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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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NDAA: The full Senate voted to pass the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). million for PFAS clean-up. The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research. The plan requires the states to reduce their consumption by 500,000-acre feet in 2022 and 2023.

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The Supreme Court’s Top-10 Environmental Law Decisions

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The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? A contrary ruling would have gutted the statute, leaving water quality largely subject to state permit authorities. 2587 (2022) (Chief Justice Roberts).

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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. Additionally, USFWS is proposing listing Texas fawnsfoot ( Truncilla macrodon ) as a threatened species. International.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to hold in abeyance a case challenging the Trump administration’s rules defining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 House passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Executive Branch.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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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. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. or WOTUS. “In

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Policy News: August 1, 2022

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Spending bills for fiscal years FY 2022 and FY 2023 have fallen short of appropriating the amount included in similar authorizing legislation. The House and Senate had been negotiating a compromise between the America COMPETES Act and the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act since May 2022. billion in FY 2022.

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