ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Congress Legislative updates: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-MO) reintroduced the Save Our Sequoias Act ( R.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee leaders introduce legislation to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science. Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approves new PFAS standards. The bill is the Senate companion to the House’s Department of Energy Office of Science for the Future Act ( H.R.

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2022 Natural Resources Climate Change Conservation 98

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. Congress would need to provide funding for NSF through the annual appropriations process or special legislation. The House will likely consider the NSF for the Future Act ( H.R. Legislative updates: Mark Warner (D-VA) and Rep. International.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

House leadership unveils legislation reauthorizing the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science. Interior Department seeks nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Council. Supreme Court to hear Clean Water Act case. Lawmakers have submitted over 500 amendments to the America COMPETES Act.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. Lawmakers also boost climate research at other agencies. or WOTUS. “In

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