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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

Oceans and seas cover around 2/3 of our planet. It's a natural resource and an economic one; many problems blight our oceans today, not least of all overfishing and the dumping of waste. Food and Water Security. This can also include the removal of invasive species. Marine Conservation. Consider an energy policy degree.

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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Columbia Climate Law

EPA of a 2015 rule barring replacement of ozone-depleting substances with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are powerful greenhouse gases. Circuit vacated the 2015 rule to the extent that it prohibited continued use of HFCs by companies that previously switched to HFCs from an ozone-depleting substance. In Mexichem , the D.C.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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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. Julia Brownley (D-CA) reintroduced the Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act ( H.R.

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Policy News: May 17, 2021

ESA

Senate Commerce Committee: The Committee voted to advance the Bolstering Long-term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays and Estuaries (BLUE GLOBE) Act ( S. The Committee also approved the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act ( S. 140 ), which is sponsored by Sens.

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Policy News: May 28, 2021

ESA

Even when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate in 2017 and 2018, Congress largely rejected these steep cuts. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The full House passed the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats (COAST) Research Act (H.R. Overall, President Biden requested $6.9

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