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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

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December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. The annual Appropriations Act (House Bill 259), the N.C. In July 2023, U.S. Having regained a veto-proof majority in the state legislature, the N.C.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

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Federal Register ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill The 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) Cohort of 15 students flew in from around the country to learn about science policy and meet with lawmakers. The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

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Fish and Wildlife Service to work with states and other agencies to develop and execute proposals to conserve, restore and manage fish and wildlife populations and habitats in the Great Lakes. Seth Moulton (D-MA) introduced the Right Whale Coexistence Act ( S. The Biden administration drew criticism for not including race in the tool.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Fish and Wildlife Service receives $180 million for developing and carrying out Endangered Species Act recovery plans and a combined $19.4 Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by 2023. The new final rule removes around 200,000 acres of critical habitat.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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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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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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This proposed rule contrasts the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2004 and 2009 determinations that the species did not warrant protections. The agency determines that drought associated with climate change has worsened habitat conditions for the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly. The report finds that the U.S. 22, 2022.

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