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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

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The plan cuts power plant and industrial ozone pollution that wafts from central parts of the nation into eastern states. According to the American Lung Association, nearly 120 million people in the nation—one of every three—lives with unhealthy levels of particle and ozone pollution. A 40-year-old Supreme Court ruling (Chevron v.

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Policy News: April 25, 2022

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The rule takes effect May 20, 2022. Endangered Species : The US Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to reconsider Endangered Species Act protections for the Clear Lake hitch, a freshwater minnow found in California, after environmental groups challenged the agency’s 2020 decision not to list the species.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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By Karl Mathiessen, Zia Weise and Joshua Posaner, PoliticoPro, 4/4/2022. Other methods, like tech to suck carbon out of the air or intervening in marine systems to boost the sequestration potential of oceans, are less vulnerable to reversal and don’t pose the same land issues, but most are in their infancy. Young died in March 2022.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

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The bill largely keeps government programs funded at their fiscal year 2022 levels. Ocean Climate Action Plan. This plan will help guide and coordinate actions by the federal government and civil society to address ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes-based climate mitigation and adaptation solutions. 14 to 21, 2022.

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

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Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approves Water Resource Development Act of 2022. USFWS agrees to designate critical habitat for ten species and issue endangered species findings for 14 species. Blog post: Accounting for Nature on Earth Day 2022. Innovation and Competition Act ( S.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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UN seeks input about possible topics for the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue. Science and Engineering 2022 report. Research Policy: The House leadership unveiled the America COMPETES Act ( H.R. The 60-day open nomination period will close on Monday, March 28, 2022. International. Scientific Community.

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ESA Policy News: November 7, 2022

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In April 2022, the Biden administration announced the launch of the first-ever U.S. USFWS: The agency granted threatened species protections for the Emperor Penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) under the Endangered Species Act. Antarctic ozone hole shrinks slightly – The Hill. 2, 2022). Led by the U.S.

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