PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Rob Mercuri Presents Allegheny County Resident Lynn Appman With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award [PaEN] -- Penn State Ranks 4th In US In 2024 QS World University Rankings For Sustainability -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. 13 [PaEN] -- PA Firefly Festival Update: Applications For 2024 Firefly Festival Ticket Lottery Available Jan.

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Natural Gas 2024 Climate Change Conservation 81

ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Keeping Ecosystems Living and Productive Act (Kelp Act, H.R. Jared Huffman (D-CA), authorizes a $50 million grant program to fund conservation, restoration and management projects focused on kelp forest ecosystems. The Combatting Online Wildlife Trafficking Act ( H.R 16: . 4458 ), from Rep. 3664 , H.R.

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2022 Natural Resources Climate Change Conservation 98

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APRIL 25, 2022

After the inventory, the agencies will develop policies for climate-smart management and conservation of old-growth forests. House Appropriations Committee : House Appropriators will hold hearings with leaders from the Department of Energy , the U.S. ESC – FY 2023 Appropriations Statement (March 28, 2022). Executive Branch.

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2022 Ocean Climate Change Regulations 98

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Fish and Wildlife Service to combat illegal wildlife tracking and $52 million annually for coral reef conservation. Next, the House and Senate will reconcile the differences between the America COMPETES Act and the U.S. Other environmental provisions in the bill include $150 million annually in authorized spending for the U.S.

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2022 Climate Change Natural Resources Conservation 98

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JANUARY 10, 2022

Joe Manchin (D-WV) signals willingness to support climate provisions of the Build Back Better Act. White House seeks feedback about the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas. The report is expected for release in late 2023. The conservation atlas bill be used to assess the country’s progress towards that goal.

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2022 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Conservation 98

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MARCH 28, 2022

Request proposes increasing non-defense discretionary spending and spending on climate and clean energy across the government. Innovation and Competition Act to conference committee. USFWS proposes listing the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species. In this issue: Biden Releases Budget Request.

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2022 Endangered Species Act Technology Technology 52

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MARCH 14, 2022

Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year. USFWS: The agency is proposing listing two freshwater mussel species – the western fanshell and Ouachita fanshell – as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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2022 Endangered Species Act Clean Water Act Natural Resources 98

ESA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. Applications are due January 1, 2023. All comments must be submitted by 11:59 PM ET on January 27, 2023 via the USGCRP Review and Comment System. Comments are due by March 31, 2023. In this issue: White House Releases Draft Fifth National Climate Assessment, ESA to Hold Webinar Nov.

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2022 2023 Government Fossil Fuels 75

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JUNE 14, 2021

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. PFAS: EPA stuck with its statutory deadlines for proposing and finalizing a drinking water regulation for the chemicals PFOA and PFOS — March 2023 and September 2024, respectively. Executive Branch. International. Steve Daines (R-MT).

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2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98

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APRIL 11, 2022

Report finds there is no hope of slowing global warming without a radical shift to electrical energy and carbon removal. Senate committee approves conservation funding bill. USFWS issues rare emergency rule listing the Dixie Valley toad as an endangered species. ESC – FY 2023 Appropriations Statement (March 28, 2022).

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2022 Fossil Fuels Clean Water Act Climate Change 98

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. billion annually to state and tribal fish and wildlife agencies for conservation and the implementation of state wildlife action plans. The Supreme Court may not issue its ruling until 2023.

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2022 Climate Change Clean Water Act Ozone 52

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

White House: The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced that it is creating an energy division, which will work to develop national clean energy innovation plans and ensure the United States reaches net-zero emissions by 2050. is top contributor to plastic waste, report shows – The Washington Post. 13, 2021.

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2021 2022 Clean Air Act Clean Water Act 96

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JULY 26, 2021

billion for climate and clean energy-related research. This includes research about atmospheric composition, water and carbon cycles, computational modeling of climate systems, renewable energy technologies, materials sciences, and social, behavior and economic research on human responses to climate change. Conservation: Sens.

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2021 Clean Water Act Climate Change Natural Resources 59

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JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. Biden administration repeals definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. In addition, we encourage states to implement clean energy strategies that reduce emissions. NSF receives $9.63 billion, a $793 million increase.

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2022 Endangered Species Act Ocean Regulations 52