Environmental & Energy,
Civil Rights
Oct. 25, 2021
Joshua tree ruling prevents agencies from ignoring climate change impacts
Last month, a U.S. district court granted summary judgment to environmental plaintiff WildEarth Guardians in its suit challenging the sufficiency of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision not to list the two species of Joshua tree.
Douglas P. Carstens
Managing Partner
Carstens Black & Minteer LLP
Environmental, land use, municipal and natural resources law
Email: dpc@cbcearthlaw.com
UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA
Carstens is board president of the Planning and Conservation League and managing partner of Carstens Black & Minteer LLP. His law firm specializes in environmental, land use, municipal and natural resources law.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II of the Central District of California granted summary judgment to environmental plaintiff WildEarth Guardians in its suit challenging the sufficiency of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision not to list the two species of Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia (western Joshua tree) and Yucca jaegeriana
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