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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. In addition, the court found that BLM acted contrary to law by failing to consider a statutory directive to give “maximum protection” to surface values in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Agency biologists warned Trump administration appointees that removing a large amount of critical habitat for the species would result in the eventual extinction of the Northern Spotted Owl.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

Under a Biden memorandum, this NSTC task force will be charged with examining federal scientific integrity policies and specifically whether existing federal scientific integrity policies: Prevent improper political interference in the conduct of scientific research and the collection of scientific or technological data. Scientific Community.

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ESA Policy News: February 20, 2023

ESA

Federal employees in this classification would be easier to fire and ESA and the scientific community opposed the executive order over concerns that it could be used to fire scientists whose results contradict the preferences of political appointees. 20 Invasive Species Programs Across Mexico Tuesday, Feb.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

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. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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