ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20348
No(s). 10-0927 (D.D.C. Nov 21, 2011) (Lamberth)

A district court upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS') decision to list the Cook Inlet beluga whale as endangered under the ESA. The state of Alaska, an oil company, and several nonprofit corporations challenged the decision, questioning the rationale behind the NFMS' decision, its ...