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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

That includes 5 million deaths linked to breathing in the emissions of fossil fuels. In the United States, a 2022 study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that more than 50,000 lives per year would be saved by eliminating those emissions. He wrote in 2022 that deference “deserves a tombstone no one can miss.”

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88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

With 2024 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award [PaEN] -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Holds 30th Anniversary Foods Of The Delaware Highlands Event May 4 [PaEN] -- WVIA: Bernie McGurl, Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. - Schiffman, Esq.

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Climate Attribution and the Willow Project: Federal Obligations to Evaluate the Effects of Fossil Fuel Leasing on Endangered Species

Law Columbia

at the level of an individual animal) contradicts both the conservation purpose of the ESA and the plain meaning of what qualifies as a “reasonably certain” effect. This kind of closed loop, circular reasoning is inappropriate when addressing the impacts of a massive fossil fuel project.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. 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. Executive Branch.

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ESA Policy News: December 5, 2022

ESA

In April 2022, the Biden administration announced the launch of the first-ever U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study to create an action plan for a robust multi-year integrated program to assess, monitor and conserve saline lake ecosystems such as the Great Salt Lake. Federal Register opportunities. National Nature Assessment.

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Policy News: July 1, 2022

ESA

Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The Supreme Court will hear this case, which pertains to the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the definition of the Waters of the U.S. WOTUS), in early October 2022. NSF receives $9.63 billion, a $793 million increase.

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Policy News: March 28, 2022

ESA

Now, House appropriators will draft budget bills for FY 2023, which starts October 2022. Congress completed appropriations for FY 2022 in March 2022 (see ESA Policy News, March 14, 2022 ). President Biden proposed a nearly 20% increase in his FY 2022 budget. billion increase over the FY 2022 level.

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