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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. CEQ is accepting public comments on the beta tool through April 25, 2022. The USGS Bipartisan Infrastructure Law spend plan can be found here. 6617 ) Feb.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

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. White House: The National Science and Technology Council issued a report about international science and technology cooperation.

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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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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Awards Environmental Science Scholarships To Molly Hoffman And Megan Kownurko

PA Environment Daily

Molly hopes to continue her environmental work outside the classroom by joining the Environmental Studies Advisory Committee, leading an immersion project on environmental issues in Latin America, being a Peer Learning Associate for the introductory classes, pursuing a senior honors thesis, and working as a research assistant with a professor.

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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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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

But a study published in the December 2022 issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health calculated that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7 A 2022 study found that gas stoves leak methane, and more than three-quarters of the emissions occurred when the stoves were off.

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Ask a Scientist: Stopping Big Ag from Hijacking US Farm and Food Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists

Every five years or so, Congress reauthorizes a comprehensive, multibillion-dollar law that has a major impact not only on farmers and ranchers—who make up less than 2 percent of the US population—but also on the environment, public health, and the economy. She holds a doctorate degree in environmental science from Rutgers University.

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