On April 21, 2014, IPAA and a coalition of regional and national oil and gas trade associations filed their principal brief in Defenders of Wildlife v. Jewell - a lawsuit brought by group of environmental plaintiffs in the United States [...]
Issues WildEarth Guardians Sues Fish and Wildlife Service over Gunnison’s Prairie Dog. This week, WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in federal court. According to WildEarth Guardians, the FWS did not use the [...]
Issues The Lesser Prairie-Chicken and Circumventing Public Oversight. On April 15, 2014 The Hill featured a guest column from Domestic Energy Producers Alliance (DEPA) President Mike McDonald. McDonald commented on sue and settle tactics, specifically the legal battle between the [...]
Issues ESA Bills Introduced in the House of Representatives. Earlier this week, four bills pertaining to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) were introduced in the House of Representatives in a hearing of the Committee on Natural Resources. The bills introduced [...]
Issues Kansas Pushes Back Against Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing. On April 2nd, the state attorney general’s office announced that Kansas is joining a lawsuit with Oklahoma, suing the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken as [...]
Issues Lesser Prairie Chicken Listed as a Threatened Species. On Thursday, the Obama administration officially listed the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a “threatened species” under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). According to the final listing document for the U.S. [...]
Issues Oklahoma and Industry Sue over Federal ESA Mega-Settlements. This week, the state of Oklahoma and the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance (DEPA) filed suit against the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) over the FWS’s 2011 mega settlements with the Center [...]
Issues Occidental Petroleum Enrolls 1.8 Million Acres to Support Recovery of the Lesser Prairie Chicken. This month, Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), alongside a diverse coalition of state wildlife agencies, conversation interests, private landowners and others in the energy industry, invested in [...]