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ESA Policy News: May 15, 2023

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Congress Senate: The full Senate voted to pass resolutions nullifying two endangered species rules finalized by the Biden administration. One rule repeals a Trump-era definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act. The other rule lists the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species.

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Policy News: March 14, 2022

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration receives $5.88 Applegate is a career USGS employee who has served as the acting USGS director for the past year. USFWS: The agency is proposing listing two freshwater mussel species – the western fanshell and Ouachita fanshell – as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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Policy News: January 10, 2022

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USFWS : The agency is proposing listing the ferruginous pygmy-owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum ), which is found in Mexico, Arizona and Texas, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. US judge blocks work at Nevada geothermal plant for 90 days – Associated Press.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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US Fish and Wildlife Service reverses Endangered Species Act rules. John Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education and Ecosystem Enhancement (SEEE) Act ( S. 3540 ), which reauthorizes NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office through 2025. Executive Branch. International. 1816 & H.R.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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BRUSSELS — The world can avoid the worst consequences of climate change, but emissions need to peak by 2025, the U.N.’s This latest report looks at mitigation — or what the world can do to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Even 2 degrees becomes unlikely without a peak by 2025. We are at a crossroads.

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ESA Policy News: April 3, 2023

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Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Acidification Act ( H.R. 676 ), which requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to collaborate with state and local governments and Indian Tribes on vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification. The bills include Rep. Another bill ( H.R.

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