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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Maryland General Assembly passes major climate legislation. This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill.

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ESA Policy News: September 13, 2021

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $1.24 billion to spend through fiscal year (FY) 2026 on weather, ocean and climate research and forecasting while the Environmental Protection Agency receives $264 million for climate change research and development. NSF also receives $3.43 Justice Dept. Justice Dept.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Court Dismissed Counterclaims in Climate Scientist’s Defamation Lawsuit. Superior Court dismissed counterclaims brought by an individual writer against the climate scientist Michael Mann in Mann’s defamation lawsuit against National Review, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and two individuals. Chao , No. filed Sept.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The scientific community opposed this executive order, over concerns that this category could be used fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political employees. Richard Blumenthal introduced the Extinction Prevention Act ( H.R. Biden requests $11.2

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court stated: “Plaintiffs’ claims for public nuisance, though pled as state-law claims, depend on a global complex of geophysical cause and effect involving all nations of the planet (and the oceans and atmosphere). Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law.

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