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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. Finally, the court found that DOE adequately considered distributional impacts in its evaluation of “public interest” under the Natural Gas Act. 19, 2017); In re Constitution Pipeline Co. ,

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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In 2015, the Obama administration announced that it would ban chlorpyrifos, but former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt reversed that decision in 2017. 28, organized by Open Communications for the Ocean, will address how to conduct marine science that impacts policy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency commissioned this report.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Chevron filed the third-party complaint in December 2017 against the company—of which the Norwegian State is majority stakeholder—for indemnity and contribution. The Clean Air Act provision at issue authorizes small refineries to petition EPA “for an extension of the exemption … for the reason of disproportionate economic hardship.”

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

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Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’s South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act ( S.

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

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The report’s authors conclude that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land and that widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. Top Priorities : Coastal resiliency; healthy oceans investments; modernizing the National Weather Service. Allocation : $83 billion.

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