Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

On December 1, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47) introduced new legislation, the Protecting Communities from Plastic Act (S. The post Protecting the Ocean Means Protecting Communities appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Here are 72 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases. Q: Hi, Sean.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 4, 2021

A brief recap of the saga to date: – About a decade ago, the Obama administration brokered a deal between automakers, California, and the federal government to set fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards that would be applicable nationwide. mpg by 2025. A total of ten lawsuits ended up as a consolidated action in the D.C.

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Bill of Rights protects rights of people against the government. Thus, section 19 probably constrains government action or requires affirmative government action, but it does not create a right of your neighbor to have you maintain your trees or to stop polluting. That right is part of Article I, the New York Bill of Rights.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. On September 8, 2021, a federal district court in New Jersey granted the City of Hoboken’s motion to remand to state court its climate change lawsuit against oil and gas companies. 20, 2021), No. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. 20-1045 (D.C. Minnesota v.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. Three More PFAS Added to Toxics Release Inventory List for 2021 Reporting Year; EPA Announced Plans for More Additions to List. 6, 2021).]] July 23, 2021).]]

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

May 17, 2021). In three other cases brought by local and state governments against fossil fuel companies, the Supreme Court granted petitions for writ of certiorari seeking review of decisions affirming remand orders. May 24, 2021); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) May 24, 2021); Shell Oil Products Co., May 24, 2021).

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

New Mexico governor signs executive order creating a “30 by 30” conservation committee. UN plans virtual Biodiversity Conference in October 2021 and in-person meeting in April and May 2022. Innovation and Competition Act with representatives from the White House and the Commerce Department. 16, 2021 ). 16, 2021 ).

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. EPA’s response to the petitions is due June 3, 2021. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. West Virginia v. 20-1530 (U.S. 20-1531 (U.S. WildEarth Guardians v.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

July 15, 2021). The First Circuit found that it had appellate jurisdiction even though the stay order was not a final decision because the stay order rendered Conservation Law Foundation “effectively out of court” due to the length of the stay and its indefinite nature. Conservation Law Foundation v. July 1, 2021).

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. On June 23, 2021, Chevron Corporation filed notice in the district court of its voluntary dismissal of third-party complaints against the energy company Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA). June 14, 2021). June 28, 2021). Louisiana v. Biden , No.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. PFAS Accountability Act of 2021 Would Create Federal Cause of Action for PFAS Exposure. 22, 2021).]] 23, 2021).]] 10, 2021); see also Envtl.

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ESA

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The federal government has been operating under temporary stopgap measures since Oct. Chris Coons (D-DE)’s Eliminate, Neutralize and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Reauthorization and Improvements Act, which permanently reauthorizes the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking and expands the task force’s work in the final NDAA.

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ESA

JANUARY 18, 2022

Please join ESA in sharing lessons learned from the 2021 United Nations Conference of the Parties Meeting (also known as COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, and actions we can take going forward as a professional society Jan. Williams joined the Biden administration in January 2021 and is currently serving as the agency’s principal deputy director.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on April 26, 2021 that it is formally reconsidering the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of a waiver of preemption that previously allowed California to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cars and light trucks.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

trillion spending bill, also known as the reconciliation bill and the Build Back Better Act ( H.R. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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ESA

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining Spending Bills for FY 2021. White House Office of Science and Technology seeks input about how the federal government can advance equity in science and technology. by Jean Chemnick, E&E News, 10/21/2021. Bill includes $9.49 billion for the National Science Foundation.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. 6, 2021).]] 20, 2021).]] It also was reported that Congress might seek to use the Congressional Review Act to eliminate this rule.[[N:Stephen

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

As for hurricanes, Texas suffered no fewer than 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones from 1980 through 2021. By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. For example, in October 2021—the same month he signed onto the West Virginia v.

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ESA

JANUARY 10, 2022

Joe Manchin (D-WV) signals willingness to support climate provisions of the Build Back Better Act. White House seeks feedback about the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas. Government report on how climate change affects people and places in the United States. Executive Branch. Federal Register opportunities.

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Congress passes stopgap measure to fund the government through Feb. Appropriations: The House of Representatives and the Senate voted to pass a stop-gap funding measure to keep the government funded through Feb. 18, 2022, averting a government shutdown. 2750 ) in June 2021. In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

The plan includes $10 billion to establish a Civilian Climate Corps, which would put young Americans to work conserving public lands and waters and advancing environmental justice. 151 ) in the House of Representatives in February 2021. Legislative updates: Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) introduced the Global Amphibians Protection Act ( H.R.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Agency rulemaking across the federal government – from fiduciary duties and antitrust enforcement , to telecommunications and the authority of the FDA , to immigration policy and nuclear waste storage, among many other issues – has been challenged as unlawful under the principles of the MQD. As Justice Kagan points out in her Biden v.

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ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

European countries agree to protects parts of the North Atlantic to conserve seabird species. Landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore receives 2021 MacArthur fellowship. by Zack Colman, PoliticoPro, 10/6/2021. Scientific Community. Federal Register opportunities. Read the proposed rule here , comments are due Nov.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

In 2021, EPSCoR jurisdictions received 12% of the NSF’s total budget. Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) said that is likely that the government will have to operate on a continuing resolution when fiscal year 2023 starts on October 1, 2022. 2021 ) along party lines. billion in FY 2022.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Innovation and Competition Act ( S. 1260 ), which passed the full Senate during summer 2021. The NSF and DOE science provisions in the new COMPETES bill are largely similar to the NSF for the Future Act and Department of Energy Science for the Future Act, which passed the House this past summer. Legislative updates: Sen.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Twenty-four ESA members and graduate students in ecology participated in virtual Hill visits, as a part of the 2021 Katherine S. Many GSPA alumni pursue fellowships and careers in the federal government. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved the Endless Frontiers Act ( S. 2 position at USDA.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

Executive Branch Top environmental official at the State Department to depart to lead the Wildlife Conservation Society. The Sacketts are represented by the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation and backed by business and agricultural groups. More News: US emissions up 6 percent in 2021 amid pandemic recovery: EPA – The Hill P.A.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

The case involves a constitutional challenge brought by a coalition of conservative (“red”) states to E.P.A.’s But when the Biden administration took office in 2021, it quickly nullified the Trump administration’s waiver denial and reinstated California’s 2013 waiver for its Advanced Clean Car Program.

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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. by George Cahlink, E&E Daily, 8/12/2021 . degree Celsius of warming earlier than previously predicted. Allocation : $332 billion.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Congress President Joe Biden vetoes measure to nullify the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule. Executive Branch Top environmental official at the State Department to depart to lead the Wildlife Conservation Society. More News: US emissions up 6 percent in 2021 amid pandemic recovery: EPA – The Hill P.A.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

The task force will also work to improve and increase adaptation and resilience to the impacts of climate change, address current and historic environmental injustice, protect public health and conserve Department-managed lands, according to the order. A Proclamation on National Park Week, 2021 – The White House. 1072 & H.R.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

The Department of Energy Science for the Future Act increases recommended funding levels for the Office of Science to $11.1 Congress funded the DOE Office of Science at $7 billion in FY 2021. The Senate voted to overturn this rule in April 2021. Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) ’s Regional Ocean Partnership Act ( S.1894

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

ESA has honored past award recipients for policy work that included: wildlife conservation green urban renewal initiatives stream, river, lake restoration ESA’s 2023 Annual Meeting will take place in Portland, Oregon. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) will be the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research and Biotechnology.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

The Trump administration proposed steep cuts across the government in its president’s budget request, especially to scientific and environmental programs. 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.

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