ESA
OCTOBER 24, 2022
The decision means that NSF opts not to rebuild the telescope dish at the Arecibo Observatory, which was destroyed in late 2020. This announcement is consistent with a provision in the CHIPS and Science Act which encourages NSF to strengthen and expand the role of Arecibo Observatory. from 12,549 in 2020 to 11,814 in 2021.
Columbia Climate Law
MAY 8, 2020
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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Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. In addition, the court found that BLM acted contrary to law by failing to consider a statutory directive to give “maximum protection” to surface values in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area.
ESA
MAY 9, 2022
EPA : A draft policy assessment for the reconsideration of current Ozone air quality standards finds that there is insufficient scientific evidence that there would be a public health benefit to stricter ozone regulations. The percentage of American adults with great confidence in scientists increased between 2016 and 2020.
ESA
APRIL 25, 2022
Endangered Species : The US Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to reconsider Endangered Species Act protections for the Clear Lake hitch, a freshwater minnow found in California, after environmental groups challenged the agency’s 2020 decision not to list the species.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Odds and ends: EPA says it will reconsider a 2020 Trump regulation known as the Major MACT to Area, or MM2A, rule. The Trump administration finalized this rule in December 2020 ( see ESA Policy News, Dec. 21, 2020 ). Executive Branch.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Almost 90 countries joined an agreement to cut their methane emissions by 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels. The agency designated 563 river miles as critical habitat for the species.
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