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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

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In the United States, excess nutrients build up in waterways from Lake Erie to the Gulf of Mexico, precipitating algae outbreaks that kill fish, close public drinking water utilities, and pollute water. Sydnee Owens, who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, died six year later at age 14. He was 19 when he died.

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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: 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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Policy News: July 12, 2021

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White House: A prominent critic of the Trump administration’s scientific policies, Gretchen Goldman, has joined Biden White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. EPA – Request for Nominations for the Science Advisory Board 2021 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Panel. Executive Branch. ET on July 28, 2021.

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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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ESA Policy News: January 9, 2023

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Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) named the ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee in the 118th Congress. The EPA’s Science and Technology budget increases to $802.27 The EPA announced a new Clean Water Rule in Dec. The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. Executive Branch.

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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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