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Federal Water Tap, September 7: New Federal Office Connects Climate Change and Health

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from 2017 through 2019 for illnesses related to harmful algal blooms. 32 billion gallons per year : Water use for hydraulic fracturing in the Permian basin , averaged across the years 2010 to 2019. 32 billion gallons per year : Water use for hydraulic fracturing in the Permian basin , averaged across the years 2010 to 2019.

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Right Whale in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

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The Marine Mammal Protection Act requires NMFS to prevent the depletion of endangered marine mammals that interact with commercial fisheries, the court stated, and the Endangered Species Act embodies Congress’s “plain intent. to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction, whatever the cost.” .

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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

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Hatcheries like the Carson National Fish Hatchery, pictured here, breed millions of salmon and let them grow until they are mature enough to be released so they can try to swim to the ocean. Nearly 250 million young salmon, most of them from hatcheries, head to the ocean each year — roughly three times as many as before any dams were built.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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ESA Policy News: March 6, 2023

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Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. Julia Brownley (D-CA) reintroduced the Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act ( H.R.

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How Big Is A Blue Whale? Plus More Blue Whale’s Facts

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Blue whales, Balaenoptera musculus, make their homes in the planet’s vast open oceans where most migrate thousands of miles annually to feed, mate, and raise calves. There is also the Indian Ocean blue whale, Northern blue whale, and Pygmy blue whale. How Big Is A Blue Whale? One blue whale is approximately the weight of.