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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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Clean Water Act: A memo from the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers provides guidance about how the Biden administrations will implement a 2020 Trump administration Clean Water Act rule limiting states’ ability to block infrastructure projects over water quality concerns. Scientific Community.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

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EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. In this issue: Supreme Court Hears Sackett v.

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ESA Policy News: May 30, 2023

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In this issue: Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach Biden administration must now rework recent Clean Water Act regulations. Those industries have fought for decades to limit the law’s reach. The case centers on a patch of wetlands on an Idaho couple’s property.

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Policy News: March 28, 2022

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For FY 2023, President Biden proposes increasing non-defense discretionary spending and increasing spending on climate and clean energy across the government: The president’s budget request includes $10.5 This includes $880 million for a Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships and $1.6 billion for NSF, a $1.6

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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billion to the National Science Foundation to start a Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). The directorate is tasked with accelerating use-inspired and translational research in technologies and innovations of national importance. Innovation and Competition Act ( S. Innovation and Competition Act ( S.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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EPA announced plans to repeal and replace the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Rule. US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. The Committee also added several standalone STEM bills, including the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act ( S. Executive Branch.

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