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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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The EPA receive $100 million for air quality and climate research and NASA gets $115 million for climate research. The bill repels 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.

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Policy News: October 25, 2021

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Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining Spending Bills for FY 2021. by Jean Chemnick, E&E News, 10/21/2021. Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining Spending Bills for FY 2021. The Senate released spending bills for the Departments of Agriculture and Energy in August 2021. Bill includes $9.49

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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trillion spending bill, also known as the reconciliation bill and the Build Back Better Act ( H.R. The EPA receives $100 million for air quality and climate research and NASA gets $115 million for climate research. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 By Annie Snider, PoliticoPro, 11/18/2021.

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

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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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Policy News: May 6, 2021

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NSF releases 2021 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report. Climate change is reshaping our lands and our oceans and our coasts. House Science Committee Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-TX) introduced the House version of this bill in January 2021 ( H.R.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

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According to the nonpartisan National Association of Attorneys General, a state attorney general’s job is to represent the public interest—not private, special interests—by, among other things, “enforcing federal and state environmental laws.” For example, in October 2021—the same month he signed onto the West Virginia v.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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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 ). Federal judge cancels permits for “Willow” drilling project in Alaska. International.

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