Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 17 June 2026 ABSTRACT: There appears to be a core policy contradiction within the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS). While the agency issued a final rule on June 1, 2026,...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 10 June 2026 ABSTRACT: Sir David Attenborough celebrated his 100th birthday on May 8th. While Sir David enjoyed celebratory cheers and well-wishes from world leaders, not a peep...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 12 August 2026 ABSTRACT: DeepGreen Western Passage SPV LLC proposal to build an underwater data center in Eastport, Maine frames the “Not in My Ocean” (NIMO) debate – a marine...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 06 May 2026 ABSTRACT: Driven by AI-fueled data demands and local NIMBY concerns over land and utility usage, underwater data centers are emerging as an innovative, space-saving...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 06 April 2026 ABSTRACT: In an open letter published in the March 2026 issue of Plants, People, Planet, over 250 global scientists and nature restoration experts are calling for...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 25 February 2026 ABSTRACT: In December 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum instructed the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reevaluate bison...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 07 January 2026 ABSTRACT: Without much public announcement, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) ordered a top-to-bottom review on December 16, 2025, of the nation’s federal...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 25 November 2025 ABSTRACT: The management of American bison in the US is fraught with legal, ecological, and political debates arising from the movement of wild and managed herds...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 04 November 2025 ABSTRACT: On November 3, 2025, the US Senate voted to reject H.J. Resolution 120, which would have blocked the Fish and Wildlife Service’s (F&WS) Barred Owl...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 20 September 2025 ABSTRACT: On September 2, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Mitigated Finding of No Significant...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 27 August 2025 ABSTRACT: David Bowie, Star Trek, and SpaceX. What do they have in common? Each mission departs from Earth. What’s likely different, however, is how the NEPA...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 12 August 2025 ABSTRACT: A clever title highlights one of many ongoing challenges facing the scientific and regulatory communities with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: how to...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 16 July 2025 ABSTRACT: The USDA announcement in June 2025 of its intention to rescind the 2001 U.S. Roadless Area Conservation Rule has reignited longstanding debates over federal...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Pieter N Booth, Net Gain Ecological Services LLC, Shelton, Washington, US Published on JD Supra, 26 June 2025 ABSTRACT: Science-based targets (SBTs) are essential for establishing clear, scientifically...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Timothy Havranek, Optima-Analytics Inc, New Castle, Pennsylvania, US Published on JD Supra, 19 May 2025 ABSTRACT: A broad range of reactions – from celebratory to alarmist – describe the workforce...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Published on JD Supra, 14 April 2025 ABSTRACT: There are several practical considerations and lessons learned from the long history of investigations into dioxins and PCBs at contaminated sites,...
Richard J Wenning, Wenning Environmental LLC, Portland, Maine, US Pieter N Booth, Net Gain Ecological Services LLC, Shelton, Washington, US Published on JD Supra, 01 April 2025 ABSTRACT: Recent executive orders and regulatory changes in U.S. environmental policy by...