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Dammed If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Who gets scarce water resources from lakes in times of drought?

Acoel

In addition, federal laws such as the Endangered Species Act have created federal claims for lake water to sustain threatened plants, animals and, most importantly, fish. The management of the Kerr Dam and Flathead Lake transferred from the BOR to the local Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in 2015.

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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

The legislature directed DEQ to do a human health risk assessment of 1,4 dioxane in drinking water based on peer-reviewed studies and report back to the legislature by May 1, 2024. A provision in the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 requires the EMC to study narrative water quality standards and report to the legislature by June 1, 2024.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

8 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Workshop, In-Person & Virtual -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Want To Be A Citizen Scientist? 9 Meeting [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp.

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Trump’s War on Environmental Protection: A Chronology

Legal Planet

EPA moves to delay implementation of 2015 air quality standards limiting smog. Also, eliminated Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone grizzlies. Also, Trump issues executive order eliminating previous estimates of the social cost of carbon, the harm done by one ton of CO2 emissions. 2018 May.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. PFAS: EPA stuck with its statutory deadlines for proposing and finalizing a drinking water regulation for the chemicals PFOA and PFOS — March 2023 and September 2024, respectively. Executive Branch. International. Steve Daines (R-MT).

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ESA Policy News: May 15, 2023

ESA

Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. One rule repeals a Trump-era definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.

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Policy News: July 1, 2022

ESA

Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. In the past, ESA and other science societies have supported the 2015 definition of WOTUS that is based in sound science including endorsing an amicus brief in a former court case. NSF receives $9.63 billion, a $793 million increase.

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