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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

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ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. The decision means that NSF opts not to rebuild the telescope dish at the Arecibo Observatory, which was destroyed in late 2020. from 12,549 in 2020 to 11,814 in 2021.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court then found that BLM’s exclusion of foreign emissions in its alternatives analysis was arbitrary and capricious because its rationale “suffers from the same flaws the Ninth Circuit identified” in a December 2020 decision involving offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea. CDV-2020-307 (Mont. State , No. 1:21-cv-11390 (D.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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On June 16, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a joint motion to dismiss appeals of a November 2020 order vacating U.S. After Developers Terminated Methanol Terminal Project, Ninth Circuit Granted Motions to Dismiss Appeals. Federal Defendants Abandoned Appeal of Decision Requiring Additional Alternatives Analysis.

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Policy News: March 14, 2022

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The government has been operating under a series of stop-gap measures since October 2021 and Congress has not passed a full-year budget since December 2020. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $5.88 under the Clean Water Act to the pre-2015 standard. increase to $9.56 Lawmakers allocate $7.6

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Countries pledge to combat deforestation, cut methane emissions, transition away from coal and more. World leaders have made several major commitments at the meeting to date: Almost 90 countries joined an agreement to cut their methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels. In this issue: Global Climate Talks Commence in Glasgow.

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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. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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