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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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Legislative updates: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced the Restoring Resilient Reefs Act ( S. 6180 ) to incentivize removing invasive lionfish from the oceans. The National Academies will hold a webinar about Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal (Ocean CDR) Jan 20 as part of a monthly climate webinar series.

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ESA Policy News: May 4, 2023

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Congress Bipartisan members of Congress introduce legislation to address harassment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The visits came as Congressional appropriations committees are starting work on the FY 2024 budget. Act, which is legislation intended to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans.

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ESA Policy News: March 20, 2023

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Congress Senate Commerce Committee to consider ocean debris legislation. Courts Federal judge blocks news Clean Water Act rule in Texas and Idaho. This request marks the start of the appropriations process for fiscal year 2024 (FY24), which starts Oct. billion for NSF in FY 2024. lands and waters by 2030.

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

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Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. 2 – Associated Press.

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ESA Policy News: January 9, 2023

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The EPA’s Geographic Programs budget, which funds the restoration of nationally significant bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake Bay, is increased to $681.7 Appropriators increase the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget $6.2 The EPA announced a new Clean Water Rule in Dec.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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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. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. 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.

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