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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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UN plans virtual Biodiversity Conference in October 2021 and in-person meeting in April and May 2022. Innovation and Competition Act with representatives from the White House and the Commerce Department. Additionally, USFWS is proposing listing Texas fawnsfoot ( Truncilla macrodon ) as a threatened species. International.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

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The Supreme Court failed to reach a consensus in the 2006 Rapanos v. United States case and created two legal tests for determining the applicability of the Clean Water Act – Justice Anthony M. The bill largely keeps government programs funded at their fiscal year 2022 levels. 14 to 21, 2022. 3 to 10, 2022.

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Policy News: March 28, 2022

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Now, House appropriators will draft budget bills for FY 2023, which starts October 2022. Congress completed appropriations for FY 2022 in March 2022 (see ESA Policy News, March 14, 2022 ). President Biden proposed a nearly 20% increase in his FY 2022 budget. billion increase over the FY 2022 level.

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ESA Policy News: May 30, 2023

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The justices agreed that their specific wetlands should not be subject to Clean Water Act regulation, and that the court’s prior test, stemming from the 2006 case Rapanos v. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 27, 2022) CNSF – FY 2023 Conference Committee Appropriations Letter (Oct.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the virtual 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Several 1-2 hour training and prep sessions will occur in late January and February 2022 over Zoom. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. United States.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. EPA lists an October target to propose first-time methane limits on existing oil and gas infrastructure , a companion rule to the methane rule for new oil and gas sources that Congress is expected to revive later this month via the Congressional Review Act.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

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In April 2022, the Biden administration announced the launch of the first-ever U.S. USFWS: Citing the impacts of white-nose syndrome on the species, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) finalized a rule listing the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) as an endangered species. National Nature Assessment.

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