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- Meet NSGLC Summer Research Associate: Blakely Durham
- May 28th, 2025 — Category: Staff
- The National Sea Grant Law Center is excited to welcome Summer Research Associate Blakely Durham, a 2L at the University of Oregon School of Law. Blakely will be in the Community Engaged Legal Internship Program, working with NSGLC and our project partner, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium.
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- North Dakota Jury Awards $667 Million Against Greenpeace in DAPL Case
- May 19th, 2025 — by Charles Miller — Category: Environmental Law
- In March 2025, Greenpeace lost a significant lawsuit brought by Energy Transfer LP, the parent company of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The case, decided in North Dakota state court, resulted in a nearly $667 million verdict against three Greenpeace entities.
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- The Return of Sea Otters: Tribal Efforts in Species Reintroduction
- May 1st, 2025 — by Madison Vice — Category: Miscellaneous
- “Understanding the role of apex predators is essential for designing effective conservation policy and approaches,” states a report on the recovery of the Southern Sea Otter population, an initiative with far-reaching environmental implications. The Southern Sea Otter, undoubtedly an apex predator in estuarine systems, has been listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act since 1977, a direct result of overhunting during the booming fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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- Clean Water, Clean Limits: The Supreme Court Sets New Boundaries Under the Clean Water Act
- April 16th, 2025 — by Katie Shaw — Category: Water Quality
- In 2019, the city of San Francisco found itself in a legal battle over two newly added provisions to its wastewater facilities’ permit. These provisions require the city to ensure that the Pacific Ocean meets water quality standards without specifying pollution limits that would make that possible.
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- U.S. Fishery Management Council Power to Veto Severed
- April 3rd, 2025 — by Steven Young — Category: Fisheries
- The Third Circuit Court of Appeal's recent decision in Lofstad v. Raimondo represents a significant shift in the legal framework governing U.S. Fishery Management Councils with broad implications. Lofstad, 117 F. 4th 493 (3rd Cir. 2024). The court held that the Fishery Management Councils wield significant authority and are unlawfully Officers of the United States.
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- SpaceX and California Coastal Commission Dispute over Rocket Launches along Central California Coast
- April 1st, 2025 — by Jon Scoggins — Category: Miscellaneous
- Nestled in Santa Barbara County, California, is Vandenberg Space Force Base—the world’s second busiest spaceport. At Vandenberg, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (“SpaceX”) leases land and has invested over $540 million in developing launch infrastructure.
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