PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

million of their product not leaking into the atmosphere, at current natural gas prices. Because these regulations are required under the Clean Air Act, failure to submit them in final form to U.S. It is a federally mandated, technology-based standard. This regulation is not controversial.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

11, 2022, from 12-4 pm eastern time. Wilson – White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. PCAST: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology will meet virtually Jan. 20-21 to discuss measuring and monitoring greenhouse gases and accelerating innovation in energy technologies.

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JULY 18, 2022

The spending bills largely include increases for ecological science programs, in line with the discretionary spending increases included in the President’s Budget Request (see ESA Policy News July 1, 2022 , ESA Policy News June 20, 2022 & Federal Budget Tracker ). Comments must be submitted by July 28, 2022.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology holds second meeting of the administration, focused on climate, energy and the environment. White House Office of Science and Technology seeks input about how the federal government can advance equity in science and technology. Innovation and Competition Act ( S.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Over 40 countries pledged to rapidly scale up technologies and policies to achieve a transition away from unabated coal power generation in the 2030s for major economies and in the 2040s globally. billion to the National Science Foundation to start a Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). The bill provides $1.52

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the virtual 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Several 1-2 hour training and prep sessions will occur in late January and February 2022 over Zoom. Innovation and Competition Act ( S.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Office of Management and Budget release annual research and development spending memo. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology met July 28. The House and Senate had been negotiating a compromise between the America COMPETES Act and the Senate’s U.S.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

In April 2022, the Biden administration announced the launch of the first-ever U.S. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is now soliciting feedback from the scientific community and the public about the scope of the assessment. White House: The Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP) and the U.S.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the virtual 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). Several 1-2 hour training and prep sessions will occur in late January and February 2022 over Zoom. 18, 2022, averting a government shutdown.

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JULY 1, 2022

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.” WOTUS), in early October 2022. billion, a $908.6

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APRIL 3, 2023

Federal Register ESA Responds to the National Nature Assessment Request for Information After extensive outreach to the ESA community, the National Nature Assessment Working Group submitted comments on behalf of ESA in response to White House Office of Science and Technology Request for Information “Framing the National Nature Assessment.”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mike Collins (R-GA) will chair the Research and Technology Subcommittee and Rep. In September 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order reviving several lapsed federal advisory committees, including ISAC and in January 2022, the Interior Department issued a call for nominations for new ISAC members. Freshman Rep.

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APRIL 19, 2021

Upcoming hearings: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior – House Appropriations Committee – April 20. Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency – House Appropriations Committee – April 21. Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high – The Guardian.

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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. Meanwhile, Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) will serve on the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

The report’s authors conclude that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land and that widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. Appropriations: The Senate Appropriations Committee approved spending bills for agricultural and energy programs for FY 2022.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Innovation and Competition Act passed the full Senate in early June. The House NSF bill creates a new Science and Engineering Solutions Directorate within NSF and authorizes funding for this directorate at $1 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2022. In total, the NSF for the Future Act increases authorized funding for NSF to $17.9

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JUNE 1, 2021

Endless Frontier Act Stalled and Renamed to the Innovation and Competition Act. Bill would create a technology directorate at the National Science Foundation and increases authorized funding levels. billion for NSF, representing a 20% increase for NSF over FY 2022 levels. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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MAY 6, 2021

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. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) sponsored the National Strategy to Ensure American Leadership (SEAL) Act ( S.

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