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Tackling the Zombies

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Posted on April 13, 2023 by Ridge Hall What can a frustrated state legislator do when the agency implementing the Clean Water Act fails to renew expired permits or sanction major violators? Legislation recently adopted by Maryland provides some innovative answers. Here’s the problem.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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Geological Survey for grants and other financial assistance to water resources research and technology institutes and centers. Legislative updates: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced the Restoring Resilient Reefs Act ( S. EPA – Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

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Senate Bill 334 / House Bill 76 establish that a person who meets the threshold standing requirements under the federal Clean Water Act has an unconditional right and the authority to intervene in a civil action initiated by the State in State court to require compliance with certain water pollution control measures.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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billion to the National Science Foundation to start a Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). The directorate is tasked with accelerating use-inspired and translational research in technologies and innovations of national importance. Innovation and Competition Act ( S. Innovation and Competition Act ( S.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

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Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Its coal consumption is only planned to begin to drop after 2026. White House: The Office of Science and Technology released a new report , Opportunities and Actions for Ocean Science and Technology. Executive Branch. International.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Over 40 countries pledged to rapidly scale up technologies and policies to achieve a transition away from unabated coal power generation in the 2030s for major economies and in the 2040s globally. billion to the National Science Foundation to start a Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP). The bill provides $1.52

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

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Innovation and Competition Act. Bill increases authorized funding for the National Science Foundation to $29 billion by FY 2026. Federal agencies plan to reverse National Environmental Policy Act rules and more. 289 ), the Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act and the Rural STEM Act. Executive Branch.

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