ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Big-ticket Interior rules: The Interior Department does not anticipate even providing advanced notice of a rule modifying the “fees, rents, royalties, and bonding requirements” for fossil fuel leasing until September and does not anticipate a proposed rule until May 2022.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of 2023. New court ruling clears path for Bristol Bay Clean Water Act protections – National Fisherman. Wealthy countries and global charities also pledged $1.6 In ‘chilling’ decision, U.F.

2021 98

2021 Endangered Species Act Technology Technology 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

EPA decision, a majority of justices substituted their preferences for the intent of Congress and the expertise of a federal agency, and dramatically restricted EPA’s ability to regulate pollution of wetlands—a move that threatens clean drinking water sources for millions of people. Also: F.D.A.

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Regulations Clean Water Act Fossil Fuels Politics 161

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

EPA decision, a majority of justices substituted their preferences for the intent of Congress and the expertise of a federal agency, and dramatically restricted EPA’s ability to regulate pollution of wetlands—a move that threatens clean drinking water sources for millions of people. Also: F.D.A.

Regulations 130

Regulations Clean Water Act Fossil Fuels Politics 130

ESA

MARCH 6, 2023

Congress House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule using the Congressional Review Act. Executive Branch USFWS proposes listing two populations of California spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act. States Washington state holds carbon allowance auction.

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

States A report from Chesapeake Bay Program science advisors questions long-standing approach to Chesapeake Bay clean up. International UAE spokesperson says that the world is not ready to “switch off” fossil fuels ahead of COP28. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Sanders and progressive Democrats in the House are opposing Manchin’s permitting proposal, citing concerns that the reforms would helps fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept.

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2022 Ocean Climate Change Technology 75

ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

This total funding amount is less than the amount proposed in Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) authorizing Endless Frontiers Act, from the last Congress, and soon to be reintroduced in the current Congress, that proposes creating a technology directorate within NSF, which would be funded at $34 billion by FY 2024.

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2021 Technology Technology Conservation 74

ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

Congress Senate votes to nullify Clean Water Act rule, Biden is expected to veto the measure. The Biden administration said that rule aims to create a ‘durable’ definition of the Waters of the U.S. The Biden Clean Water Act rule was released in late December and the rule was originally set to take effect in late March.

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2023 Ocean Clean Water Act Conservation 75

ESA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The court ruling found that the Clean Water Act requires a permit if a point source of pollution adds pollutants to navigable waters through groundwater, when the pollutants added are “the functional equivalent of a direct discharge” from the source into navigable waters. Hawaii Wildlife Fund.

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2021 Climate Change 2019 Technology 98

ESA

JULY 1, 2022

Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. The Supreme Court will hear this case, which pertains to the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the definition of the Waters of the U.S. NOAA NMFS – NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Science Regional Action Plans (2022-2024).

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2022 Endangered Species Act Ocean Regulations 52

ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

But a major question is whether Manchin, a backer of fossil fuels, will go along with an effort that could eventually lead to less coal production in West Virginia. He has not ruled out supporting a clean energy standard, although he has been emphatic in saying he would fight any aimed at eliminating fossil fuels.

2021 98

2021 Clean Energy Climate Change Fossil Fuels 98