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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

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties, or COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022, ESA seeks ecological experts to include in a media advisory highlighting our members’ expertise in climate change and biodiversity. Similarly, the number of life sciences Ph.D. Another amendment from Sen.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

ESA

She previously worked as the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks director from 2017–2020 and was an assistant professor of law at the University of Montana. President Biden signed the Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act ( H.R. CEQ is accepting public comments on the beta tool through April 25, 2022.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

ESA

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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Policy News: February 14, 2022

ESA

In this issue: ESA Selects 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients. House Passes Legislation Reauthorizing National Science Foundation. Biden’s top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigns amid reports of bullying. ESA Selects 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients. by Alex Thompson, PolitcoPro, 2/7/2022.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

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The bill largely keeps government programs funded at their fiscal year 2022 levels. 8965) that would reauthorize existing control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species law through fiscal year 2028. can improve its science diplomacy efforts. 14 to 21, 2022. 3 to 10, 2022. Comments are due by Nov.

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ESA Policy News: February 20, 2023

ESA

In this issue: Call for Nominations for 2023 ESA Regional Policy Award ESA seeks nominations for its annual Regional Policy Award to recognize a local or regional policymaker who has integrated environmental science and policy in initiatives that foster more sustainable communities.

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