Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 7, 2022

6461 ) and bipartisan congressional support for the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy ( NCARS ) Act is something to celebrate. The CRO and working groups are required to develop a national climate adaptation and resilience strategy within two years of the enactment of the bill and update it every three years afterwards.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

An updated evaluation from the Joint Committee on Taxation in April this year, estimated that total government investment spurred by the IRA will top half a trillion dollars from 2023 to 2032. We worked so hard for this legislation for so long. And UCS is charged up and ready to make sure it does.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2022

This massive piece of legislation encompasses everything from agricultural conservation and nutrition assistance to rural development and trade, and it is reauthorized by Congress every five years. Because the last farm bill was passed in 2018, it is due for an update in 2023. Legislatively speaking, that is right around the corner.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

The execution of this Congressionally sanctioned deal paved the way for massive federal investment in water infrastructure that has mostly benefited the states. Manuel Heart, Chairman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in southwest Colorado, said excluding tribes from helping create and update the river’s regulations is another example of the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The Billion for the Bay proposal before Congressional leadership represents the kind of additional investments Congress could make to boost work toward Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint goals. Click Here to sign up for Pennsylvania updates (bottom of left column). Click Here to sign up for regular updates. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

In a series of conversations with community members, engineers, utility staff, and legislative aides, Green and her colleagues learned that EGLE and its predecessor agency had been marketing the SRFs to communities as a “program of last resort,” she said. It’s a problem the proposed legislation would allow EGLE to address.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Congressional and community leaders gathered at the White House today to celebrate a major achievement in federal climate policy: the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Sign up for policy and advocacy updates. As we shared here when the bill passed the House in August, the IRA puts the U.S. Oregon Department of Transportation photo.

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Law and Environment

MAY 11, 2023

The fact sheet provides an endorsement of the Building American Energy Security Act of 2023, establishes several major objectives for permitting reform, provides several recommendations to streamline federal permitting processes, and urges Congress to include the objectives and recommendations as part of bipartisan permitting reform legislation.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

But the CWA is far from perfect, needs some important updating, and will probably never fully achieve the aspirational goals Congress declared in 1972. With the current congressional gridlock over environmental (and many other policy areas), it seems unlikely that Congress can or will act to fix these glaring gaps in the CWA.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 22, 2021

The CEQ report recognizes that a number of states, including Illinois, Louisiana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, and most recently Nebraska , have enacted special legislation to improve the regulatory environment for CCS. Stay tuned for further updates on federal and state developments in the CCS space.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

We applaud the Congressional champions who supported the inclusion of $26 million for the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program in the infrastructure package. Congressional approval of bipartisan infrastructure legislation means everybody wins in the Upper Delaware River watershed." "The

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2023

Senator for Maryland, who championed the 1975 Congressional study of the Bay that led to the 1983 agreement. JIM: I told them my job was to create the conditions outside the department to foster the success of DEP programs—get a good budget, reduce legislative obstructions, lobby for federal funds and increase public awareness.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2021

The Billion for the Bay proposal before Congressional leadership, presented by governors of the six Bay states, mayor of Washington, DC, and chair of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, represents the kind of additional investments Congress could make to boost work toward Blueprint goals. Pennsylvania would see a portion of the extra $47.6

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

26 Cherry Pie Hike To Commemorate Washington’s Birthday & 1753 Journey Thru The Region [PaEN] -- Republican Herald: Hazleton Partnership Discusses Trail Repairs, Extension To Eckley Miners Village -- Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Yaw Touts New $154 Million Agriculture Conservation Program In Lycoming County -- Registration Open!

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 10, 2021

Never miss an update. 1) has the potential to advance these goals, and Ocean Conservancy is proud to endorse this legislation. To further promote integrity and security in our elections, the bill would: Prevent partisan gerrymandering by requiring states to deploy nonpartisan commissions to establish congressional districts.

