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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

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This includes a 39% increase for climate research and a 29% increase for the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) reintroduced the House version of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( H.R. Dingell and Fortenberry have also introduced similar legislation in 2017 and 2019.

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

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Beaudreau is a former Obama administration official who served as director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and chief of staff to former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. percent in 2019, EPA says – The Hill. White House: President Biden nominated Tommy Beaudreau to be deputy secretary of the Interior. US emissions dropped 1.7

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Policy News: May 6, 2021

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“Nature in America is in trouble,” Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory said during a call with reporters Thursday. Climate change is reshaping our lands and our oceans and our coasts. This bill passed the full House in 2019 but did not advance in the Senate.

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