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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. In the 2022-23 term, the court will hear Sackett v. The EPA under both the George W.

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Late 2018 — Bits and Pieces

Smith Enviorment

Reduce energy use per square foot in state-owned buildings by 40% from 2002-2003 levels. The state has already made significant progress toward the first goal as a result of the 2002 Clean Smokestacks Act and 2007 adoption of a renewable energy portfolio standard (REPS) for major energy producers.

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Policy News: September 27, 2021

ESA

The academic research and development report finds that biological and biomedical science and engineering have accounted for 60% of total research space growth from 2007 to 2019. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to end Chinese financing of new coal-fired powerplants outside of China and increase funding for renewable energy.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. The Biden administration has made it a priority to rapidly scale up the country’s offshore wind energy production.

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

We will eliminate the highly invasive “Waters of the US” rule, and scrap the $5 trillion Obama-Clinton Climate Action Plan and the Clean Power Plan and prevent these unilateral plans from increasing monthly electric bills by double-digits without any measurable effect on Earth’s climate. [41]. Vanity Fair (May, 2007). [11].

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