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Congress Takes Action to Elevate Puget Sound Recovery

Washington Nature

TNC was pleased to host a press conference in 2016 when the federal agencies signed an MOU and we’re even more pleased now to see the Task Force get codified in law. Sea star found in the intertidal zone along Puget Sound in Washington. Credit: Walt Kochan/TNC

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

billion in FY 2026. The bills reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science and the National Science Foundation through 2026. billion in FY 2026. billion by FY 2026. Innovation and Competition Act increases authorized NSF funding to $29 billion by FY 2026. billion by 2026. billion by 2026.

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The Problems with the SCOTUS ‘Good Neighbor’ Arguments

Legal Planet

Herzog (former Emmett/Frankel Fellow at UCLA School of Law 2012-2016) and Sean H. There are no emissions-reduction requirements for other types of industrial emitters until May 2026 or later, and those future requirements, too, reflect proven controls already in use in many regions across the country. coal plants.

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Three sustainable fuels that could be the future of green aviation

A Greener Life

And in 2016, the airline and Los Angeles International Airport made a pledge to purchase up to 15 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel using agricultural waste and non-edible natural oils over a three-year period.

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Analysis: How Costa Rica reversed deforestation and raised millions for conservation

A Greener Life

As a result, the country lost half of its mature forest between 1940 and 1980, according to a 2016 report from the REDD+ initiative. These initiatives must be executed before 2026. Several factors led to a change of mentality towards forests in the country, the report adds, including growth in tourism during the 1980s.

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At Peak of Its Wealth and Influence, Arizona’s Desert Civilization Confronts A Reckoning Over Water

Circle of Blue

State government has amassed a budget surplus every year since 2016. Arizona and the six other Colorado River Basin states have a 2026 deadline to reach a new agreement on sharing the river’s water. . Since 2016, it’s also kept 370,000 acre-feet in Lake Mead to help slow the reservoir’s decline.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

The proposed rule would provide de minimus air quality benefits in downwind areas with extremely high costs – estimated by EPA at $22 billion discounted 2016 dollars for the 2023-2042 period. Units with existing advanced NOx controls must optimize their utilization by 2023. ppb in 2023, with typical reductions of 0.1 ppb by 2025.

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