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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 The plan requires the states to reduce their consumption by 500,000-acre feet in 2022 and 2023.

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Climate Attribution and the Willow Project: Federal Obligations to Evaluate the Effects of Fossil Fuel Leasing on Endangered Species

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Second, there is robust scientific evidence of the link between greenhouse gas emissions, rising temperatures, and declining sea ice. As noted above, the ESA regulations require federal agencies to consider any effects that are “reasonably certain to occur” as a result of the action. This includes both direct and indirect effects.

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ESA Policy News: March 20, 2023

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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 increase.

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35 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Here are 35 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Policy News: January 18, 2022

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Judge orders USFWS to reconsider 2019 decision to not list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. Pennsylvania governor vetoes measure stopping the state from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The report is expected for release in late 2023. International.

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The Supreme Court’s Top-10 Environmental Law Decisions

Legal Planet

Unless the Court moderates its views, future regulations will face tough sledding. The Clean Water Act requires that industrial sources reduce their discharges, but it left two big questions unanswered: Would EPA or the states set the pollution limits? This is the case that put teeth into the Endangered Species Act.

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Policy News: May 9, 2022

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billion for DOE Science, while the American COMPETES Act authorizes $8.8 billion for the agency in FY 2023. EPA : A draft policy assessment for the reconsideration of current Ozone air quality standards finds that there is insufficient scientific evidence that there would be a public health benefit to stricter ozone regulations.

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