Federal Rollbacks
Litigation
Regulations
Wildlife
How does the Endangered Species Act’s “Distinct Population Segment” policy apply to the iconic grizzly bear? Read more in this analysis posted via the Environmental Law Review Syndicate.
By Max Chaffetz, Managing Editor, Virginia Environmental Law Journal