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

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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. That risk assessment focused largely on worker exposure, although it also considered public exposure to 1,4 dioxane in consumer products and surface water.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. For the time being, no regulation is on the books, and extended delay might prompt legal action from environmentalists. Senate holds confirmation hearing for Bureau of Land Management director nominee. Executive Branch. International.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Proposed rule will be open for public comment for 60 days. Offered each year, this award gives graduate students hands-on training and science policy experience including interacting with congressional decision-makers, federal agency officials, and ecologists who work in the science and public policy arena. Senate confirms Charles F.

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Policy News: February 28, 2022

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Grijalva’s bill permanently reauthorizes the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers and increases the authorized funding level for the Climate Adaptation Science Centers from $97 million in FY 2023 to $145 million in FY $145 million in FY 2027. Seth Moulton (D-MA) introduced the Right Whale Coexistence Act ( S.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

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However, Environment and Public Works Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) has expressed concerns that the revenues from environmental penalties are unreliable. This proposed rule contrasts the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2004 and 2009 determinations that the species did not warrant protections. The report finds that the U.S.

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