Legal Opinion
Alaska Oil and Gas Ass'n v. Penny Pritzker
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 24, 2016No. 14-35806, 14-35811PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
The National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) used climate projections to determine that the loss of sea ice over shallow waters in the Arctic would leave the Pacific bearded seal subspecies (Erigna-thus barbatus nauticus) endangered by the year 2095. This case turns on one issue: When NMFS determines that a species that is not presently endangered will lose its habitat due to climate change by the end of the century, may NMFS list that species as threatened, under the Endangered Species Act? The district court answered in the negative, ruling that NMF.S’s listing…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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