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How to Take on a Pipeline (and Win)

Union of Concerned Scientists

In January 2022, the Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruling on a Sierra Club lawsuit stripped the Mountain Valley Pipeline of construction permits in the Jefferson National Forest. With degrees in environmental science and the law, Sligh has a foot in both the science and policy worlds and a unique perspective on their intersection.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Senate considering annual defense policy bill, which includes authorizes funding for tropical forest and coral reef conservation. In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Conservation: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act ( S. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. Federal Register opportunities. This bill provides a combined $1.4

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

ESA

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. International. Scientific Community.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

This was the first in-person Graduate Student Policy Award event in-person since 2019 and the first GSPA Hill visits since Congress passed the Chips and Science Act with bipartisan support in fall 2022. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters.

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ESA Policy News: March 20, 2023

ESA

Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. Rothman (University of Maryland), Veronica Manka’a Tangiri (Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District, Lund University), Aubrey Tingler (University of Maryland) and Tatjana Washington (University of Chicago). Led by the U.S.

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The Supreme Court’s Top-10 Environmental Law Decisions

Legal Planet

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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