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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

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In this issue: Congressional Leadership Releases Committee Rosters House Science Committee, House Natural Resources and other committees fill out leadership rosters and add freshmen members for the 118th Congress. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) announced the committee leadership.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

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Senators reintroduce Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. Judge rules Maui County, Hawaii must receive a Clean Water Act permit in a case that reached the Supreme Court. Nominations: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 10-10 to advance Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to the full Senate.

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Policy News: December 6, 2021

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The House Natural Resource Committee held a hearing for the House version of this bill ( H.R. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) introduced the Northern Spotted Owl Habitat Improvement Act ( H.R. 3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossil fuel projects under the Clean Water Act.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Greenbuilding Law

House Bill 991 responds modifying the definition of “forest mitigation banking” to be the intentional restoration, creation, or qualified conservation of forests undertaken expressly for the purpose of providing credits for afforestation or reforestation requirements with enhanced environmental benefits from future activities. Enforcement.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).