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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

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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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties, or COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022, ESA seeks ecological experts to include in a media advisory highlighting our members’ expertise in climate change and biodiversity. NSF will release a report about the data in early December 2022. in 2016 to 30.2%

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ESA Policy News: November 7, 2022

ESA

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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Policy News: May 9, 2022

ESA

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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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

This was the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event in-person since 2019 and the first GSPA Hill visits since Congress passed the Chips and Science Act with bipartisan support in fall 2022. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 20, 2022) ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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Policy News: April 25, 2022

ESA

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: October 10, 2022

ESA

The bill largely keeps government programs funded at their fiscal year 2022 levels. 14 to 21, 2022. 3 to 10, 2022. CNSF – Statement on Passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Aug. Multiorganization Letter in Support of Appropriations for Agricultural Research (July 13, 2022). Comments are due by Nov.

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