ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The bill retains a provision from the House bill repealing section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. Ocean CDR is a set of strategies to sequester carbon dioxide in ocean waters.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Panel on Climate Change released its sixth assessment report , ahead of the UN Conference of Parties Climate Meeting in Glasglow, Scotland in October and November 2021. Regulation, Litigation – Bloomberg Law. by George Cahlink, E&E Daily, 8/12/2021 . UN Climate Report Expected to Drive U.S.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

16, 2021 ). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $1.24 The Trump administration finalized the plan in early January 2021. The process is moving swiftly as leadership to advance President Biden’s domestic agenda. The Senate is similarly working on allocating the $3.5 trillion ( see ESA Policy News, Aug.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

NSF releases 2021 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently announced the expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, nearly tripling the size of the sanctuary. Executive Branch. International. Conservation: Reps.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

billion for the National Institute of Agriculture, including $700 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which represents a $265 million increase over FY 2021 levels. billion increase over FY 2021 levels. billion, a $400 million increase over FY 2021 levels. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. The bill applies prospectively to new construction for which a building permit is issued on or after October 1, 2021.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Circuit erred by “untethering” Section 111(d) standards from the existing source being regulated. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

July 15, 2021). July 1, 2021). The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on claims that the Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by failing to consider environmental impacts of certain immigration programs and policies.

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ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

May 17, 2021). May 24, 2021); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) May 24, 2021); Shell Oil Products Co., May 24, 2021). June 2, 2021). The fossil fuel companies removed the case in March 2021, citing five grounds for removal, including the federal officer removal statute. May 19, 2021). 19-1189 (U.S.

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ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

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. billion, a four percent increase above the fiscal year 2021 level. billion for NSF’s research and related activities account, an increase of $250 million above FY 2021 levels.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere—the equivalent of 300 coal-fired power plants—and these facilities are sited in predominantly low-income communities and communities of color. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean. By 2030, plastic production will contribute 1.3

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ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Countries will also have to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to keep global warming in check.

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ESA

JANUARY 9, 2023

Biden administration releases fall 2022 Unified Agenda, previewing regulations to come. The EPA’s Geographic Programs budget, which funds the restoration of nationally significant bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake Bay, is increased to $681.7 The EPA announced a new Clean Water Rule in Dec.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 23, 2021

On April 1, 2021, a unanimous Second Circuit panel dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against a handful of fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change harms under state public nuisance and trespass law. It is true that the Clean Air Act only authorizes direct regulation of domestic emissions.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

In 2021, EPSCoR jurisdictions received 12% of the NSF’s total budget. The bill funds National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research at $776 million, a 20 percent increase. Most recently, he was a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. 10, 2022.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. At stake was the ability to reduce carbon emissions as written in the ‘Clean Power Plan’ regulation under the auspices of the Clean Air Act that gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power to regulate “the best system of reducing emissions.”

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Matt Cartwright (D-PA) will be ranking member of the House Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee, which funds the National Science Foundation, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, among other agencies. She started at the USDA in May 2021. Meanwhile, Rep. Nominations are due March 2, 2023.

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ESA

MARCH 28, 2022

Congress funded the Office of Science at $7.475 billion in FY 2022 and $7.026 billion in FY 2021. billion in state surplus and federal funding on infrastructure, including $450 million for state and local parks, $669 million for clean water projects and funds for PFAS clean-up. Biden includes $28.5 International.

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