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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

Clean Air Act appropriating $2.25 An additional appropriation of $750 million is made for the same set of activities in ports located in nonattainment areas, as designated under Section 107 of the Clean Air Act. States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Previous versions of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act funded conservation through royalties paid to the federal government for mineral extraction.

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases. For about 15 years I’ve been practicing in a very small firm.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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Innovation and Competition Act (USICA, S. 1260 ), which would create a new NSF Technology and Innovation Directorate and increase the NSF authorized funding level to $29 billion by fiscal year (FY) 2026. The House also passed its NSF authorizing bill entitled NSF for the Future Act ( H.R. 2026 ), sponsored by Rep.

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Policy News: October 25, 2021

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Jake Schmidt, the international climate director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement would have been the product of an interagency process that worked its way up from technical staff to deputies to principals before the White House decided on the goal of 50 to 52 percent.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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The directorate’s budget reaches $5 billion in FY 2026. The Endless Frontiers Act emphasizes the “Industries of the Future,” a term that typically refers to artificial intelligence, quantum information science, advanced manufacturing, 5G and biotechnology. 2026 ), which would re-establish the U.S. Applications are due by Apr.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

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In this issue: House Science Committee Advances NSF for the Future Act. billion in FY 2026. EPA announces new members of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee. The full House is expected to vote on both the DOE Science for the Future Act and the NSF for the Future Act this week. billion in FY 2026.

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