ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The White House Council on Environmental Quality receives $65 million for environmental and climate data collection. Geological Survey for grants and other financial assistance to water resources research and technology institutes and centers. Senators allocated $50 million to the U.S. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a bill ( H.R.

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Ohio Environmental Law

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act added reporting requirements of PFAS releases for certain industries. EPA is evaluating establishment of technology based treatment (i.e. Evaluate Technologies for Destruction and Removal of PFAS. Evaluate and research technologies for the destruction and disposal of PFAS-containing.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

Preliminary 2020 TRI Dataset Shows “Seemingly Limited” Scope for PFAS Reporting. The district court complaint alleges that TSCA required EPA to complete the asbestos risk evaluation by June 19, 2020 and asks the court to issue an order setting a schedule for completion of the risk evaluation. The House bill ( H.R.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2022

At the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, revelations about a toxic workplace and ethics concerns resulted in its director’s departure while the agency is in the midst of essential work to strengthen the scientific integrity infrastructure across the executive branch. Toxic workplace” threatens scientific integrity.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

EPA Revised Mercury Inventory Reporting Rule in Response to 2020 Second Circuit Decision. The Second Circuit said the record did not support the environmental petitioners’ contention that EPA’s deferral of the issue of commercial uses was “a device to stall resolution indefinitely. Regan, No. 61708 (Nov.

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

This includes research about atmospheric composition, water and carbon cycles, computational modeling of climate systems, renewable energy technologies, materials sciences, and social, behavior and economic research on human responses to climate change. Most of these areas are named as “key technology focus areas” in the USICA.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

OSTP: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will be holding a confirmation hearing for Dr. Eric Lander’s nomination to serve as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 10 am ET. Environmental group sues over protections for 20 species – Associated Press.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

Tom Udall and Haaland during her time in the House of Representatives before it became a staple of the Biden campaign promise in 2020. Senate OSTP Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a confirmation hearing for White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) director nominee Eric Lander.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Todd Young’s (R-IN) proposal to increase competitiveness with China by creating a new technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and authorizing $100 billion in NSF over five years. President Joe Biden included $50 million for an NSF technology directorate in his infrastructure plan. Lujan, Sen. Executive Branch.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In December 2020, the federal district court for the Northern District of California ordered EPA to revise its Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule to address "information-gathering deficiencies" related to the Agency's collection of information about asbestos.[[N:Asbestos Wheeler, 2020 U.S. 22, 2020).]] LEXIS 241041 (N.D.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In the months since our 2020 update on federal actions affecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to take action on its PFAS Action Plan. 535 – 116 th ) that passed the US House in January 2020. EPA Will Continue Work on PFAS Disposal and Destruction.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The plaintiffs argued that there was “no longer a viable dispute” that the organization lacked standing because the individual member had become pregnant in or around December 2020 and feared “the very sort of neurodevelopmental harm that was the focus of Plaintiffs’ trial evidence.” Wheeler, 2020 U.S.

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