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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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May 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. May 1, 2020).

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. Minnesota Court Affirmed Water Quality Certification for Line 3 Replacement Project. CDV-2020-307 (Mont. Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. 20-1045 (D.C.

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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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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. Odds and ends: EPA says it will reconsider a 2020 Trump regulation known as the Major MACT to Area, or MM2A, rule.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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ESA and other scientific organizations endorsed a similar resolution from Duckworth, Hirono and Vice President Kamala Harris introduced during the 116 th Congress in April 2020. The event, originally scheduled for June 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. NOAA – Ocean Exploration Advisory Board Meeting (Apr.

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Policy News: May 17, 2021

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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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