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Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 26, 2020

We assume, for purposes of this report, that a Biden administration would face a divided Congress unwilling to implement any legislative reregulation measures, including invoking the Congressional Review Act, and so focus only on executive actions. The report will be periodically updated between now and Election Day.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2021

4, 10, 11, 12 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated 2022 Voting Session Day Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- TODAY 9:00 A.M.: Wolf Urging Pennsylvanians To Submit Their Own Congressional Voting District Mays By Dec. Wolf Urging Pennsylvanians To Submit Their Own Congressional Voting District Mays By Dec.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Coca-Cola to pay $2.25M, update return-to-work policy to settle ADA charge Lisa Burden | HR Drive | August 23, 2018 Coca-Cola Refreshments USA has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), promising to pay $2.25

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Coca-Cola to pay $2.25M, update return-to-work policy to settle ADA charge Lisa Burden | HR Drive | August 23, 2018 Coca-Cola Refreshments USA has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), promising to pay $2.25

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

11] Reducing methane emissions by least 65% below 2012 levels – either through Congressional Legislation or regulation – is necessary to sufficiently safeguard our children’s health from pollution and the growing threats of climate change.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coca-Cola to pay $2.25M, update return-to-work policy to settle ADA charge Lisa Burden | HR Drive | August 23, 2018 Coca-Cola Refreshments USA has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), promising to pay $2.25

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

30 [PaEN] -- ScrantonT: City Council Hears Update On Meadow Brook Flooding, Stormwater Management -- ABC27: PA American Water Company Employees Helped Plant 300 Trees, Shrubs On York Twp.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 7, 2022

N: See Marijuana Policy Project, Medical Marijuana Patient Numbers , last updated May 27, 2021. ]] Recent polling conducted by Gallup indicates that a record-high 68 percent of Americans support marijuana legalization and that political support is robust across nearly all demographics. Legislative History. million grams for 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

PA Congressional Lawmakers Want Commitment National Institutes Of Environmental Health To Help Respond To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment -- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA’s U.S.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

In this issue: ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill Fifteen ESA members and graduate students visit Congressional offices for the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event since 2019. Students met with 30 Congressional offices April 25 in Washington, DC.

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ESA

MARCH 20, 2023

Congress Senate Commerce Committee to consider ocean debris legislation. increase supported by federal employee unions and some Congressional Democrats. ESA’s Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) provides graduate students with science policy training and the opportunity to meet with congressional policymakers on Capitol Hill.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 2, 2021

Just before the July 4 recess, legislators in the House and Senate put down two important markers for biomedical legislation expected to be in play for next year’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) User Fee Amendments (UFA) discussions in Congress. The Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021 (H.R.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the court used the MQD in part to strike down an agency’s license for storage of nuclear waste, claiming that absent clear congressional authorization, the agency was meddling in an area of “economic and political significance” beyond its statutory authority. And in the Fifth Circuit’s Texas v.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2022

Comitta Introduces Legislation To Establish PA Pollinator Habitat Program To Support Migrating Pollinators The Feds Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds Congressional House Republican Energy, Climate, Conservation Task Force Plan, ‘Stepping Into The Arena’ EPA Names Dr. .; Click Here for a Calendar of Upcoming Events.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 25, 2022

The case involves a group of challenges to EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing stationary sources under the 1970 Clean Air Act, a monumental piece of environmental and public health legislation. The history of the litigation is messy but it is vital to understanding the status and potential impact of the case.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

September 20-26, 2021, is Climate Week in Pennsylvania , and the bicameral, bipartisan Pennsylvania Legislative Climate Caucus is pleased to share this list of events, legislative actions, and resources around the need for climate action in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States. Click Here for live stream or via Facebook.

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ESA

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Offered each year, this award gives graduate students hands-on training and science policy experience including interacting with congressional decision-makers, federal agency officials, and ecologists who work in the science and public policy arena. The legislation authorizes water infrastructure projects over the next two years.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2022

27 Panel Discussion On 2022 Legislative Agenda And What’s At Stake -- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Sen. Of Health Weekly Update On COVID Trends, Vaccinations, Hospitalizations -- ErieT: Erie County Reports First Child Death Due To COVID -- ErieT: In 1894, PA Supreme Court Ruled In Favor Of Smallpox Shots For Students.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 24, 2021

A House committee holds a hearing on water legislation. The EPA finalized a rule that updates the type of analytical tests that are allowed for monitoring pollution discharges under the Clean Water Act. Congressional Hearings. The CDC reports disease outbreaks linked to pools and hot tubs. Clean Water Act Compliance.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

21 Hearing On Utility Scale Solar Development And Agricultural Land PA Bipartisan House/Senate Legislative Climate Caucus Lists Climate Week Events Sept. PA Trout Unlimited Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues. .;

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