seals
Alaska Oil & Gas Ass'n v. Ross
ELR Case
The Ninth Circuit held that NOAA did not go beyond its authority when it took climate change into account when considering the ESA status of the Arctic ringed seal. In 2012, NOAA listed the Arctic ringed seal as threatened based on...
Projecting the Future: Ninth Circuit Upholds ESA Listing for Bearded Seals
ELR Article
In Alaska Oil & Gas Ass’n v. Pritzker the Ninth Circuit upheld a rule listing two species of seals as “threatened” under the ESA based on climate change projections and associated habitat loss from reduction of sea ice. The...