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N.C. Water Quality Legislation (2023)

Smith Enviorment

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. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.

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Dammed If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: Who gets scarce water resources from lakes in times of drought?

Acoel

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Thomas Sansonetti The old saying goes “water in the East is for drinking and water in the West is for fighting over!” Other states grant the authority to control the use of water to a state agency like a natural resource department.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

ESA

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. Nominations must be received by June 15, 2023. The request for information closes June 16, 2023.

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ESA Policy News: March 20, 2023

ESA

ESA Selects 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award Fifteen ESA members will travel to DC to receive policy and communications training and meet with policymakers on Capitol Hill. EPA The Biden administration proposes $12 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, around a 19% increase over FY 2023 levels. million, $44.8

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Trail Mix Blog: Rachel Carson, A Pennsylvanian Sparked An Awakening

PA Environment Daily

By Kent Jackson This blog post first appeared in the Scranton Times on March 29, 2023 -- Rachel Carson was born May 27, 1907 and went to college and lived in Springdale, Allegheny County. The building housing the departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources in Harrisburg is named in her honor.

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Policy News: April 25, 2022

ESA

The next day, the House Science Committee will hold a hearing about climate change with Ko Barrett of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and NOAA; Dr. Dominique David-Chavez, an assistant professor of indigenous natural resource stewardship at Colorado State University; and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

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