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QUANTIFYING TRIBAL RESERVED WATER RIGHTS IN STATE WATER ADJUDICATIONS

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Statutory allocations of western water can no longer serve all who demand water, pitting water users against each other and placing pressure on the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state and federal governments to resolve these water conflicts. United States, 426 U.S. 128, 141 (1976). [3] 3] Washington v. 658, 667 (1979). [4]

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

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In this issue: ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill Fifteen ESA members and graduate students visit Congressional offices for the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event since 2019. Act, which is legislation intended to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Said EPA Endangered Species Determinations for 2019 Renewable Fuel Rule Were Arbitrary and Capricious. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2019 rule setting renewable fuel volumes in the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Mayorkas , No. 20-55777 (9th Cir. July 19, 2021). July 16, 2021).

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Montana largely rejected challenges to federal approvals of revisions to the Flathead National Forest Land Management Plan in northwestern Montana but remanded without vacatur for additional analysis of certain issues under the Endangered Species Act.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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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. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has introduced companion legislation ( S.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Congress would need to provide funding for NSF through the annual appropriations process or special legislation. The House will likely consider the NSF for the Future Act ( H.R. Legislative updates: Mark Warner (D-VA) and Rep. International.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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House leadership unveils legislation reauthorizing the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science. Interior Department seeks nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Council. Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Legislative updates: Sen. In this issue: Congress. 6461 & S.

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