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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Supreme Court seems to have appointed itself as a rogue Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to protect polluters rather than the public. 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.

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Policy News: March 14, 2022

ESA

In this issue: Lawmakers Pass Fiscal Year 2022 Spending Bills. White House solicits information about Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge and scientific integrity policy. Lawmakers Pass Fiscal Year 2022 Spending Bills. Congress passed an omnibus spending bill completing appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.

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Policy News: April 25, 2022

ESA

House Science Committee to hold hearings about the Department of Energy Office of Science and climate science. White House repeals Trump-era National Environmental Policy Act regulations. Long Term Ecological Research Network to hold panel discussion about community engagement. The rule takes effect May 20, 2022.

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Policy News: July 1, 2022

ESA

Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The Ecological Society of America, representing 8,000 research ecologists and environmental scientists, is greatly concerned about the recent United States Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. WOTUS), in early October 2022.

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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. A successful partnership also requires clear communication about what is needed, what can be delivered and a commitment to follow through on promises.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. Ruling allows the EPA to protect Bristol Bay. Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plan and a combined $19.4 Executive Branch.

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Senate Committee Hearing on Proposed FY 2023 EPA Budget Includes Discussion of TSCA and FIFRA Issues

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The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on April 6, 2022, on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget. Committee Chair Tom Carper (D-DE) stated that President Biden requested $124 million and hiring of about 450 FTEs to implement the Frank R.

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