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FWS, NMFS Rescind Longstanding ‘Harm’ Regulatory Definition, Reducing Scope of ESA’s ‘Take’ Prohibition

Services Rescind ESA “Harm” Definition, Environmental Groups File Suit

On July 14, 2026, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) together with the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively,...

Federal Agencies Finalize Rescission of “Harm” Definition Under Endangered Species Act

Lawsuit Seeks to Protect America’s Wildlife From Trump Administration

Rulemaking Claims Habitat Destruction Does Not ‘Harm’ Endangered Species. Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration over its decision to strip endangered species of p...

Fixing Wildfire Law

This blog post was co-authored with Dave Owen, at UC Law SF.  The draft article this blog post series is based is here. Every year brings another reminder of why fire is at the top...

In Harm’s Way

The Trump Administration has finalized a rule that would eliminate the definition of harm from the regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  Harm is one component...

Greenwashing, EPR & Chemical Updates

Oregon Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Law Upheld in Bellwether Case

Insurance Law and Wildfire

This blog post was co-authored with Dave Owen, at UC Law SF.  The draft article this blog post series is based is here. This is the sixth in a series of blog posts on our proposal...

FWS and NMFS Rescind Endangered Species Act Regulatory Definition of ‘Harm’

Habitat Modification is No Longer Prohibited "Take" Under the Endangered Species Act

Wildfire and Air Quality Law

This blog post was co-authored with Dave Owen, at UC Law SF.  The draft article this blog post series is based is here. This is the fourth in a series of blog posts on our proposal...

Earthjustice Sues to Block Trump's Move to Gut Endangered Species Act

The Trump administration has introduced a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, a bedrock of successful U.S. wildlife conservation for more than 50 years, dramatically...

Environmental Justice- Update

Land-Use Law and Wildfire

This blog post was co-authored with Dave Owen, at UC Law SF.  The draft article this blog post series is based is here. This is the fifth in a series of blog posts on our proposal...

NEPA and Remedies

Earlier this year, the Institute for Progress (a pro-permitting reform organization) published a series of proposals for changing remedies for agency violations of NEPA.  There are...

FWS Resurrects ESA Rules on Threatened Species Protections and Critical Habitat Exclusions

NEPA and Remedies

Earlier this year, the Institute for Progress (a pro-permitting reform organization) published a series of proposals for changing remedies for agency violations of NEPA.  There are...

Environmentalists Decry Trump Admin’s Changing of ‘Harm’ in Endangered Species Act

July 14, 2026 | Source: ABC News | by Julia Jacobo The Trump administration made a change to the language of the Endangered Species Act that environmental groups are concerned wil...

Eco-polluters face big fines

 Brighton Muronzereyi CHIEF WRITER AUTHORITIES plan to introduce stricter rules and heavier fines for people who pollute water and harm the environment.... To access thi...

Lawsuit Challenges Joint USDA-DOI Grazing Action Plan

On August 13, 2026, the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”), an environmental nonprofit organization, filed a lawsuit against the Department of...

Wildfire and National Forests

This blog post was co-authored with Dave Owen, at UC Law SF.  The draft article this blog post series is based is here. This is the third in a series of blog posts on our proposal...

Governance failures are rewriting environmental underwriting - and gradual pollution is a blind spot

The OEP's pesticide ruling highlights how growing environmental scrutiny is reshaping underwriting, compliance assessments and long-term risk

Restoring Santiago’s Island Hills: Environmental Compensation as a Landscape Strategy

We are publishing the article by Catalina Picón, landscape architect, and co-founder of Fundación Cerros Isla, on the Cerros Isla restoration in Santiago, Chile. The platform behin...