The ACT

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'I'm expressing a personal truth': Award-winning poet Tusiata Avia ... (Stuff.co.nz)

Acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia says she received a death threat from a white supremacist the last time ACT released a statement about her writing.

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The Endangered Species Act Has Been a Success for 50 Years. Its ... (TIME)

Before the act, the federal government had actually encouraged the killing of certain species in the name of โ€œpredator control.โ€

Should the Endangered Species Act be updated for climate change ... (NPR)

The Endangered Species Act was signed 50 years ago Thursday. Deborah Sivas, a professor of environmental law at Stanford University, tells NPR's A Martinez ...

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The Endangered Species Act turns 50 today. Here are some of ... (Connecticut Public Radio)

When the Endangered Species Act, or ESA, was signed into law in 1973, there were no peregrine falcons nesting east of the Mississippi, and they were among the ...

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Notable & Quotable: Endangered Species Act (The Wall Street Journal)

'Not only does the ESA do little to conserve species on such land, a wealth of empirical evidence has shown the law can do much the opposite.'

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Pakistani regulator recommends agri insurance pool could act as ... (Reinsurance News)

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), a financial regulatory agency in Pakistan, has recommended that an agricultural insurance pool.

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50 years since the Endangered Species Act, how has it impacted ... (Minnesota Public Radio News)

Fifty years ago, Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law. We take a look at how the Act has impacted Minnesota's wildlife.

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Stolen ebikes and scooters recovered (ACT Policing News)

ACT Policing has recovered 21 stolen e-bikes and electric scooters following the search of a home in Ngunnawal yesterday.

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ACT police seize 21 allegedly stolen e-bikes and scooters after ... (ABC News)

The owner of an e-bike helped lead police to the haul after receiving a notification from the tracking device.

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'Act out of love not anger': green trailblazer calls for unity in movement (The Guardian)

Satish Kumar, founder of ecological college in Devon, says a brighter future requires compassion and long-term thinking.

Imminent Changes to Singapore's Cybersecurity Act: New ... (Lexology)

Given this, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) launched a public consultation on the draft Cybersecurity (Amendment) Bill (Draft Bill) on 15 December ...

The Lawfare Podcast: Sam Lebovic on the Espionage Act's Unlikely ... (Lawfare)

Former President Trump's prosecution for mishandling classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate has brought an old law back to the front pagesโ€”the ...

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Recovering America's Wildlife Act would help state agencies (The Durango Herald)

Fifty years ago today, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act and the wildly effective act is our nation's top wildlife law.

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Class act - wool industry legend bows out (Rural News Group)

PGG Wrightson North Island wool manager Allan Jones has classed his last fleece after 57 years in the industry. Growing up on his family's Timaru...

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