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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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Policy News: March 14, 2022

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In this issue: Lawmakers Pass Fiscal Year 2022 Spending Bills. Supreme Court hears Clean Power Plan case. Maryland State Senate Committee advances a bill to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Lawmakers Pass Fiscal Year 2022 Spending Bills. NSF receives a four percent increase. ESA Stands with Ukraine.

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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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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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USFWS issues rare emergency rule listing the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species. Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. By Karl Mathiessen, Zia Weise and Joshua Posaner, PoliticoPro, 4/4/2022. Failure to act means tough choices in the future. International.

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ESA Policy News: March 6, 2023

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Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. National Nature Assessment (NNA). Led by the U.S.

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ESA Policy News: April 17, 2023

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The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Congress Clean Water Act: President Joe Biden vetoed a Congressional Review Act measure that would have nullified the administration’s most recent Clean Water Act rule, which seeks to define the “Water of the U.S.”

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Science and Engineering 2022 report. Invasive Species: The Biden administration is reconstituting the Invasive Species Advisory Council (ISAC). The 60-day open nomination period will close on Monday, March 28, 2022. International. Scientific Community.

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